International Raw Vegan Congress - 4-7 January, 2010, La Paz, Bolivia (website in Spanish). The Congress will be held in a rainforest location approximately two hours drive from La Paz.

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Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand

It’s an unmistakable trend. Countries that used to be considered as vegetarian obstacle courses are now becoming veg-friendly. Korea is a case in point, as  described in the following article (in English) from a Korean newspaper . . .

France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Serbia, Turkey, UK

Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda,

More information is now available on the 2010 IVU World Vegetarian Congress - to be held in Indonesia, in Jakarta, the country’s largest city and capital, from 1-6 October, and in Bali, the country’s most famous tourist destination from 7-9 October.

In our October issue, we reported on the launch of a Meatless Monday campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a metropolis of approximately 20 million people. Marly Winckler, head of the Vegetarian Society of Brazil and IVU Regional Coordinator for Latin America, kindly provided some additional information about the campaign.

Emmanuel Eyoh, IVU Africa Regional Coordinator, has announced that the 2nd West Africa Vegetarian Congress will take place in Accra, Ghana . . .

The 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress, organised by the Asian Vegetarian Union and the Indonesia Vegetarian Society, will be held on Batam Island, Indonesia, near Singapore from 6-10 Nov. People from everyone in the world are warmly welcome to enjoy delicious Indonesian vegetarian food.
Among those who have agreed to speak are 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, R.K. Pachauri, well-known vegetarian crusader Maneka Gandhi, and IVU Regional Coordinators for India and for Asia-Pacific, Shankar Narayan and Susianto Tseng.