To enhance the foundation for peace among southeast Asian nations by accelerating the region's economic growth, social advancement, and cultural development.
On January 1st, 2015, Malaysia took over as ASEAN Chairman in official capacity. "Our People, Our Community, Our Vision" is the focus of Malaysia's Chairmanship in 2015. On January 27–28, 2015, Malaysia hosted the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Despite its positive potential, Maphilindo was also seen as a strategy by the Philippines and Indonesia to obstruct the creation of the Federation of Malaysia as the successor state to Malaya.
The Founding Fathers of arguably the most successful intergovernmental organization in the developing world today—Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand—would later be acclaimed.
The Association of Southeast Asia, the precursor of Asean, was an idea that Tunku proposed and worked tirelessly to bring about.
Vietnam. The 6.28 km Hi Vân Tunnel is the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia (3.90 mi).
The ASEAN Charter and other important ASEAN documents that lay out the guiding principles and frameworks for ASEAN political and security cooperation and their execution serve as the foundation for the APSC Blueprint 2025. Domestic laws, rules, and policies that are relevant are also used to govern this implementation.
The capital city of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur.
The largest mosque in Southeast Asia and the national mosque of Indonesia is the Istiqlal Mosque. It has a capacity for 200,000 worshipers and is situated on the edge of the famous Merdeka square in the center of Jakarta. Key structural elements of the Istiqlal Mosque recently underwent an environmentally friendly upgrade.
The 7,641 islands that make up the archipelago known as the Philippines have a combined land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).
The ASEAN Member States are committed to and have a common interest in promoting and defending human rights and basic freedoms. Respect for and promotion of human rights serve as the cornerstones of regional cooperation on human rights between ASEAN Member States and its cooperation with pertinent national, regional, and international agencies and organizations, in conformity with the ASEAN Charter.
Vanda Miss Joaquim (Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim) was chosen as Singapore's National Flower on April 15, 1981. It was chosen out of a group of 40 flowers, 30 of which were orchids.
Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw, also known as Nay Pyi Taw, is the country's third-largest city. The Naypyidaw Union Territory's geographic center is where the city is located. Being a completely planned city that is not part of any state or region makes it unique among the cities in Myanmar. On November 6, 2005, the city, then known only as Pyinmana District, succeeded Yangon as the administrative capital of Myanmar; its real name was made public on March 27, 2006, on Armed Forces Day.
With a population of about 440,715 in 2025, Brunei Darussalam would be the smallest nation in the ASEAN region in both terms of area and population. Due to the country's substantial domestically accessible oil and gas reserves, it is not dependent on energy imports.
In terms of institutions and policies, Vietnam's socialist-oriented market economy is very similar to China's socialist market economy in that it combines a fundamentally market-based economy with the dominance of state-owned enterprises, the coexistence of a thriving private sector, a one-party political system, and the existence of five-year economic plans. Development experts now believe that each of these nations have the same fundamental economic structure.
With the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (also known as the Bangkok Declaration) on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, the founding members of ASEAN—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand—created the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.
