The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN. As an international organization, which is acceptable and successful in many ways. The integration of the ASEAN community. It is an important opportunity to make all countries in Southeast Asia have been seeking joint point between each other in every aspect to promote the strength of the region and, if only socially important one integration point. That every country in ASEAN to prepare assessments and development of citizens of their creations is a feature of ASEAN citizens. Because it is a way to create the same integrity to occur.Each country will have to cooperate, political, security, economic and culture.Such as, now each country do have developed any strength and weaknesses in the subjects. And each country has a different or similar in any aspects because when all countries include the ASEAN Community inASEAN will be more consecutive. As such, Laos and Cambodia has the different and similar in some aspects and perspective
The first is the religion,Laos and Cambodia are Theravada Buddhism as a religion that important too in both countries.which Heravada Buddhism is by far the most prominent organized religion in the country, with nearly 5,000 temples serving as the focus of religious practice as well as the center of community life in rural areas. In most lowland Lao villages, religious tradition remains strong. Most Buddhist men spend some part of their lives as monks in temples, even if only for a few days.There are approximately 22,000 monks in the country, nearly 9,000 of whom have attained the rank of "senior monk," indicating years of study in temples. In addition, there are approximately 450 nuns, generally older women who are widowed, residing in temples throughout the country. The Buddhist Church is under the direction of a supreme patriarch who resides in Vientiane and supervises the activities of the church's central office, the Ho Thammasaphat has the 20% of the populations.And in Cambodia.Buddhism has existed in Cambodia since at least the 5th century AD, with some sources placing its origin as early as the 3rd century BC. Theravada Buddhism has been the Cambodian state religion since the 13th century AD (excepting the Khmer Rouge period), and is currently estimated to be the faith of 95% of the population.
The history of Buddhism in Cambodia spans nearly two thousand years, across a number of successive kingdoms and empires. Buddhism entered Cambodia through two different streams. The earliest forms of Buddhism, along with Hindu influences, entered the Funan kingdom with Hindu merchants. In later history, a second stream of Buddhism entered Khmer culture during the Angkor empire when Cambodia absorbed the various Buddhist traditions of the Mon people|Mon kingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchai.
The two countries are Theravada Buddhism, which is important as it may be due to a country that has contact with nature and the environment are similar so influenced by similar environmental causes are the major religions are the same.