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.

Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Visits by Taiwanese nationals to Vietnam in the first half of 2017 were up 23 percent from the same period last year, part of a general surge in international tourism in the country, the latest Vietnamese tourism figures showed.

The 2017 Taiwan Higher Education Fairs wrapped up July 2 in Myanmar, highlighting the government’s interest in bolstering academic exchanges with the emerging Southeast Asian nation, according to the Ministry of Education.

Taipei City-headquartered National Palace Museum signed a memorandum of understanding with San Francisco-based Asian Art Museum July 3 to forge a partnership on educational programs, exhibitions and research projects.

Thousands of people gathered June 25 at Taipei Main Station to celebrate the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Fitr at an event organized to foster a friendly environment for Muslim residents and visitors.

Shaw Jei-fu, president of I-Shou University in the southern city of Kaohsiung, has been named an executive council member and the regional chair for East Asia of New York-based International Association of University Presidents, according to the Taiwan tertiary institution June 21.

The first leg of a concert tour co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to foster cultural exchanges with Southeast Asia wrapped up June 20 in Singapore, with award-winning Taiwan group Judy’s Harmonica Ensemble wowing audience members by performing renditions of folk songs, cinematic scores and original works.