A Taiwanese entertainment troupe will soon tour four cities in Indonesia and India to promote Taiwanese culture and closer bounds between Taiwan and the people of the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Wednesday.

Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) launched an overseas master’s degree program in semiconductor technology on Monday, with enrollment set to begin at Vietnam National University’s Hanoi University of Science (VNU-HUS) in August.

Scores of Filipinos and invited guests gathered in Taipei on Wednesday to celebrate the Philippines Independence Day at a reception hosted by the Philippines resident representative, who said it was a pleasure to hold the event in another “free” country.

The Promoting International Collaboration of Earth Sciences and Smart Disaster Reduction in Southeast Asia conference wrapped up June 10 in Taipei City, strengthening regional cooperation across such areas as environmental adaption and risk assessment.

Combating the new psychoactive substances (NPS) and illegal drugs to protect public health is an ultimate goal for all countries , and the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), in the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), has been successfully granted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance(SCSC) to be coordinate and host 2019 APEC International Workshop on Food Safety and Threat from New Psychoactive Substances.

Taiwan and Indonesia have maintained a trial program to encourage Indonesian junior college graduates to study in two-year institutes of technology in Taiwan, after Jakarta stopped issuing permits for high school graduates to study here, Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) said Sunday.

The 2019 Taiwan LGBTQ Film Festival in Bangkok kicked off Saturday, with a forum hosted to highlight the process Taiwan went through to legalize same-sex marriage.

Over 500 Muslims gathered Wednesday at Taipei Main Station, the main transport hub of Taiwan’s capital, to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the “festival of the breaking of the fast,” as they bid farewell to Ramadan, the ninth month on the Islamic calendar.

A series of Southeast Asian-themed cultural events will be held from June to August in Taipei to provide Taiwanese with a better understanding of the country's migrant workers, according to an official from the city's Foreign and Disabled Labor Office (FDLO) Tuesday.