Mr. David Hazlehurst, Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and Chen Junne-jih, Deputy Minister of Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA), convened a bilateral video conference on March 3, during which they signed, in Canberra and Taipei respectively, the “Taiwan-Australia Agricultural Working Group - Terms of Reference.”
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has been named as one of the world’s 24 extraordinary women by a Thai newspaper Monday, citing her leadership in containing the coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan and her government’s promotion of gender equality.
The Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City has been conducting the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) tests for many years as part of its work promoting Mandarin learning and evaluation in Vietnam, South of Da Nang. The tests are held in various cities, including Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Can Tho, and Dong Thap, and more than 2,000 applicants each year apply to sit for the tests.
The Malaysia–Taiwan Counseling Teachers Training Workshop was held in Perak in Malaysia from January 8 to January 10, 2021 with the collaborative assistance of the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Malaysia, and the Organization of Taiwan Education and Cultural, Malaysia.
On February 24, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that in consideration of the stable coronavirus situation and adequate medical capacities in Taiwan, it would again conditionally allow non-R.O.C. nationals to enter Taiwan for medical purposes.
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) recently announced receipt of a US$2 million donation from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), some of which will be used to establish a program dedicated to the study of Taiwan in a global context.
On Feb. 20, Minister of Culture Lee Yong-te journeyed to the southeast coastal county Taitung to call on artist Paul Chiang (江賢二) and Chairman of The Alliance Cultural Foundation (公益平台文化基金會) Stanley Yen (嚴長壽).
Social media platform Facebook on Friday extended its Climate Science Information Center to more countries, including Taiwan, to better educate users about climate change, its effects and the need for action.
Taiwan virtual reality film “The Deserted” by acclaimed local director Tsai Ming-liang debuted last week at ANB Tokyo in Japan, according to the Ministry of Culture Feb. 17.
A research team at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in northern Taiwan announced Thursday that it has developed a rapid test that can identify how well protected a vaccinated person is against COVID-19.
