Closing the 2023 ASEAN-BAC chairmanship under the leadership of Indonesia, at the end of January (30/1), the Vice Chair for International Relations and Alternate Chair of ASEAN-BAC 2023, Bernardino Vega officially handed over the baton of ASEAN-BAC leadership to Laos. Indonesia's leadership in ASEAN-BAC 2023 has given a significant boost to regional cooperation, such as economic cooperation on sustainability in the ASEAN region, and economic cooperation in the form of payment through QR code mode between countries in ASEAN. These include Indonesia-Malaysia, Indonesia-Thailand, Singapore-Malaysia, and Cambodia-Thailand. This transition marks the beginning of the challenges and opportunities that ASEAN will face in the coming years.