Thai taxi driver was praised after he showed his honesty by returning more than 400,000 Baht or about 13,000$ to Danish tourist on Monday, 18 March 2019. According to Suthirawat Suwannawat, Managing Director of Suvarnabhumi Airport, he told that Somsri Ralat, the taxi driver, picked up a Danish passenger and his Thai wife from the…
Applicants for an extension of a retirement visa to Thailand have to prove that they have sufficient funds to sustain themselves in Thailand. They either need to have a certain deposit in a Thai bank account, or receive a fixed monthly income of a certain amount, or a combination of the aforementioned methods. Effective as…
Jan Gehl, the well known Danish architect, attended the launching ceremonies of a Vietnamese version of his book ‘Cities for People’ in Hanoi and HCMC from 19 to 22 March 2019. Organized by the Embassy of Danmark to Vietnam, Ashui (Vietnamese leading media company in the field of construction and architecture), and other partners, the…
Grundfos won the award for Company of the Year in the global water and wastewater pumps market at the annual awards show of consultancy company Frost & Sullivan held in London last week. In the award report, Frost & Sullivan cited superior offerings of sustainable solutions for a better world and commitment towards a customer-centric…
Peter Sand, Head of Section, Commercial Affairs at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok, was elected Chairman of the Danish Church Council in Thailand at the first meeting of the new council on 23 March 2019. Peter Sand has been Commercial Counsellor of Denmark in Thailand and Cambodia since July 2016. The meeting also elected…
Finnish Business Council (FBC) in Singapore and Singaporen Suomalaiset (SiSu) held their annual general meeting on the 18th of March 2019 where new members of both associations were elected to the board for 2019-2020. According to FBC’s official website, new board members selected were: Chairman ,Mr Janne Lautanala (Wärtsilä) Deputy Chairman, Mr Alpesh Shah (Neste…
Two Swedish friends based in Stockholm and KL have made an app making traveling safer for gays. Using local insights, they map out the do’s and don’ts in cities like Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Traveling abroad and being openly gay can be far from safe. With different laws, cultures and norms, gays risks persecution and worse.…
European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) held a Membership Luncheon Meeting on creating an enabling business environment for trade and investments with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Taking place at Dusit Thani, Manila on Thursday, 21 March 2019, the meeting was opened by the key speaker, Ramon M. Lopez, Secretary of Trade and Industry…
The Heads of Mission of the European Union Delegation, EU Member States accredited to Myanmar, Canada and Norway released the statement on “the further escalation of violence in Rakhine State” on 14 March 2019. According to the statement, EU mentioned that the armed conflict between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military Rakhine in southern…
