The document lists 13 East Asian countries including Timor Leste, Brunei, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It states that people in East Asian countries must have individual achievements in their communities to promote the region. It also discusses how in the past, East Asian countries built solidarity against communist expansion from Vietnam. In 1990, Malaysia proposed the creation of an East Asia Economic Caucus consisting of 10 ASEAN members along with China, Japan, and South Korea to further cooperation in the region.