Since its launch in 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has evolved into an integrated and cohesive economic community. Emerging as an attractive and competitive economic region, the AEC continues to foster an interconnected market for trade and investment, cultivates individuals’ prosperity, promotes opportunities for businesses of all sizes, facilitates the narrowing of the development gap between and within ASEAN Member States (AMS), whilst advances multitudes cooperation in diverse economic sectors.