2. Language Religion Political
system
Thailand Thai Buddhism Democratic
Congress
Vietnam Vietnamese Buddhism Socialist
Communism
Singapore Bahasa Melayu
English
Mandarin
Buddhism
Catholic
Democratic
Congress
Philipines English
Philipino
Catholic Democratic
Republic
Myanmar Burmese Buddihism Military
Council
Malaysia Bahasa Malayu
English, Chinese
Islam Democratic
Congress
Laos Laos Buddhism Socialism
Communism
Indonesia Bahasa
Indonesia
Islam Democratic
Republic
Cambodia Cambodian Buddhism Democratic
Congress
Brunei
Darussalam
Bahasa Melayu
English
Islam Absolute
monarchy
3. AEC has no sense of belonging to the same community,
no shared identity to develop among the members of the
association.
AEC concentrate on economy and investment
but ignores other issues such as environment,
human rights and politic.
4. ASEAN was founded as a loose organization.
and reforming the institution is made more
difficult due to the objections of new members:
such as Cambodia , Laos and Burma
ASEAN policy: No-interference cause bad
reputation in the western countries
5. Weakness and Threats of Thailand for AEC
structural barriers prevent lower class people from
enjoying the benefits of the social and economic
progress from AEC
Investors, big companies
5 %
Middle class
35%
Lower class
65%
7. Thai people still have negative attitudes toward to the
neighbour countries such as Laos, Burma and Cambodia,
also lack of learning more about ASEAN countries.
8. Educational impacts
According from New York Time, say that "low English level
can hurt countries' progress"
Thailand produces a “workforce with
some of the world’s weakest English-
language skills.”
World Competitiveness Report Thailand was
ranked 54th out of 56 countries globally for
English proficiency, the second-lowest in Asia.