In order to strengthen the partnership between Taiwan and new southbound countries in the field of cosmetic analytical techniques, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) holds the “Conference on Analytical Techniques for Cosmetics” on the 25th of July 2019 at the third floor conference hall of the Chiayi Office of TFDA.
Following a presentation at Thursday's meeting of the Cabinet by the Council of Agriculture on Taiwan's efforts to resist the international epidemic of African swine fever (ASF), Premier Su Tseng-chang said that in the first half of the year, the government has received widespread praise from the public for its efforts to protect hog farmers by preventing the spread of the disease into Taiwan.
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) on Sunday called on the international hacktivist community to help amplify the voice of the Taiwan people to promote the country's democratic development and policy goals.
The Executive Yuan’s Office of Science and Technology (OST) announced the results of the international portion of the 2019 Presidential Hackathon, which ran for three days beginning on July 18. After careful evaluation, two teams emerged victorious from a field of strong competitors: Malaysia’s Mentadak and CoST from Honduras.
Taipei, July 17 (CNA) Mitchell Silk, acting assistant secretary for international markets at the U.S. Treasury Department, was due to arrive in Taiwan Wednesday for a two-day visit to foster cooperation on energy and infrastructure between the U.S. and Taiwan.
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Taiwan's top representative to the U.S. and the nation's ambassador-at-large for religious freedom have both been invited to take part in a U.S.-organized international religious freedom forum next week in Washington.
The Council of Agriculture (COA) stated that 1.16 million metric tons (MT) of agriproducts, with a total value of NT$85.3 billion, were exported from Taiwan in the first half of 2019, which was 11.3% and 6.5% higher, respectively, than the same period of the previous year, creating new record highs for agriproduct exports.
Taiwan officially joined the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement on July 4, a move that Premier Su Tseng-chang said will benefit Taiwan’s deep-sea fishery industry and safeguard the rights of Taiwan’s fishermen to operate in the area. This marks the fifth regional fisheries management organization in which the nation has substantive participation.
The abuse of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) has emerged in an endless stream, affecting the physical and mental health of the people and the overall competitiveness of the country. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), there has been an accumulated 943 NPS reported as of April 2019. The Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare (TFDA) organizes the “2019 International Conference on New Psychoactive Substances” on 10-11 July.
Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Taiwan joined the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) July 4, when it attended a meeting of the agreement's members as a "participating fishing entity" for the first time, the Fisheries Agency said Tuesday.
