ASEAN celebrates 51st founding anniversary

On August 8, 1967, the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand sign an agreement, by virtue of which, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was born. (Photo: VNA)

Brunei Darussalam then joined on January 7, 1984, Vietnam on July 28, 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on July 23, 1997, and Cambodia on April 30, 1999, making up what is today the 10 member states of ASEAN. (Photo: VNA)

The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies. (Photo: VNA)

At the 12th ASEAN Summit in January 2007, the Leaders affirmed their strong commitment to accelerate the establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015 and signed the Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015 (Photo: VNA)

The ASEAN Community is comprised of three pillars, namely the Political-Security Community, Economic Community, and Socio-Cultural Community. (Photo: VNA)

The 32nd ASEAN Summit was successfully held by Singapore, which holds the ASEAN Chairmanship, from April 25-28, 2018. (Photo: VNA)