Taiwan was rated the top Asian nation for the fifth consecutive year in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released April 26 by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.

Experts from the U.S. Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences and Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases are among those scheduled to deliver lectures at the workshop. Dozens of senior laboratory professionals from 18 nations, including New Southbound Policy target countries as well as Haiti, Japan and Papua New Guinea, are expected to attend the event.

The Taiwan-Philippines Congressional Association was inaugurated April 18 in Taipei City, paving the way for increased bilateral collaboration and exchanges between the two nations’ lawmaking bodies.

World No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying from Taiwan clinched the women’s singles title at the OUE Singapore Open April 16 after defeating Spanish Olympic champion Carolina Marin, winning her fifth successive Badminton World Federation World Superseries title.

SEEK Foundation coordinator Mr. Ganesh Babu Dhasarathan calls on Director General Charles Li

The New Southbound Policy Press Corps I visits J&V Energy Technology’s solar power station in Taihsi Township, Yunlin County

An international press group attends “Symposium on the New Southbound Policy”

The Cabinet-level Environmental Protection Administration recently dispatched a team to Western Australia to investigate an oil dumping incident that took place near Green Island off southern Taiwan’s Taitung County, the EPA announced April 5.

The National Immigration Agency under the Ministry of the Interior awarded a Plum Blossom Card, which grants the recipient permanent residency in Taiwan, to Indian academic Shabbir Syed Abdul April 2 in Taipei City for bolstering international awareness of the country’s medical technology sector.

Mr. Liang attended the investment certificate grant ceremony held by Binh Duong government on the 22 Mars.