Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.[1] The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic and volcanic activity.
Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions: The major religions are Islam, Buddhism and Taoism, followed by Christianity. However, a wide variety of religions are found throughout the region, including Hinduism and many animist-influenced practices.[3] Divisions[edit] A constructed map shows the diversity of every culture in Southeast Asia. Political[edit] Countries[edit] Territories[edit] Location of Southeast Asia[8] Administrative subdivisions of countries[edit] Geographical[edit] Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two subregions, namely Mainland Southeast Asia (or Indochina) and Maritime Southeast Asia (or the similarly defined Malay Archipelago) (Indonesian: Nusantara).
History[edit] Association of Southeast Asian Nations · List of ASEAN countries by GDP (nominal) ASEAN - Australia - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. New Zealand's relations with the countries of South and Southeast Asia are of growing importance to us.
The region is our closest outside the South Pacific and our links with it go back many years. New Zealand is accredited to almost all countries in the region and we have embassies or high commissions in eight of these. New Zealand's total exports to Southeast Asia for the year ended 30 December 2010 were NZ$4,387million. Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is central to New Zealand's relations with Asia. It is a major regional political and economic grouping with a population of over 600 million people. As an ASEAN dialogue partner, New Zealand attends at Foreign Minister level the annual ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC), hosted by the ASEAN Chair (currently Cambodia).
Other dialogue partners are Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the US and the EU. ASEAN’s GDP forecast to double by 2020. Click to enlarge The ASEAN economy will more than double by 2020, with the nominal gross domestic product of the regional bloc increasing from $2 trillion in 2012 to $4.7 trillion, global research company IHS said in a report published recently.
IHS says that Vietnam and Myanmar are expected to reach a nominal GDP of $290 billion and $103 billion, respectively, by 2020 while Indonesia is expected to reach a projected nominal GDP of about $1.9 trillion.The report also says that overall, emerging markets in Asia are expected to be the fastest growing in the world and would continue to expand. It estimated that GDP growth of emerging markets would exceed that of developed countries in 2020, continuing to expand thereafter. Intra-Asia partnerships will transform the landscape, the report said. Momentum is expected to continue with the potential implementation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations[5] (ASEAN /ˈɑːsi.ɑːn/ AH-see-ahn,[6] /ˈɑːzi.ɑːn/ AH-zee-ahn)[7][8] is a political and economic organisation of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.[9] Since then, membership has expanded to include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Its aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, sociocultural evolution among its members, protection of regional peace and stability, and opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully.[10] ASEAN covers a land area of 4.46 million km², which is 3% of the total land area of Earth, and has a population of approximately 600 million people, which is 8.8% of the world's population. The sea area of ASEAN is about three times larger than its land counterpart. History[edit] The member states of ASEAN Continued expansion[edit] East Timor and Papua New Guinea[edit]