Doing Business in Laos

Laos, one of the world's few remaining communist states, is one of east

Asia's poorest countries. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 it

has struggled to find its position within a changing political and economic landscape.Communist

forces overthrew the monarchy in 1975, heralding years of isolation. Laos began opening up to

the world in the 1990s, but despite tentative reforms, it remains poor and dependent on

international donations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15351898

Economic growth since the 1990s has reduced poverty levels to some degree, but Laos still relies heavily on foreign

aid and investment, especially from Japan, China and Vietnam. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-

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The Asian currency crisis of 1997 caused the national currency, the kip, to lose more than nine-tenths of its value

against the US dollar.  Laos is a landlocked, mountainous country, widely covered by largely unspoilt tropical forest.

Less than 5% of the land  www.thailandwebsite.yolasite.com

is suitable for subsistence agriculture, which nevertheless provides around 80% of

employment. 

The main crop is rice, which is grown on the fertile floodplain of the

Mekong River. Vegetables, fruit, spices and cotton

are also grown. Part of the region's heroin-producing "Golden

Triangle", Laos has all but stamped out opium

production. Outside the capital, many people live without electricity or

access to basic facilities.

But Laos is banking on the anticipated returns from the

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Theun 2 dam scheme, which was inaugurated in

2010 and is intended to generate electricity for export to Thailand, to boost its economy and infrastructure.

A further significant upgrade to Laos' infrastructure is expected from the construction of the first high-speed rail line

between China and Laos, on which work was due to start in early 2011.

Public dissent in Laos is dealt with harshly by the authorities, and the country's human rights record has come under

scrutiny. Laos denies accusations of abuses by the military against the ethnic minority Hmong. Hmong groups have

been  fighting a low-level rebellion against the communist regime since 1975.

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