Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand and New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office signed an organic food agreement Feb. 26, a move expected to boost agricultural exchanges and deepen economic ties between Taiwan and the southwestern Pacific country.
Taiwan's national men's basketball team overran the visiting Malaysians by more than 100 points in their first matchup in the qualifying round of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup in downtown Taipei on Friday.
All six of Taiwan’s special municipalities earned a place on the 2019 Cities A List published by U.K.-based Carbon Disclosure Project, Feb. 18, reflecting global recognition of countrywide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Taipei-based National Taiwan University (NTU) ranked eighth in the 2020 Emerging Economies University Rankings released Tuesday, up two spots from last year. The ranking, compiled by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine, this year listed 533 universities in 47 countries. Besides Taiwan, the only countries with schools in the top 10 are China, which bagged seven of the 10 places, Russia and South Africa.
A group of teenagers from Taiwan’s Tsou tribe is set to visit New Zealand Feb. 14-21 as part of Hawaiki Project, an initiative launched in 2018 to boost cultural exchange between the two countries’ indigenous groups.
A cross-party group of five former Taiwanese health ministers on Thursday urged the public to support a petition calling for Taiwan’s admission to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In response to the projected consequences of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the Ministry of Culture has been working on mapping out the necessary precautions required for Ministry-affiliated venues while drafting a relief package to alleviate the outbreak's impact on culture and the arts.
Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) The ASEAN basketball league (ABL) has postponed its upcoming games in Taiwan due to the government's ban on the entry of certain travelers as part of its prevention efforts against the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Dr. Thi Thanh Phuong, Vice Rector of the University of Foreign Languages and Studies gave a welcoming speech in which she said that the relations between Taiwan and Vietnam are very close, and that this conference would certainly enhance Mandarin teaching in central Vietnam. She also said that the university was very happy to cohost this event and will continue to work with the Education Division in the future.
A prime aim of this professional development program was to promote further collaboration between Malaysia and Taiwan in the field of Chinese language learning and teaching. The program was organized with the support of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, and the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia. The participants, from each of the states in Malaysia, were assigned by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia.
