"Authorities redoubling efforts to register foreign workers," 29 August 2017

The government will open centres...in provincial Labour and Social Welfare offices across the country aiming to issue temporary work visas for illegal foreign workers.

...There are an estimated 24,000 illegal workers out of 54,000 foreign workers in Laos....

Under the plan authorities would continue to register foreign workers, issuing them with temporary working visas...in a bid to regulate the increasing number of undocumented migrant workers....

...The provincial authority had informed companies of their requirements in registering illegal migrant workers and the companies had in turn provided a list of their foreign workers in accordance with the Labour Law.

The provincial authorities are unable to register migrant vendors who enter Laos to work illegally as they do not have access to this service.