The ASEAN symbol was established in July 1997 together with the ASEAN flag. It is known as the Emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The lyrics and musical arrangement of "THE ASEAN WAY" serve as the ASEAN National Anthem.
The Lao People's Democratic Republic's capital city is Vientiane.
Myint Swe is the president at the moment. A military coup d'état gave him the position on 1 February 2025, however he only served as acting president.
The largest city in Southeast Asia, Jakarta also serves as the diplomatic center of ASEAN. It is located on the northwest coast of Java, the island with the greatest population on earth.
The highest crude oil output in 2025 was in Indonesia, followed by Malaysia and Vietnam. According to GlobalData's Oil & Gas, Upstream Fields Database, these are the top 10 crude oil producing fields in South East Asia as of 2025.
From December 11 through December 22, 2013, the games were held. Myanmar was hosting the Southeast Asian Games for the third time. The nation hosted the Games in Yangon, the nation's capital at the time, in 1961 and 1969, respectively.
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On November 9, 1953, France granted Cambodia its independence, thereby ending eight decades of colonial rule.
The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATGA) intends to create free movement of goods in the area, leading to fewer commerce barriers, deeper economic ties among Member States, lower business costs, higher trade, a wider market, and economies of scale for firms.
According to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), ASEAN will function as a single market and manufacturing hub with unrestricted trade in commodities, services, investments, capital, and labor.
Ten ASEAN Member States, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea make up the ASEAN-Plus Three (APT) (ROK). Beginning in 1997, ASEAN and the Plus Three nations have been collaborating economically.
In order to build the AEC in 2015, a comprehensive master plan known as the AEC Blueprint 2015 was developed in 2007. Following that, a new AEC Blueprint 2025 was created to establish the strategic axes for the agenda of ASEAN's economic integration.
The Communist Party of Vietnam is the ruling party in the socialist republic of Vietnam (CPV). The late H. Ch. Minh's political thought and ideology, H. Ch. Minh Thought, is supported by the CPV.
In 1971, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand signed a proclamation known as the Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality (ZOPFAN).
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Visitors should be courteous and say Sawasdee (pronounced "sah-wah-dee") followed by the appropriate ending participle when greeting someone in Thai.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' members have put forth a joint candidacy as the first bid for the FIFA World Cup in 2034.
