The 16th East Asia Forum (EAF) was held on August 29- 30, 2018 in Luang Prabang, Laos, which was attended by 66 participants in total from ASEAN+3 countries, including H.E. Bouathong Phengsavanh, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee, of Luang Prabang Province. Among them, there were 5 participants from Japan: ITO Go, Director and Director of Research. JFIR, YAMAMOTO Daisuke, Deputy Director General Senior Economist, Sojitz Research Institute, Ltd, and others.