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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.
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<div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-col-md-12"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://asean.org/secretary-general-of-asean-visits-byd-head-office-in-shenzhen-prc/" ><img width="1024" height="769" src="https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-1024x769.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-300x225.jpg 300w, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-768x577.jpg 768w, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-640x480.jpg 640w, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6224-600x450.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div> <header class="entry-header">
<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://asean.org/secretary-general-of-asean-visits-byd-head-office-in-shenzhen-prc/" rel="bookmark">Secretary-General of ASEAN visits BYD Head Office in Shenzhen, PRC</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://asean.org/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://asean.org/category/asean-photo/secretary-generals-activities/" rel="category tag">SecGen’s Activities</a></span></div> </header><!-- .entry-header -->
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<p>ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn visited BYD Head Office in Shenzhen as part of his working visit to China.</p>
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