Vehicle registration plates of Laos started in 1950. The current version started in 2001. Colour in the background varies for each type of vehicle. Ordinary ones are using black on orange. ^[1]

Format

Vehicle registration plates of Laos Format contains name of the province that this car register at the top of the sign. Below is a registration licenses. On the two Lao serial letters, first letter from ກ, ຂ, ຄ, ນ, ມ, ຣ, ລ, ວ, ຫ, ອ and ຮ is register for normal passenger car; ຈ, ຍ, ດ, ຕ and ທ is for a motorbike; ສ is for tricycle such as tuk-tuk; ບ is for heavy truck. The second letter and a number are a register format. This format have used since 2001.

Vehicle types

Vehicle types[2]
Type	Example	Meaning
Private		ກຳແພງນະຄອນ = Vientiane Prefecture
Government	ກຳແພງນະຄອນ ກກ 1111
Private Company	ກຳແພງນະຄອນ ກກ 1111
Company (1% paid tax)
Temporary	ທລ-007 ໝົດກຳນົດ 01-01-2001	ໝົດກຳນົດ = Expire
Diplomatic