Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is identified internationally by the ISO 3166-1 codes LA (two-letter) and LAO (three-letter). Its assigned international calling code is +856, used when dialing Lao phone numbers from abroad. The country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) is .la, which individuals and businesses can register for web addresses tied to Laos. The official currency is the Lao Kip, abbreviated as LAK, commonly used in financial transactions and currency exchange within the country and in regional business contexts. These identifiers are essential for accurate telecommunications routing, domain registration, and economic operations involving Laos.
- Calling code
- +856
- ISO alpha-2
- LA
- ISO alpha-3
- LAO
- ISO numeric
- 418
- ccTLD
- .la
- Currency
- LAKLao kip (LAK)
- Region
- Asia
- Capital
- Vientiane
- Time zones
- Asia/Vientiane
- Postal format
- 5-Digits - NNNNN
How to call Laos
From outside Laos, dial your international access prefix, then +856, then the national number. Drop the leading trunk zero when the destination numbering plan requires it.
+856 [area or mobile code] [local number]