Vietnam’s flag was raised at the ceremony to admit the country to ASEANon 1995 (Source: VNA) ASEAN Foreign Ministers (FMs) and ASEAN General Secretary A.Singh at theceremony to admit Laos and Myanmar to the bloc in Subang Jaya, Malaysia on July23, 1997. (Source: VNA) The FMs from the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, and Thailand attended the AMM 12 in Singapore on February 13, 1997.(Source: VNA) Opening meeting of the sixth ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on December 15, 1998. (Source: VNA) Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai signed the Hanoi Declaration atthe sixth ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on December 15-16, 1998. (Source: VNA) ASEAN nations’ leaders attended the signing ceremony of the Kuala LumpurDeclaration on the establishment of the ASEAN charter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiaon December 12, 2005. (Source: VNA) Then Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and ASEAN leaders signed KualaLumpur 2015 Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Community,Vision 2025 on November 22, 2015. (Source: VNA) Delegates attended the ASEAN flag raising ceremony in Hanoi on August 8on the occasion of the bloc’s 49th founding anniversary (August 8). (Source:VNA) PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and head delegates pressed the buttons to launch theVisit ASEAN@50 campaign at the 28th-29th ASEAN Summit Meetings on September 6,2016. (Source: VNA) PMNguyen Xuan Phuc attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Meeting in Manila, thePhilippines on April 29, 2017. (Source: VNA)
ASEAN’s 50th anniversary: Memorable events
ASEAN was established on August 8, 1967, with five founding members, namely Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Now the bloc has 10 member nations.
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