The United States (US) is aiming to increase educational exchange with Brunei, said a visiting US official. Public Diplomacy Country Coordinator at the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs of the US Department of State, Rhonda Ferguson-Augustus told The Brunei Times that the department is interested in developing educational exchanges between the two countries.

Brunei's collection of Islamic art has the potential to attract the interest of the world providing that steps are taken to make it more accessible to the public, said a visiting arc historian yesterday. Exhibiting Islamic art, especially after the 9/11 tragedy, was seen as a way to promote mutual understanding and shed light on the beauty of the cultural aspect of Islam.