<div dir="ltr"><h1>Vietnamese language section added to New Southbound Policy Portal</h1>
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<p>Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) A Vietnamese language section has been added
to Taiwan's New Southbound Policy (NSP) Portal to strengthen the
delivery of information related to the policy to boost ties with
Vietnam, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Friday.<br><br>The
portal brings together news about Taiwan's government policies and media
reports related to the push to develop closer trade and other ties with
the NSP target countries.<br><br>The platform also links to the
websites of the representative offices of the target countries covered
by the policy, bringing to users news about the countries' development,
as well as local happenings and consular information.<br><br>The NSP Portal originally had Chinese and English versions only.<br><br>As
part of ongoing government efforts to raise regional awareness of the
NSP, an Indonesian language version of the New Southbound Policy Portal
(<a href="http://nspp.mofa.gov.tw/nsppid">http://nspp.mofa.gov.tw/nsppid</a>) was launched on Nov. 28 and the
Vietnamese language section (<a href="http://nspp.mofa.gov.tw/nsppvn">http://nspp.mofa.gov.tw/nsppvn</a>) was set up
on Friday, MOFA said.<br><br>Since 2016, the government has been
actively promoting the New Southbound Policy, which is aimed at
strengthening the relationship between Taiwan and policy's 18 target
countries, including the 10 countries in the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan,
New Zealand and Australia. <br><br>(By Elaine Hou and William Yen)<br>Enditem/cs</p>
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</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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