Taiwan competitors placed in the top 10 in the international math and physics olympiads, bringing home a total of 11 medals, the Ministry of Education announced July 23.

Taiwan was the top performer at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad July 6-14 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, with all four members of the national team claiming golds for their top-10 percent performances.

Taiwan will be represented by 368 athletes at the 2017 Summer Universiade, the largest global sporting event ever staged in the nation, according to the Ministry of Education’s Sports Administration July 13.

Major tourism attractions in Taiwan are set to appear on TV screens across India after “Saas Bahu Suspense,” a popular series on one of the South Asian nation’s largest Hindi channels, recently completed filming an episode in Taipei City and along the island’s southeastern coast.

Taiwan is using its information and communication technology expertise to accelerate development in partner nations.

A total of 71,640 images of precious artifacts in the National Palace Museum’s collections can be downloaded free of charge effective immediately, according to the Taipei City-based art institution July 7.

Five Taiwan performance troupes are set to star at next month’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, continuing the country’s participation for the fourth consecutive year in what is widely considered one of the largest art festivals in the world.

Creating a Muslim-friendly travel environment is one of the goals of the government’s New Southbound Policy. Efforts to this end are bearing fruit, with Taiwan ranking as the seventh most Muslim-friendly destination among non-Muslim countries, according to the 2016 Global Muslim Travel Index published by MasterCard-CrescentRating.

A total of seven Taiwan tertiary education institutions are ranked among the 100 best universities in the Asia-Pacific, according to U.K.-based Times Higher Education magazine July 4.

Taipei, July 4 (CNA) National Tsing Hua University will open a summer camp focusing on India studies before the end of July to cultivate talent familiar with India affairs, as Taiwan is making efforts to increase its interaction with the South Asian nation, the university said Tuesday.