More than 130 countries have signed up to a ground-breaking global agreement on corporate tax reform aimed at eliminating tax havens while bringing in US$150 billion more a year from multinational corporations (MNCs)

The Ministry of Labour says it is considering lifting the entry ban on migrant workers to address the ongoing labour shortage

Health minister Chen Shih-chung says the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) is currently not considering strengthening quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated flight crew members when they return to Taiwan from long-haul assignments

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is expected to be changed back to the National Science Council (NSC) next year

The Central Epidemic Command Center is extending the current level 2 coronavirus alert for two weeks until 18 October. However, some restrictions will be eased

Taiwan's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September dropped 4.3 points month-on-month to 57.8, according to a news release by the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER)

National Development Council (NDC) Deputy Minister Gao Xian-gui is warning that the ban on import of foodstuffs from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture could impede the government's plans to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) says the next round of coronavirus vaccinations, providing first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, will begin on 15 October.

A second shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Taiwan with customized labels.