Country-code top-level domains
Overview
- .ລາວ is the internationalized country-code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, expressed in the Lao script.
- Registry: Lao National Internet Center (LANIC), Ministry of Technology and Communications.
- Technical details:
- ASCII-compatible encoding (ACE): xn--q7ce6a
- Unicode code points: U+0EA5 U+0EB2 U+0EA7
- Transliteration/translation in Lao corresponds to the English term "Lao".
- Official website listed: https://www.la/
History
- February 15, 2010: The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) assigned LANIC the role of managing the .la top-level domain.
- July 15, 2016: A ministerial decision reaffirmed LANIC's management of .la and additionally granted the ability to manage the .ລາວ top-level domain.
- January 4, 2018: An application was submitted to ICANN's IDN Fast Track process to have the string "ລາວ" recognized as representing Lao PDR in Lao script.
- December 13, 2018: The IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel reviewed the application and found the string did not present unacceptable risks to DNS stability or user confusion; the request was approved.
- June 10, 2019: Implementation date listed for .ລາວ.
- June 2019: LANIC initiated a request for delegation of .ລາວ; the delegation was granted in 2020 (IANA delegation record exists for xn--q7ce6a).
Usage and Audience
- Purpose: To represent Laos in the Lao script at the DNS root level and to provide domain names using Lao-language characters.
- Management: Operated by the Lao National Internet Center (LANIC) under the Ministry of Technology and Communications.
- Registration/usage statistics: As of 2024, there are fewer than 70 active .ລາວ domain names.
Operator
Lao National Internet Center (LANIC), Ministry of Technology and Communications
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: ລາວ domain-ace: XN--Q7CE6A organisation: Lao National Internet Center (LANIC), Ministry of Technology and Communications address: Lane Xang Avenue, Chanthaboury address: Vientiane 01000 address: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) contact: administrative name: Deputy Director General of LANIC organisation: Lao National Internet Center (LANIC) address: Ministry of Technology and Communications Saylom Road, Chanthaboury District address: Vientiane 10000 address: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) phone: +856 21 254150 fax-no: +856 21 254150 e-mail: admincontact@lanic.gov.la contact: technical name: Director of ccTLD .LA Division organisation: Lao National Internet Center (LANIC) address: Ministry of Technology and Communications Saylom Road, Chanthaboury District address: Vientiane 10000 address: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) phone: +856 030 5745154 fax-no: +856 21 254150 e-mail: technicalcontact@lanic.gov.la nserver: A.XN--Q7CE6A.CENTRALNIC-DNS.COM 194.169.218.17 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:17 nserver: B.XN--Q7CE6A.CENTRALNIC-DNS.COM 185.24.64.17 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:17 nserver: C.XN--Q7CE6A.CENTRALNIC-DNS.COM 212.18.248.17 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:17 nserver: D.XN--Q7CE6A.CENTRALNIC-DNS.COM 212.18.249.17 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:17 ds-rdata: 10705 7 2 0abe3fc3e0d788cc7eda69271c7acb9ed5d23460d381b86253b44c57716a89e9 whois: whois.nic.la status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://www.la created: 2019-06-10 changed: 2023-03-17 source: IANA