The New Southbound Policy is strengthening education and tourism exchanges with Malaysia.
The New Southbound Policy is strengthening education and tourism exchanges with Malaysia.
Taiwan is committed to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation with like-minded countries in the Pacific across a broad spectrum of areas, Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu said Sept. 6 at the conclusion of the Pacific Islands Forum in ally Nauru.
Taichung City plans to stage the inaugural Asia-Pacific youth games next year after the central Taiwan metropolis was stripped of its right to host the 2019 East Asian Youth Games due to political interference from China, according to the local government Sept. 3.
Taiwan athletes won 17 gold, 19 silver and 31 bronze medals at the Asian Games concluded Sept. 2 in Indonesia, marking the nation’s best performance at the event for two decades.
Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese language versions of the New Southbound Policy Portal operated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were officially launched Aug. 24 as part of government efforts to promote the regional initiative.
Taiwan Expo 2018 kicked off Aug. 30 at Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Thailand as part of government efforts to strengthen business exchanges with the New Southbound Policy country.
Forging closer music industry ties between Taiwan and New Southbound Policy nations is the focus of a project launched Aug. 28 by the Ministry of Culture, with Malaysia and Thailand the first markets to be targeted.
Taiwan world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying claimed the nation’s first-ever badminton gold at the Asian Games with victory in the women’s singles tournament Aug. 28 in Jakarta.
An international panel reviewing Taiwan’s first national report on the implementation of the U.N. Convention against Corruption concluded Aug. 24 that the country has made significant legal and institutional progress toward clean governance and corporate practices.
Taiwan moved up one spot to third among 50 major countries and territories surveyed in the latest Profit Opportunity Recommendation report by U.S.-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence SA.
