Trainees from Pacific Island nations began a six-week study program as part of the Taiwan leg of an annual leadership program for young leaders from the region in Taipei Monday.
Trainees from Pacific Island nations began a six-week study program as part of the Taiwan leg of an annual leadership program for young leaders from the region in Taipei Monday.
The 2019 Tibetan Culture and Art Festival in Taiwan taking place from Oct. 26, 2019 through March 31, 2020 will encompass an academic seminar on Tibetan Buddhism, a rare performance by musician Ani Choying Dolma, and a special exhibition on Tibetan miniatures.
Artists from Taiwan and abroad gathered in Taipei to showcase their "superhero" creations, the theme of this year's Taiwan Comic Festival, which opened at Songshan Culture and Creative Park on Thursday.
The Council of Agriculture (COA) notes that African swine fever (ASF) has continued to spread in European, Asian, and African countries. In the Asian region, already 10 countries have been infected since the outbreak of ASF in mainland China in August of 2018. Since the ASF epidemic struck Vietnam in February of this year, it has spread to 53 provinces, and 5.6 million pigs have been culled.
The 8th Annual “Taiwan KOM Challenge” elite cycling race will be held on Oct 25, 2019. This year’s race will be welcoming a total of 730 professional and amateur cyclists from 42 countries, including world-class riders from teams such as Katusha-Alpecin, EF-Drapac, and Astana.
The 2019 EU-Taiwan LGBTI Human Rights Conference, set for Oct. 24-25 in Taipei, will be the first international government-led conference on the topic in Asia, the Executive Yuan said Wednesday.
The Tourism Bureau on Wednesday introduced an accreditation program for hotels in Taiwan, which it said will help travelers identify safe, sanitary and legitimately registered places of accommodation. The stamp shows two circles, with a red roof over a white bed in the black inner circle, and the words "Taiwan Stay, Tourism Bureau.MOTC" in the yellow outer circle.
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.
