BMThe 2026 China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW) closed in Guiyang, Guizhou, in early August with an announcement that deserves more attention in Malaysia than it has received so far: the release of an International Mutual Recognition Framework for TVET Learning Outcomes. For anyone working on TVET Malaysia China cooperation, this is the quiet structural news […]
Malaysia’s technical and vocational education sector is having an unusually busy year, and two threads of it are worth reading together: the drive to make Malaysian skills qualifications recognised abroad, and the deepening TVET partnership with China. In July 2026, the Human Resources Ministry launched the Department of Skills Development (JPK) Internationalisation Action Plan 2026–2030 […]
Malaysia’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector just posted one of its strongest showings yet. According to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan, TVET-related vacancies advertised on the MYFutureJobs platform between January and June 2026 totalled 343,836 — a figure that underscores how central skills training has become to the country’s labour […]
Kuala Lumpur was awash in colour this week as Citrawarna Malaysia 2026 returned to Dataran Merdeka from 24 to 26 July, marking the festival’s first outing in nearly six years. Organised by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) as a centrepiece of the Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign, this year’s edition carried the theme […]
More than 5,000 runners of different ethnicities and ages lined up at the starting line in Kota Kinabalu on July 26, 2026, for the seventh edition of the Malaysia-China Run — a signature event that has become one of Sabah’s clearest expressions of grassroots Malaysia-China cooperation. Organized by the Malaysia-China Friendship Association Sabah, the run […]
KUALA LUMPUR — As Malaysia sharpens its push to make technical and vocational education and training (TVET) the backbone of its industrial workforce, nine young Malaysians are preparing for a stage that captures exactly why TVET Malaysia China cooperation matters: WorldSkills Shanghai 2026. The TVET@KKDW contingent — comprising participants from MARA TVET, Universiti Kuala Lumpur […]
From 24 to 26 July 2026, Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur is transformed into a sea of colour, music and dance as Citrawarna 2026 returns for its latest edition. Held in conjunction with Visit Malaysia 2026 and carrying the theme “The Rhythm. The Soul. The Nation,” the festival is one of the country’s most anticipated […]
On July 10, officials, political leaders, and scholars from Malaysia and China gathered in Kuala Lumpur for a symposium titled “Promoting Exchanges on Governance and Advancing Common Development between China and Malaysia,” hosted by the Chinese embassy and organized by the Malaysia Friends of Silk Road Club. It was a timely reminder that the Malaysia-China […]