Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen has been added to the European team for next month’s Royal Trophy.Seve Ballesteros and European captain Colin Montgomerie chose Kjeldsen for the tournament in Thailand, and hope …
Danish Golfer Kjeldsen Called up for Trophy in Bangkok Read MoreA Swedish citizen is fighting for his life after being assaulted by two security guards at a nightclub in Angeles City in the Philippines. The 51-year-old from western Sweden is …
Swede in coma after Philippines attack Read MoreIn the early hours Police in Pattaya were made aware of a foreign man who was seen driving a White Pick-up fitted with emergency lights and a Police siren. Police …
Former Swedish Tourist Police Assistant Trainee caught in his home-made “Police Car” Read MoreA homeless couple from Sweden face imminent deportation for overstaying their permits to stay. Lt Col Boonlert Onklang of the Chalong Police identified the couple as Bjorn Lennart Lundqvist, 59, …
Homeless Swedes Face Deportation from Phuket Read MoreCarlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd has appointed Soren Ravn managing director effective March 1, 2010. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, it said Ravn, the managing director of Carlsberg Hong Kong …
Carlsberg Malaysia Makes Ravn New Managing Director Read MoreThe president of Maersk Shipping Lines is set to arrive Monday to meet up with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Davao City Police Office (DCPO). This after 16 kilos …
Maersk Top Executive to Arrive in Davao After 16 kilos of High-grade Cocaine From Malaysia Was Discovered Read MoreThe Norwegian related company, MARIS Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, has been given the Minister’s Innovation Award from Singapore’s Ministry of Transport. Mr Bhupesh Gandhi, Director Asia Pacific, was presented with …
Minister’s Innovation Award to Norwegian company in Singapore Read MoreThe programme for poverty reduction in Vietnam, funded by Sweden continues its Phase 2 until 2012. The Swedish support is 75 million SEK for the implementation and monitoring of the …
75 million SEK to Support Vietnam’s Poverty Reduction Pledged Read MoreHad anyone suggested only a few weeks back that the Danish table at the annual Hanoi international Women’s Club Charity Bazaar would contribute significantly to the coming year’s charity work; …
Another Record Breaking Bazaar For Danish Table Read MoreThe Norwegian Business Forum was organised by the Embassy in HCMC in November, and gathered many of the Norwegian business companies with a presence in Vietnam. The forum is convened …
Norwegian Business Forum in HCMC Read More“Vietnam 1946: How the War Began” is a dramatic account of how the war started and a detailed study of the complex decision-making that lead up to the outbreak of …
Book launch “Vietnam 1946: How the War Began” Read MoreDespite the global financial crisis, Norwegian companies are showing great interest for Vietnam, which is considered a market with great potential. Vung Tau, a city where the oil related industry …
Norwegian companies active in Vietnam Read MoreThe Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Mekong (2009-2012) aims at supporting wider provision and use of renewable energy by facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency related cooperation, dialogue and experience …
New Energy and Environment Partnership in Mekong Open for Proposals Read MoreAs part of the celebrations for HM the King’s 82nd birthday the Swedish Embassy set up a booth with information about HM the King’s State Visit to Sweden in 1960. …
Sweden Took Part In HM the King of Thailand’s Birthday Celebrations Read MoreNorway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim, has officially opened the Royal Norwegian Consulate in Phuket.The official opening of the new consulate in Phuket took place …
Norwegian Consulate Opened in Phuket Read MoreThe theme of the 6th Anti-Corruption Dialogue “Corruption impacts in the health sector in Vietnam: How to improve transparency and accountability” is about human dignity, perhaps more than anything else. …
Health Care Free From Corruption Read MoreOn Wednesday the 25th of November 2009 the Royal Danish Embassy and the Danish Business Association hosted a successful joint event on CSR in Indonesia at the Royal Danish Embassy …
Successful Joint Event in Jakarta Read MoreA 29-year-old Danish man has been arrested in Thailand at the request of Denmark for tax fraud, Pol Lt-Gen Wut Liptapanlop, acting Immigration Police chief, said to Bangkok Post on …
Danish Man Has Been Arrested In Thailand For Tax Fraud Read MoreAfter huge investments in Thailand, Finnish Jussi Ryhänen has taken the consequences of what he call “many and big problems” in Thailand and made his next investment in Cambodia’s capital …
Finnish Hotel Owner Takes Over Sakura Hotel In Phnom Penh Read MoreScandasia.com in Cambodia: A Swedish businessman visiting Cambodia has been murdered and his body dumped outside Phnom Penh, reportedly after he met a woman with whom he had corresponded online, …
Swedish Businessman Murdered In Cambodia Read MoreThe 2009 Third Country Training Seminar, entitled “Climate Change and Sustainable Energy: Maximizing Opportunities for Developing Countries of Asia”, was held at Singapore’s Environment Institute 2nd-6th November with 26 delegates …
Norway-Singapore Joint Third Country Seminar on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy a Success! Read MoreThe book “Work! Live! Play! The Scandinavian and Singaporean Experiences on Enhancing Productivity with Work-Life Innovations” was recently published in Singapore by NTUC Women’s Development Secretariat. The publication is a …
Book launch on work-life experiences from Scandinavia and Singapore Read MoreScandinavian Shoppe in Singapore is the place for Scandinavians to look for all kinds of specialties from their own country that they haven’t been able to find anywhere else. In …
All the Stuff You Miss in Singapore Read MoreShe is dressed like an attorney, her hair is short, and you would easily believe that she is a marathon runner or a similar athlete. Her movements all have a …
