What is ASEAN? ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations‚ an organization that was founded on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok‚ Thailand. Its original charter counted five member-countries: Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ and Thailand. Since then‚ five other nations have joined: Brunei in 1984‚ Vietnam in 1995‚ Myanmar (Burma) and Laos in 1997‚ and Cambodia in 1999. The member-countries are sprawled over an area of 1.74 million square miles (4.5 million square kilometers)
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Overview of ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations Introduction The ASEAN-European Union (EU) dialogue relations were formalised when the 10th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM)‚ held on 5-8 July 1977‚ agreed on ASEAN’s formal cooperation and relationship with the European Economic Community (EEC)‚ which included the Council of Ministers of the EEC‚ the Permanent Representative of the EEC countries and the EEC Commission. The ASEAN-EU dialogue relations were institutionalised with the signing of the
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roadmap for ASEAN Community by 2015 Introduction My name is P. I am a human resource development officer in the Department of Foreign Trade in Thailand. According to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Community 2015 that Thailand is planning to attend in 2015‚ my responsibility is providing support in the various human resource functions‚ which include training and developing. The main purpose of this document is to provide the preparation for Thais on the roadmap of ASEAN Community 2015
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has plans to fast track the integration of its member countries over the next few years. Aside from encouraging cooperation through traditional diplomatic and cultural activities‚ there are also ambitious proposals for ASEAN to issue a single visa and currency‚ and even form a united regional Olympic team. The advantages of a united ASEAN are easy to imagine. A cohesive ASEAN would likely bring tremendous benefits to Southeast Asians in the forms
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Mission 4. Objectives 5. Operation 6. SWOT Analysis 7. Some major Criticism of the Organisation. 8. Conclusion & Recommendations 1. Introduction The Association of South East Asian nation (ASEAN) is an Organisation formed by the East Asian nations in 1967. These nations include Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Philippines‚ Singapore‚ and Thailand which were the first five members state that formed the Association and later were joined by other smaller
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afternoon in Vietnamese. Thanks for being here today. I’m________ ______________ and I’m from Santa Cruz Suksa School. I’m here today to talk about how to prepare for ASEAN community 2015. So how can we do that? First‚ ASEAN people‚ including the youth‚ should acknowledge tourism destinations in all ASEAN countries. Acknowledging the ASEAN potentials‚ especially in tourism‚ is must. We can’t take further action if we don’t know about our own potentials. By maintaining the tourism potentials like building
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I. Introduction ASEAN which is the acronym for Association of Southeast Asian Nation‚ was established on 8 August‚ 1967 whose member states include: Brunei Darussalam‚ Cambodia‚ Indonesia‚ Lao PDR‚ Malaysia‚ Myanmar‚ Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Viet Nam. The aim of ASEAN was to strengthen self-reliance and regional cohesion‚ while emphasizing social‚ cultural and economic cooperation and development. In order to achieve those objectives‚ ASEAN Community 2015 was established and comprised
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EC3373 ASEAN ECONOMICS Vietnam in ASEAN Tutorial Group: W2 (Friday 1-2pm) Han HeChou Aaron A0085883M Introduction “The fastest growing emerging economy by 2050”‚ this is what the Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP‚ John Hawksworth‚ claims of the potential for the Vietnam’s economy.Vietnam has transformed from a nation plagued with wars in the 1970s‚ to an economy that has posted annual per capita growth of 5.3% since 1986. Vietnam’s economic success started after the implementation
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Benefits of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) * It will open more regional cooperation and will improve the scale efficiencies‚ dynamism and competitiveness of Asean members. AEC will enable easier movement of goods‚ services‚ investment‚ capital and people. Ultimately‚ it will offer new ways of coordinating supply chains‚ or access to new markets for established products. * All Asean countries are more important to foreign investors if they are considered as one node in a larger regional
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Business in Asia Subject : ASEAN 2015 Introduction: The association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established in 1967 as an organization for economic‚ political‚ social and cultural cooperation among its member countries. Its goal includes also protection of regional peace and stability. The original members are: Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore and Thailand. Now‚ there are 10 memberships: Brunei‚ Myanmar‚ Cambodia‚ Laos and Vietnam. ASEAN has a population of approximately
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