A participant in the 2017 International Youth Ambassador Exchange Program organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lo visited Indonesia and the Philippines from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6 to promote Taiwan culture and foster people-to-people exchanges.

Taiwan unveiled its first-ever national venue dedicated to xiqu, or traditional Chinese performing arts, on Oct. 3 amid blessings from President Tsai Ing-wen for the Xiqu Center of Taiwan to one day become the hub of Asia-Pacific performing arts.

To foster deeper and more diverse collaboration in the arts among the cultural communities of Southeast Asia and Taiwan, a grants program offered by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China will accept proposals through Oct. 13, 2017.

The Taiwan Pavilion will make its fourth appearance at the 2017 BIG＋BIH Fair, Bangkok’s leading trade fair for gifts and lifestyle products, from Oct. 10 through 21.

Titled Experiencing Traditional Arts: Taiwan and Mekong River, the traditional arts festival will take place at both TTTC and NCFTA in eastern Taiwan’s Yilan County, featuring 50 shows by 10 performing troupes from five Southeast Asian countries—Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

The 2017 Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Program kicked off Oct. 2 in Taipei City, with this academic year’s application numbers hitting a record high.

Taiwan folk singer Yen Yung-neng (second right) performs Sept. 22 during Art Truck Shows Taiwan in Penang.

The 2017 Asia-Pacific Culture Day wrapped up Sept. 24 at Taipei Main Station, with over 100,000 participants taking part in the two-day event designed to foster cultural exchanges between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the country’s diplomatic allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

Annie Nguyen grew up hoping to be a theater performer, but it was not until she came to Taiwan from Thanh Hóa Province in Vietnam that she was able to reach for her dream.