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, 16 February 2015 – The Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC), H.E. Chung Hae-Moon called on Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh on 13 February. During the meeting, the two Secretaries-General exchanged views on various topics pertaining to ASEAN-Republic of Ko
JAKARTA, 13 February 2015 – Earlier this month, ASEAN and Germany held their 4th Joint Cooperation Review at the ASEAN Secretariat. The first part of the review was held together with the EU, in the form of ASEAN-EU-Germany Joint Sectoral Breakout Sessions, aimed at identifying key issu
JAKARTA, 5 February 2015 – A 65-member delegation from the Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), led by Dr. Akio Mimura, Chairman of JCCI, visited the ASEAN Secretariat this week, as part of their 2015 Economic Mission to Indonesia and the Philippines.
H.E. Le Luong Minh
JAKARTA, 21 January 2015 – A “Workshop on Competition Issues in Manufacturer-Distributor-Retailer Restraints: A Comparison and Hypothetical Application of Different Approaches in ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the United States” was convened from 19-21 January 2015 in the Indonesian capit
SIEM REAP, 9 December 2014 – Youth and women entrepreneurs from ASEAN countries had the opportunity to network and enhance their understanding of ASEAN and of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (ROK) cooperation at a seminar on “Participation of Youth and Women in SME Development” that concluded in
JAKARTA, 2 December 2014 – ASEAN and New Zealand successfully convened the Second ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee (ANZJCC) Meeting yesterday at the ASEAN Secretariat.
The Meeting reviewed the progress of the Plan of Action (POA) to Implement the ASEAN-New Zealand Comprehensi
SEOUL, 21 November 2014 – The ASEAN-Korea Centre will host a special programme entitled “Best of ASEAN” on 27 November to 14 December in Seoul to celebrate the upcoming ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit 2014 which will be held in Busan on 11-12 December. “Best of ASEAN
JAKARTA, 20 November 2014 – European Council President H.E. Herman Van Rompuy met with the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) yesterday at the ASEAN Secretariat. On behalf of the CPR, H.E. Vu Dang Dzung, Permanent Representative of the Socialist Republic of Viet
GWACHEON, 18 November 2014 – Senior Officials of ASEAN Member States and representative of ASEAN Secretariat attended a five-day study visit on Productivity and Innovation Focusing on Performance Management in Republic of Korea (ROK) last week.
The study visit aimed to be a significa
1 ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Ministers of Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) met i n Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 26 August 2014 for the Nineteenth AEM‐CER Consultations, which were co‐chaired by H.E. D r. Kan Zaw, Union Minister for National Planning and Econo
