[2] In 1975, both the Federal Republic and the GDR opened embassies in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

[3] German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisolith at the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Ulaanbaatar on July 14, 2016.

In higher education, there are various partnerships between German and Lao institutions.

At the National University of Laos, German has been a separate subject since 2003.

In 2015–2018, buildings in the old town of Luang Prabang were restored with funding from the German Foreign Office.