Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Travelers going between Singapore and the European Union (EU) will have an easier time proving their Covid-19 vaccination status from 25 November onwards as the European Commission has announced that Covid-19 certificates …
EU accepts Singapore’s Covid-19 vaccination certificates Read More
Finnish Wärtsilä Voyage has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) to further strengthen their collaboration in smart port innovation and …
Wärtsilä partners with Singapore MPA to co-develop next-generation safer and greener smart port solutions Read More
Almost four years ago, Danish Simon Grimstrup, owner of the travel agency Trailtours, made a big decision. He would no longer fly and instead offer more climate-conscious travel with, among …
Danish Tour operators flight to Vietnam was his last – Now only offers climate-conscious tours Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong invites you to join their upcoming breakfast seminar covering the secrets behind a successful SPONSORSHIP on 8 December. About the event, Swedcham HK …
Learn more about the secrets behind a successful SPONSORSHIP Read More
Finland’s first county elections will be held in January 2022. Within the Embassy of Finland’s jurisdiction in Thailand and Cambodia, the advance voting will take place only at the Embassy …
Advanced voting for Finland’s first country election will take place at the Embassy in Bangkok Read More
Finnish prosecutors have dropped the charges of aggravated fraud against a former payday lender and businessman Onni Sarmaste and his business partner related to a 4.9 million-euro deal to supply …
Finnish prosecutor drops charges against payday lender over failed Chinese mask deal Read More
In Denmark, Sawaeng Kongpetsak worked in the dairy business for thirty years and founded the Thai-Danish Association. In Thailand, he worked for another twenty years in the Thai dairy business …
Sawaeng Kongpetsak returns to Denmark Read More
On his last day in Indonesia, Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod visited PIK Mangrove and planted mangroves to symbolize the 70th years of friendship between Denmark and Indonesia. The Minister …
Jeppe Kofod plated mangroves to symbolize the Danish-Indonesian 70th years of friendship Read More
Learn more about ‘Talent acquisition in the digital era: Challenges and solutions’ at this upcoming event hosted by the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Consulate General of Finland …
Learn more about Talent acquisition in the digital era Read More
Naalakkersuisut, which is the government of Greenland, has stripped a Chinese mining company of its license to an iron ore deposit near Nuuk. “Naalakkersuisut has decided not to grant further …
Greenland strips Chinese mining firm of license to an iron ore deposit Read More
Indonesia will adopt the smart city development concept learned from Swedish experiences and the country has an ambitious plan to build a new capital for Indonesia. A project Sweden is …
Sweden looks forward to further engagement in Indonesia’s new capital project Read More
Danish Danni Steger’s trip to Singapore earlier this month turned into quarantine when he tested positive for covid-19 on arrival. The Straits Times writes that Danni Steger, who works as an …
Dane’s Singapore trip turned into quarantine when tested Covid-19 positive Read More
What happens when men start talking to each other? That simple question is the starting point for #globalguytalk which is now coming to Malaysia, the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala …
Embassy of Sweden and partners launch #GlobalGuyTalk in Malaysia Read More
Malaysia’s UNITAR International University and Finnish Experience signed on 23 November a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) aimed at delivering innovative Finnish education experiences to UNITAR’s students. The MoA was signed …
UNITAR and Finnish Experience team up to deliver innovative Finnish educations to Malaysian students Read More
Swedish-Swiss Tetra Pak, a world-leading processing and packaging solutions company, together with the Royal Chitralada Projects has introduced the world’s first congee in Tetra Recart®, a paper-based carton package from …
Tetra Pak and the Royal Chitralada Projects Launch the World’s First Congee in Carton Package Read More
Join the closing event for Nordic Innovation House Singapore – smart and sustainable cities virtual market entry program – Singapore 2021 on 26 November. The event is organized by NIH-SG, …
Join the Closing Event: Minimising carbon footprint in the life cycle of buildings Read More
