98. The education system in the Lao PDR consists of general education provided in five years of primary school, and three years each of lower and upper secondary education.

168. Article 37 of the Lao Labour Law provides for the employment of children under 18 years of age. Employers may engage children under 18 but no less than 15 years of age, but the work hours shall not exceed 6 hours per day or 36 hours per week. It is forbidden to use child labour in sectors involving heavy work or health hazards such as mining, chemical and animal hide manufacturing, urban sanitation or funeral cremation, any work involving nuclear radiation, any work involving hazardous fumes or gases, any work involving handling dangerous materials, such as explosives, any work in boreholes, tunnels or under water, work with permanently vibrating machines. In March 1993, the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare issued a notice to the boards of directors and managers of companies and factories for the strict implementation of the Labour Law in the management and use of labour in all economic sectors.

45. Article 9 states the minimum age for marriage (18 years under normal conditions, between 15 and 18 years in special cases, and in no case less than 15 years);

161. In general, the objective of penal prosecution is to educate the offenders to abide strictly by the laws and prevent further offences, (art. 25, Penal Code). Children under 15 years of age at the time an offence is committed will not assume any penal responsibilities (art. 17, Penal Code).