The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute (TTFRI, NARLabs) and the Vietnam Institute for Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (IMHEN, MONRE) jointly organized 2017 ACTS Workshop (2017 APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society Workshop) from September 26 to 27, 2017. Representative Amb. Shih attended the opening ceremony. The photo of delegation at the opening ceremony : Representative Amb. Shih (center),  Director General of TTFRI Prof. Ching-Yuang Huang (fourth from right), Deputy Director of IMHEN Dr. Mai Van Khiem (fourth from left), Deputy Director General of Water Resources Agency Dr. Yi-Fung Wang (third from left), Deputy Director General of Central Weather Bureau Dr. Tien-Chiang Yeh (third from right), Prof. Gwo-Fong Lin from National Taiwan University (second from left), Prof. Kwan Tun Lee from National Taiwan Ocean University (third from right in the back row), and Prof. Shu-Ling Chen from National Taipei University (second from right in the back row), and so on.