The Philippines will soon open up to international vaccinated tourists from countries with low infection rates, the Ministry of Tourism informs. The Philippines has approved a plan that allows entry …
The Philippines will open to fully vaccinated international tourists soon Read More
On 21 November, Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and the Governor of East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa opened the new Danish Honorary Consulate in Surabaya, the Embassy of Denmark in Indonesia writes. …
Jeppe Kofod opened the new Danish Honorary Consulate in Surabaya Read More
Last week new restrictions came into force in the Chinese capital of Beijing which means that athletes participating in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympic Games in February must either be …
Head of mission for the Danish Olympic team in Beijing: We have to adjust to new restrictions Read More
A Swedish family with two children wants to spend three winter months in Thailand, but the municipality says no, media Aftonbladet reports. The family from the Swedish city of Ystad, a town …
Swedish municipality say no to Swedish family spending 3 months in Thailand Read More
Nordic Police and Customs officer Mia Poutanen talks about Beijing’s street picture and her work in China in a recent blog post on the Finnish police blog. Mia Poutanen started …
Nordic Police and Customs officer Mia Poutanen talks Beijing street picture and work in China Read More
The Danish Chamber of Commerce invites you to their upcoming event covering the legal aspects of hiring and firing in China on 26 November. More about the event, DCCC writes: …
Learn more about the legal aspects of hiring and firing in China Read More
Last week, the Trade Council of Denmark, Taipei co-hosted an Openhouse event at Meigui Dairy Breeding Farm to demonstrate the first One2Feed feeding/mixing robot in Taiwan One2Feed is a Danish designed and …
The first One2Feed robot was demonstrated in Taiwan Read More
Swedish Hugo Tyden has always been encouraged to study hospitality because of his big passion for the industry and after hearing about the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) and the …
Swedish hospitality student in Singapore: No bachelor’s degree can compete with EHL Read More
The Embassy of China in Finland has begun to accept donations for the two giant Chinese Pandas living in the Finnish zoo Ähtäri zoo, an embassy’s spokesman recently stated citing …
Embassy of China in Finland steps in to help raise money for Pandas in Finnish zoo Read More
Aye Chan Naing, executive director and chief editor of the independent Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), was recently recognized with an International Press Freedom award for his efforts to …
Norway-based DVB journalist recognized with International Press Freedom Award Read More
The saga continues in the second episode of STV’s new documentary “Veronica and the Chinese millionaire” where Chinese businessman and billionaire You Lin is heard talking about his wife Veronica …
Chinese billionaire’s own words after the murder of Swedish Veronica Read More
On 22 November, Denmark signed a new cooperation agreement with Indonesia, JydskeVestkysten reports. According to Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod who is currently in Indonesia, the focus in the new …
Denmark is upgrading green cooperation with Indonesia Read More
On 22 November, Telenor Group and C.P. Group announced that they have agreed to explore the creation of a new telecom-tech company comprising dtac and True. According to a company statement, the …
Telenor and C.P. Group support dtac and True in exploring the creation of a new telecom-tech company Read More
Join the second edition of the EuroCham Cambodia CSR Awards Ceremony on 23 November 2021, to felicitate EuroCham’s nominees and winners for their outstanding contributions to society and the environment …
Join the second edition of the EuroCham Cambodia CSR Awards Ceremony Read More
European travelers are eager to return to the Indonesian island of Bali but only time will tell if the current entry restrictions prevent them from doing so, said Swedish Ambassador …
Ambassador Marina Berg: Swedish travelers eager to return to Bali Read More
Four Finns were recently convicted of procuring Thai prostitutes in a ruling in Helsinki District Court, Swedish YLE reports. Procuring, also known as pimping out, is the facilitation or provision of …
Four Finns convicted of pimping out Thai prostitutes in Finland Read More
Last week foreign tourists, including Swedish and Norwegian travelers, arrived in Vietnam for the first time after nearly two years of border closures as the Southeast Asian country gradually reopens …
Nordic travelers happy to be back in Vietnam after almost two years of closed borders Read More
