in 1967 the foreign ministers ofindonsia malaysia the philippines singapore andthailand. sat down togetherin bangkok thailand they agreedto start tha asean. now has ten countries the asean economic community (AEC) will be the goal of joining by 2015. people in the asean community meet and talk in english sothai studnts need to practice speaking english. ifwe speak englesh well we can talk tomore people from other countries more easile.