The Council of Agriculture (COA) of the Executive Yuan states that the production season for lychee in Taiwan lasts roughly from May to August of every year, while the production season in Australia, which is in the southern hemisphere, is the opposite of Taiwan’s, and lychee can be produced there from November to February.
The celebrated Asian art event that draws the attention of the global art circle, ART TAIPEI 2019, which takes place annually in the fall, shall be held from October 18-21 this year at Exhibition Hall 1 of Taipei World Trade Center. The pre-exhibition press conference is held on the 17th of this month on the 36th floor of Taipei 101, providing the first glimpse of the exhibition’s highlights, and acting as the official one-month countdown to ART TAIPEI 2019.
Four tailor-made television shows promoting Taiwan and co-produced by the Taiwan government and TV stations in four Asian countries will be aired in their respective countries next month with the aim to enhance people-to-people ties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.
A total of 730 cyclists from 42 countries are expected to compete in the 2019 Taiwan KOM (King of the Mountains) Challenge set for Oct. 25, organizers said Tuesday.
The Ministry of Education in Taiwan is committed to enriching the professional training for the hardworking language teachers and lecturers teaching Chinese in Australia and New Zealand. A case in point is the launch of the 2020 Professional Development Program in Taiwan for Chinese Language Teachers of Australia & New Zealand.
Taiwan on Sunday clinched the gold medal in a neck-to-neck championship game at the 2019 Asian Baseball Championship, after beating Japan 5-4 at the tournament held in Taichung. This marks the first No.1 finish for the national squad, competing under the name Chinese Taipei, in the tournament since 2001.
The Taipei City Government held the Taipei Muslim-Friendly Sites and Hotels Conference on Oct. 21, in which six new sightseeing spots including the National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall received a Muslim-friendly environment certification from the Taiwan-based Chinese Muslim Association.
The Tourism Bureau hosted a workshop in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang Sunday to promote its initiative called "Taiwan Quality Tour" for travel operators that provide Vietnamese visitors with tourism products and services in Taiwan.
The third annual World Music Festival kicked off at Taipei’s Dajia Riverside Park on Friday. The three-day event is meant to encourage cultural exchange in Taiwan.
Six hotels in Taiwan won distinctions at the World Luxury Hotel Awards (WLHA) this year, with the Yui-mom Group's Silks Club in Kaohsiung awarded both the Luxury Art Hotel -- Global Winner -- and the Luxury All-Suite Hotel -- Continent Winner: Asia. This year, the six hotels won a total of seven awards.
