Philippine Daily Inquirer
Date: May 06, 2018
By: Vince F. Nonato – Reporter / @VinceNonatoINQ

TAOYUAN, Taiwan — This Taiwanese city’s agricultural exposition has dedicated an

A map shows the distance that migrant workers in Taiwan travel from their Southeast Asian homelands. (Photo by VINCE F. NONATO / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

exhibition to the culture of Filipinos and other Southeast Asians, in a bid to inform its citizens about its migrant population.

The VIPT (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand) Agriculture Pavilion is one of the features of the 2018 Taoyuan Agricultural Expo, which runs in the Xinwu district of Taoyuan City until May 13.

Speaking through an interpreter, exhibit designer Chen Pao-tzu said it was meant for the Taiwanese to learn about the cultures of Southeaast Asian nations whose citizens make up a substantial part of the island’s labor force.    [FULL  STORY]