The 2018 Taiwan - ASEAN - India Strategic Investment Partnership Forum was held Tuesday in Taipei, with business representatives from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries meeting with business leaders from Taiwan and India to promote investment.

The government attaches great importance to Taiwan’s relations with ally El Salvador and will keep expanding exchanges for mutual benefits, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu July 13.

Taiwan students won three golds, one silver and two bronzes to place sixth at the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad July 3-14 in Romania, according to the Ministry of Education.

Taiwan’s Tseng Chun-hsin is the first junior athlete since 2004 to win the French Open and Wimbledon boys’ singles crowns in the same season following a 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 triumph over Jack Draper of the U.K. at the latter Grand Slam July 15 in London.

A trial program offering passport holders from Brunei, the Philippines and Thailand visa-free entry to Taiwan for up to 14 days will be extended for another year, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs July 12.

From April 14 to June 3, innovative jewelry creations by 17 Taiwan artisans were displayed at the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami in Hyogo prefecture, Japan. Titled the “Taiwan Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition,” the event was co-organized by the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute in the central county of Nantou. The featured items are now on show at NTCRI’s branch in Taipei City through Sept. 9.

The Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asia Youth Seminar on Climate Change got underway July 12 in Taipei City as part of government efforts seeking meaningful participation for Taiwan in the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Netherlands-based nongovernmental organization International Network of Liberal Woman will establish its Asia-Pacific Chapter in central Taiwan’s Taichung City, the local government announced July 12.

Seven Taiwan films are available free of charge for nonprofit public screenings in Thailand as part of government efforts to strengthen exchanges with the New Southbound Policy country, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand announced July 11.

The Hsinchu Science Park and the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Tuesday with the government of Karnataka State in India to promote bilateral exchanges in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics.