Looking Back: 2025 and Gazing Into: 2026
Looking Back: 2025
The National Assembly has successfully passed and amended a total of 87 laws during the 2021–2025 period, achieving 90.62% of its five-year legislative plan. This comprehensive legislative effort, comprising 24 newly drafted laws and 63 amendments, brings the nation’s total legal framework to 176 laws.
The results were presented on 17 November 2025 by Ms. Amphaivanh Lorbounphaeng, Secretary General of the National Assembly, during the 10th Ordinary Session of the IX Legislature, where she highlighted the National Assembly’s achievements under the 2021–2025 plan, the 2025 annual review, and key priorities leading into the first session of the X Legislature. Draft workplans for 2026 and the 2026–2030 period were also introduced.
In 2025, the Assembly approved 13 laws, comprising five newly created laws and eight amended ones, and successfully revised Articles 34 and 38 of the 2018 Law on Social Security. A major milestone for the term was the adoption of the revised 2025 Constitution.
According to the report, the drafting and amendment of laws adhered to the Law on Legislation and remained aligned with Party policy and national governance needs. The resulting legal structure has continued to improve the country’s integration with regional and international frameworks while strengthening protections for the rights and interests of the multi-ethnic Lao people.[1]
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Gazing Into: 2026
Pursuant to the Draft Plan for Creating and Revising Laws for Five Years of the 10th National Assembly from 2026 to 2030, the plan for creating and revising laws consists of 90 laws, including 20 new laws and 59 amendments, divided into the following fields:
- Administration and Justice;
- Economy;
- Socio-cultural; and
- National Defence and Security.
Full Report
Click on the link below for the full report which provides summaries of the key legal developments related to the above areas.
Please note that whilst the information in this Update is correct to the best of our knowledge and belief at the time of writing, it is only intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter and should not be treated as a substitute for specific professional advice
