Building construction is an important sector in the economy of a country. In recent years, the economic crisis that affected other Southeast Asian countries since the end of 1997 has brought a progressive deterioration of the whole State apparatus and repercussions on the national standard of living in Laos.

In such a situation, of course, it is difficult for the government to formulate a concrete housing policy for its people whether in urban or rural areas, especially for government staff and people who have no opportunity to build their own houses, because of their low income.

Although many more urgent problems of economy should be solved, the government, however, is playing and should play more the role of facilitator in this regard too. Augmentation of housing financing and improvement in construction technology and management is required.

This paper tries to describe the general situation of the building construction sector in Laos. Many actual problems are presented and some proposed solutions are given according to the opinion of the author.

This paper is made considering the relationship between the design stage, the production stage, and the property management of building and housing construction.