The ten ASEAN countries are ten small countries in Southeast Asia, with members including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. Then 1 is China, and ten plus one is a free trade area composed of ten ASEAN countries and China.
ASEAN for short. The member countries are Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. Its predecessor was the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) established in Bangkok on July 3196/KLOC-0 by Malaya (now Malaysia), the Philippines and Thailand.
1967 On 7-8 August, the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines and the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia held a meeting in Bangkok and issued the Bangkok Declaration (hereinafter referred to as the Declaration on the Establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), officially announcing the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Extended data:
The main institutions of ASEAN include summits, foreign ministers' meetings, standing committees, economic ministers' meetings, other ministerial meetings, secretariats, special committees and non-governmental and semi-official institutions. The summit is the highest decision-making body of ASEAN, held twice a year, and has become the most important mechanism for ASEAN countries to discuss regional cooperation plans. The chairman is rotated by member States.
The foreign ministers' meeting is an institution that formulates the basic policies of ASEAN, and it is held in member countries in turn every year. The Standing Committee meets every two months to discuss ASEAN's foreign policy and implement specific cooperation projects.
The ASEAN Summit is the highest decision-making body of ASEAN, composed of heads of state or government of member countries, and ASEAN countries take turns to chair it. The current presidency is Vietnam, with a term of one year starting from 1 and starting in 2020.