Join the Nordic Chambers in Hong Kong for Nordic Christmas Mingle at Ocean Park on 21 December for an unforgettable evening filled with food, drinks, glögg, Christmas songs, lucky draws, …
Join the Nordic Chambers for Nordic Christmas Mingle at Ocean Park Read More
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and partners in Asia set out to explore pathways to enhance the protection of Rohingya in the Asia region. According to this press release, the project …
DRC and partners set out to protect Rohingya refugees in Asia Read More
Norway’s Telenor is considering merging its mobile operations with Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) , Telenor recently said in a statement. The two parties are exploring a merger of their …
Telenor in talks about a possible merger in Thailand Read More
In their regular negotiations last week, Finland and China agreed to abandon all restrictions on routes and waypoints for air travel, giving carriers operating in the Nordic country more …
Finnish airlines given freedom to choose Chinese destinations Read More
For the first time ever, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong will present a Digital Advent Calendar, filled with exclusive offers from its members and the members …
Get an exclusive offer every day until Christmas from SwedCham HK Read More
It’s been revealed that the Chinese professor Guojie Zhang at the University of Copenhagen has been studying monkey brains to help Beijing’s military fight wars at high altitudes, without …
Chinese professor at Danish university studied monkey brains to help Beijing’s military Read More
Together everyone achieves more and in light of that, the Embassy of Sweden recently held its annual planning day in Hanoi. According to the Embassy, it was an all-day event to …
Together everyone achieves more – the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi plans ahead Read More
The Swedish furniture giant has opened its Bali store which is the fifth IKEA store in Indonesia and the first one outside Java island. IKEA Bali is located at Kuta …
IKEA has officially expanded outside Java island with the opening of its Bali store Read More
Is there something you’ve always wanted to ask a representative from the Embassy of Finland in Bangkok? Now is your chance! The Embassy of Finland in Bangkok is organizing a questionnaire with …
Sign up for a questionnaire with Ambassador Jyri Järviaho Read More
To close Season 2021 Dance From Within, Singapore Dance Theatre presents Singapore Ballet Festival live at Esplanade Theatre starring amongst others, Norwegian ballerina Henriette Garcia. Henriette was born in Oslo, …
Norwegian ballerina is part of Singapore Ballet Festival live at Esplanade Theatre Read More
On 13 November, the Danish Chamber of Commerce China (DCCC) hosted the annual Business Person of the Year Award Gala where the winner was announced. According to the Chamber, this …
DCCC announced Business Person of the Year Read More
On 16 November, representatives of the Consulate General of Finland in Shanghai had the pleasure to participate in the third-anniversary celebrations of Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, the Council General of Finland …
Finnish delegation took part in 3rd-anniversary celebrations of Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park Read More
Thailand’s iconic Maya Bay is set to reopen at the turn of the year after being closed in 2018 to restore coral reefs that were damaged by the major flow …
Danish Professor: Countries with tourism magnets such as Maya Bay face a dilemma Read More
Norwegian renewable hydrogen plant manufacturer HydrogenPro has reached an agreement with China’s Tianjin HQY Hydrogen Machinery Co., Ltd. (“THM”) to create a joint venture, which will allow HydrogenPro to utilize …
Norway’s HydrogenPro sets up joint venture with Chinese THM as basis for global fabrication plan Read More
The Embassy of Finland in Hanoi invites you to come to Finland at the Study in Europe 2021 virtual Fair Vietnam on 21 November. About the fair, the Embassy says: …
Meet Finland at the Study in Europe 2021 virtual Fair Vietnam Read More
A delegation from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok including Ambassador Jon Thorgaard and the embassy’s two consuls, Charlotte Lykkegren and Alice Rosengren Skov, are coming to Phuket on 30 …
Meet the Embassy of Denmark in Phuket on 30 November Read More
Due to the pandemic, Norwegian Signe Johansen has not yet been allowed to travel back to China, where she is studying tourism at the University of Chengdu in China. She …
Norwegian student unable to return to her studies in China due to closed borders Read More