The Association of East Asian Nations under the Bangkok Declaration was established by the ASEAN Declaration. When the August 8, 1967 by Indonesia, country consisting of 5 member countries, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
In order to promote cooperation in the political, The country's economic and social development in Southeast Asia, there are additional countries later, including Brunei, Viet Nam da-Salaam fi Laos Myanmar and Cambodia respectively, thus making the current ASEAN. There are 10 member countries.