1. Increase food production
2. Promote tourism - Ease travel restrictions
3. Enhance cooperation in the field of mass media - Through exchanges of radio and television programs
4. Accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development
5. Strengthen the foundation of a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian Nations
6. Promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in matters of common interest - Especially in environmental and scientific fields
7. To collaborate for expansion in trade