Lao People’s Democratic Republic
General Country Information
Capital: Vientiane
Population: 6,521,998 (July 2008)
Form of Government: Communist State
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 25,000 (1997)
Telephone- mobile: 4,915 (1997)
Internet hosts: 937 (2003)
Internet users: 10,000 (2002)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.18
World Rank 2005/2006: 150
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE)
cope@laopdr.com
Lao Disabled Women Development Center
ldwdc@laotel.com
Laos Society of Ophthalmology
no contact information currently available