Economic aid - recipient:
$243 million (2001 est.)
Currency (code):
kip (LAK)
Currency code:
LAK
Exchange rates:
kips per US dollar - 10,820 (2004), 10,569 (2003), 10,056.3 (2002),
8,954.6 (2001), 7,887.6 (2000)
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Communications Laos
Telephones - main lines in use:
61,900 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
55,200 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: service to general public is poor but improving
with over 20,000 telephones currently in service and an additional
48,000 expected by 2001; the government relies on a radiotelephone
network to communicate with remote areas
domestic: radiotelephone communications
international: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1
Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)