The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
JAKARTA, 12 October 2021 – Today, ASEAN welcomed Ekkaphab Phanthavong as the new Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC).
As stated in the ASEAN Charter, DSG Phanthavong shall support the Secretary-General of ASEAN in the implementation of the AS
JAKARTA, 12 October 2021 – The ASEAN Secretariat in collaboration with the East Asia Business Council, held the third round of the “Unlocking RCEP for business” webinar series, focusing on the Trade in Services chapter of the Agreement.
Trade in services is becoming increasingly
The 10th Meeting of the ASLOM Working Group on Examining the Modalities for the Harmonisation of the Trade Laws of ASEAN Member States, Chaired by ASLOM-Singapore, was convened on 12 October 2021 to intensify discussion on matters relating to harmonisation of ASEAN trade laws.
JAKARTA, 12 October 2021 – Today, the Lead Implementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI) conducted a Regional Workshop as part of the project on Assessment of Future Sustainable Infrastructure Trends and Priorities in a Post-Pandemic ASEAN.
The workshop brought together
Regional FTAs: ASEAN and Korea Economic Cooperation
SEOUL, 11 October 2021 – The ASEAN-Korea Centre and Korea Institute for International and Economic Policy are set to host the ‘ASEAN-Korea Trade and Investment Roundtable’ tomorrow under the theme ‘’Regional FTAs: ASEAN and Korea Economic Cooperation’’.
Secretary-General of the A
ONLINE , 11 October 2021 – Today, the Heads of Agencies of ASEAN Competition Authorities convened to discuss the progress and developments of regional cooperation on competition policy and law in ASEAN.
At the meeting, the Heads noted the completion of the Mid-Term Review of the ASEAN Co
The 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin) was held virtually on 8 October 2021. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Tran Quy Kien, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Viet Nam and H.E. Sok Khavan, Secretary of State Ministry of Mines and Energy of Cambodia was the
The second ASEAN-U.S. Cyber Policy Dialogue was held virtually on October 8, 2021, with ASEAN participation coordinated through the ASEAN Cybersecurity Coordinating Committee (ACCC). The Dialogue demonstrated strong partnership and a shared vision of an open, peaceful, interoperable, reliable, and
