(The Association of South East Asian Nations: ASEAN) was established on 8 August 2510, the Bangkok Declaration by the five original founding countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand later in 2527 he became a member. by 2538, Vietnam will join later, 2540, Laos and Myanmar joined in 2542 and Cambodia joined ASEAN as the 10th member makes a large regional economic group. a combined population of nearly 500 million people.
, and then in the 9th ASEAN Summit in Indonesia on 7 Oct 2546 ASEAN leaders agreed to establish the ASEAN Community. Comprising three pillars, namely 1.the ASEAN Economic Community 2.The ASEAN social and cultural community 3. ASEAN Security Community