Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Bangkok Summit Declaration on the Progress of AESAN, Vietnam\u27s Membership, Greater Economic Cooperation and Closer Political Cooperation in International Fora

ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, was established by the ASEAN Declaration of August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with five founding members: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam was admitted as the sixth member of ASEAN by the Declaration of January 7, 1984 in Jakarta, and Vietnam became the seventh member on July 28, 1995, following the Admission Ceremony in Brunei Darussalam