Resume rules in Laos
What employers in Laos expect on a Curriculum Vitae / Resume (ໜັງສືລາຍລະອຽດຊີວະປະຫວັດ), what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Laos or a resume for Laos: it's the same document.
This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.
Law and practice, side by side
The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.
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Date of birth: Not found
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What the law says: Labour Law prohibits discrimination based on marital status
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What the law says: Labour Law prohibits discrimination based on gender and pregnancy
Nationality: Not found
Foreign worker quotas apply (15% for technical/physical roles, 25% for intellectual/managerial)
What the law says: Employment of Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens Act applies; foreign workers need work permits
National ID number: Not found
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The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Curriculum Vitae / Resume (ໜັງສືລາຍລະອຽດຊີວະປະຫວັດ)
- Language to submit in
- Lao (contracts must be in Lao); English acceptable for international positions
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Labour Law does not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on HIV status or disability
- Other customary attachments
- For work permits: educational certificates, health certificate, police clearance, passport-sized photographs, employment contract
- Employer may not ask for
- Race, nationality, marital status, gender, pregnancy, HIV infection, age, ethnicity, religion, trade union membership
- Named statutes
- Labour Law of Lao PDR (No. 43/NA, 2013, effective 4 November 2014)
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labour Law (No. 43/NA, 2013), Article 141 on discrimination
- Local language source
- Lao (partial search attempted)
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. Medium confidence. Result of that check: Corrected.
Notes: Labour Law explicitly prohibits discrimination in hiring and employment. Contracts must be written in Lao. Foreign nationals require work permits. CV requirements not specifically legislated but required for employment applications.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this