Tarja Halonen, the Finnish president, is to start the official visit of a three-country tour of southeast Asia on 18 February, her office said in a statement on January 24, 2007.
The first country on the list is Indonesia, followed by Singapore and Vietnam.
Paavo Väyrynen (centre), the foreign trade and development minister, and a business delegation led by Antti Herlin, the chairman of the Confederation of Finnish Industries, is to travel with the president.
