On 18 August 2015, Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin, Ambassador of Thailand and spouse, Mr. Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng, Minister and spouse, Group Captain Adisorn Unhalekhaka, Defence and Air Attache, Colonel Nonthawat Pakdipongpitchaya, Army Attache and spouse, Captain Apichai Sompolgrunk, RTN, Naval Attache and spouse, and Embassy’s officials, attended a reception to celebrate “48 years of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN (8 August 1967)” hosted by ASEAN Canberra Committee at the Old Parliament House in Canberra. Mr. Burhan Gafoor, High Commissioner of Singapore and Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Canberra, and His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, delivered the opening speeches. Participants included representatives of the 10 ASEAN member countries, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of government and private sector in Australia.