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
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with the Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC), Dr. Jonathan Choi, on the sidelines of the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit. The Secretary-General of ASEAN thanked Dr. Choi for inviting him to share his perspective
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with Chairman and President of Hong Kong Green Finance Association, Dr. Ma Jun, on the sidelines of the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit. They discussed the ongoing ASEAN finance initiatives on digitalization, financial inclusion, and sustai
Secretary General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, China, Hon. Andrew Leung, on the sidelines of the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit. They exchanged views on regional economic development and discussed ways to further enhance econo
JAKARTA, 8 July 2024 – The 5th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group to Develop the ASCC Post-2025 Strategic Plan took place on 8 – 10 July at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. The meeting was co-chaired by Lao PDR and Malaysia, attended by all ASEAN Member States (AMS), th
JAKARTA, 10 July 2024 – Today, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) convened its 20th Meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Coordinating Conference (20th SOC-COM) in person the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat and via video conference.
The conference brought together repre
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Mr. Christopher Hui, on the sidelines of the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit. They discussed ways to enhance collaboration in ensuring a safe and reliable financial sy
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with Bank of China (Hong Kong) Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Bank of China, Mr. Sun Yu, on the sidelines of the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit. They discussed the ongoing ASEAN finance initiatives on digitalization, financial inclus
Secretary General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China, Hon. John Lee, on the sidelines of the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit. They reiterated the strong commitments of ASEAN and Hong Kong, China
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this morning delivered a keynote speech at the CGCC World Chinese Entrepreneurs Summit 2024, in Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China. In his speech, Dr. Kao highlighted that the RCEP sets a strong foundation for a stronger ASEAN-China partner