StatoilHydro’s Toughest FCO Read MorePeder Damm has been there, done it all, and his behavior and body language underlines that fact. It simply feels good to be around one of the most respected “soldiers” …
Preparing Indonesia For Disasters Read MoreThere are currently no definitive informations if there were any Scandinavian casualties in the huge terror bomb explosion in Jakarta this morning, Friday 17 July 2009. Indonesian police officials have told Reuter that …
Three Scandinavian Embassies Evacuated After Bombs In Jakarta Read More“When we opened up on Annankatu in 1995, things were very different. I think there were two Thai restaurants to make landfall in Helsinki before us. now there are probably …
Maithai In Helsinki Delivers Traditional Thai Dishes Read MoreWhat an amazing sight. 15 Danish tourists, travelling with Regionrejser, on their rented pushbikes, moving from the centre of Siem Reap all the way to the outskirts of the very …
15 Danes On Pushbikes In Siem Reap Read MoreAfter several years of struggle to get investments in a Vietnamese quarry back, the time has arrived when the former boxer Kim Brix Andersen throw the towel into the ring. Kim Brix Andersen …
Dane Abandon Millions In Vietnam Read MoreA young Swedish guy, 23, was doing fine in Sihanoukville. Wonderful people, the weather was great, the girl he felled in love with, is number one in the entire world. …
Karl’s Snus Factory In Sihanoukville Read MoreThe Danish doctor Søren Andersen has been working in some of the biggest hospitals in Denmark. However, he hardly believed his own eyes when he was shown around in a …
Danish Doctor’s Thai Career Read MorePolice were called to the Viking Guesthouse located on Jomtien Beach late on Friday Night following reports of a guest who was attempting to start a fire inside his room. …
Norwegian Millionaire Arrested In Jomtien Read MoreA national programme to respond to climate change will require VND2 trillion (US$121.2 million) to provide climate change scenarios from 2009-15. This was revealed at a workshop on climate …
Danida Will Provide $40 Million To Climate Forecasts Read MoreThe Agriculture department in the Philippines has lifted its ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from the Denmark, Czech Republic, and from the U.S. state of Arkansas, an …
Philippines Lifts Ban On Poultry From Denmark Read MoreThe governments of Indonesia and Norway have agreed to accelerate their bilateral cooperation in the fishery and renewable energy sectors, a foreign ministry statement said.In order to pursue the cooperation, …
Norway And Indonesia Accelerate Cooperation Read MoreSat. 11 Oct.: Cosmoleague, Vikings FC – Brewerkz 1 – 3 (1 – 1) Another Cosmoleague match at ITE Balestier. The Vikings home pitch should have been a fortress, but …
Another Disappointment For The Singapore Vikings Read MoreThe Norwegian scholarship program for Filipino seafarers will be implemented over a six-year period. Favila announced the Norwegian assistance after the courtesy call of State Secretary Oyvind Slake of the …
Scholarship Program To Benefit 5,000 Seafarers Read MoreNorway-based Intex Resources ASA said it would spend as much as $2.9 billion to put up a high-pressure acid leach facility within the site of its Mindoro Nickel mine. Intex …
Norwegian Billions For Nickel Plants Read MoreMaersk Line announced plans to implement another rate increase for the trade from Southeast Asia and South Asia to Australia, effective Nov. 1, as part of a rate restoration program.In …
Maersk Hikes Asia-Ausstralia Rates Read MoreDiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (“DiGi”) believes that its 1 Low Flat Rate to all networks across prepaid, postpaid and business segments gives customers the best value and DiGi the edge …
DiGi Ceo In Street Carnival Read MoreThe rate of marriages between Western men and Thai women registered in Bangkok’s Bangrak district has increased by 10% every year for the past 25 years, reaching half of all …
Scandinavian Men Bring Financial Security Read MoreThailand’s embassy in Stockholm no longer accepts visa applications by mail. So there are now only two ways to apply for a Thai visa in Sweden: Personally or through agents at …
Trickier To Get A Visa To Thailand Read MoreBangkok based artist Elizabeth Romhild returns to her native Denmark for her much anticipated 10th anniversary exhibition at Ebeltoft Kunst Forening. Self-taught Danish-Armenian artist Elizabeth presents her most recent series …
10th Anniversary Exhibition In Ebeltoft Read MoreFluor Corp. a provider of engineering and construction management services, said it received an engineering and construction contract from Norway-based solar power company – Renewable Energy Corp. for a state-of-the-art …
Fluor Receives Contract for Solar Panel Complex Read MoreWealthy nations should pay dozens of the world’s poorest countries up to £19-billion a year to preserve their rainforests, according to a report commissioned by Gordon Brown.The cash would fund …
Swede: Rich Nations ‘should Pay To Save Rainforests’ Read MoreThe Norwegian father of Alicia Elfversson, the six year-old Swedish girl who he abducted and took to Cambodia, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison by …
Father Jailed Over Cambodia Abduction Read MoreMogens Sørensen, the head of investigations at the Copenhagen police station in Bellahøj, Denmark, will be liaison officer for the five Nordic countries and coordinate investigations in Southeast Asia and …
New Scandinavian Police Coordinator Read MoreNearly 200 costumes and over 250 pairs of shoes will be worn by the cast of Mamma Mia! during their maiden performance in Malaysia over the Christmas and New Year …
From Sweden To Kuala Lumpur Read MoreThe National Food Agency (Fødevarestyrelsen) in the Danish town Rønne has seized a number of energy drinks from the store “Ann Thai Shop”, owned by Phiangjai Ann Knudsen. The drinks …
Thai Shop Sold Illegal Energy Drinks Read MoreAfter an extensive operation The police has arrested a 55-year-old Dane for a four-year-old murder committed on the island of Funen, writes the Danish tabloid BT. During a violent robbery …
Arrested For Murder Of A Vietnamese Man Read More