Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore is pleased to announce that Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Trade and Industry, will grace the occasion at the EuroCham Sustainability Awards 2021 …
Join Eurocham Singapore’s sustainability Awards 2021 virtual seminar Read More
Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen left his home in Denmark in 2013 on a mission to travel around the world without flying. He is known for the ‘Once Upon a Saga’ project, …
Dane stuck in Hong Kong on a mission to visit every country in the world without flying Read More
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and SIDA invite relevant stakeholders to apply for the 4th cycle of the International Training Programme in Disaster Risk Management (ITP DRM). According to the Embassy …
Applications for International Training Program – Disaster Risk Management is now open Read More
On 14 November, a delegation from the Embassy of Denmark in Myanmar led by Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy, Mr. Anders Karlsen and a delegation from the Norwegian Embassy in …
Denmark and Norway took part in the Remembrance Day ceremony in Myanmar Read More
“I wonder what really happened between you and my mother” 18 years after Veronica Lin was found murdered in Högsbo, Sweden, her son Marcus addresses his Chinese father in Swedish …
Veronica Lin’s son appeals to his father in Swedish documentary ‘Veronica and the Chinese millionaire’ Read More
The Norwegian business community is ready to partner with Vietnamese companies, and share experience and technology to help Vietnam build a strong domestic supply chain, Commercial Counsellor Arne-Kjetil Lian recently …
Norwegian Business community ready to partner with Vietnam on offshore wind power potential Read More
After having required lengthy quarantine for international travelers for more than 18 months, Cambodia will now allow vaccinated international visitors to enter the country without having to undergo quarantine …
Cambodia has lifted all quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travelers Read More
Are your future plans green? Are you building a career around sustainability? Finland is a global superpower in some of the key scalable technologies in cleantech, recycling, and renewable energy. …
Sign up for Future is Made in Finland – Episode V on Sustainable Solutions Read More
Last week, Sweden’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Dr. Joachim Bergström presents his credentials to the King, His Majesty The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan …
Swedish Ambassador Dr. Joachim Bergström presents his credentials in Kuala Lumpur Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam is looking for an assistant to its new regional advisor for responsible and sustainable value chains in Ho Chi Minh City. The position is …
The Embassy of Denmark’s Trade Council’s in Vietnam is looking for an assistance Read More
Norway and Lao PDR celebrated on 12 November 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations which were established on 12 November 1991. To mark the occasion, Ambassador Grete …
Norway and Lao PDR celebrated 30 years of diplomatic ties Read More
As the Embassy of Denmark in Thailand continues the celebrations of the 400 years of relations between Denmark and Thailand, the Embassy highlights 14 November 1618 as a very important day. In …
A trip down memory lane: 14 November 1618 marks an important day for Thai-Danish relations Read More
The Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has asked Hong Kong authorities for immunity from a national security law so he can take his ‘Pillar of Shame’ sculpture back to Denmark, the Independent writes. …
Danish artist seeks legal protection to pick up ‘Pillar of Shame’ statue from Hong Kong Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA is finally ready to open its biggest store to date and in a recent press release, IKEA Philippines announced the official opening of the physical …
IKEA opens world’s biggest IKEA store opens in the Philippines on 25 November Read More
Denmark and the Philippines remain committed as partners for sustainable growth and in a recent Rappler interview, Ambassadors Grete Sillasen and Leo Herrera-Lim talk about how both countries work together …
Denmark and the Philippines remain committed as partners for sustainable growth Read More
The Nordic Chamber of Commerce Vietnam invites you to join their upcoming ‘Nordcham Business briefing: updates on office rental markets and co-working space introductions’ on 16 November. More about the …
Join Nordcham Vietnam’s Business Briefing Read More
Telenor employees across the Nordics and Asia prove they intend to remain at the forefront of upskilling to meet the rapidly changing demands of global customers by setting a new …
Telenor employees across the Nordic and Asia write e-learning history Read More
Continuing the celebration of Hanoi Pride 2021, the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi turned on 10 November the Swedish Residence into a cinema. In a update, the Embassy of Sweden shared that …
Embassy of Sweden hosted movie screening in celebration of Hanoi Pride 2021 Read More
In Team Norway’s November Newsletter, Norway’s new Ambassador to Singapore, Mr. Eivind S. Homme is sharing his experiences and thoughts after the first two months in Singapore. Intending to secure …
Ambassador Homme share experiences and thoughts after the first two months in Singapore Read More
The Norwegian company Zwipe, a leading biometrics payment company, announced that it had appointed Claus Hansen as Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Mr. Hansen will lead …
Norwegian Zwipe appoints Asia Pacific region Head to strengthen its regional presence Read More
Singapore was recently removed from a European Union list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted, which means that travelers coming from Singapore to Denmark now have to …
Denmark imposes quarantine for travelers from Singapore Read More
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Vietnam, with support from the Government of Sweden, is partnering with the Ministry of Justice of Viet Nam to develop a National Action Plan …
UNDP Vietnam and partners to host Workshop on responsible business practice in Vietnam Read More
In connection with the one year anniversary of the general elections in Myanmar on 8 November 2020, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Mr. Flemming Møller Mortensen commented on the matter …
Danish Minister for Development Cooperation: Denmark is with the people of Myanmar Read More
On 10 November, Norway’s new Ambassador Morten Paulsen presented his credentials to His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the Istana Negara (National Palace) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “Very honored …
Norwegian Ambassador Morten Paulsen presented his credentials in Kuala Lumpur Read More
Discover a new experience in education at Meet the Heads event ‘The Beginning of a Great Heart’ at King’s College International School Bangkok on 11 December 2021. King’s College International …
Discover a new experience in education at King’s College International School Bangkok Read More
Denmark and Thailand have strong historical collaboration within education and science and through decades many Thais have studied in Denmark while Danish science expeditions have traveled to Thailand to conduct …
Denmark and Thailand have strong historical collaboration within education and science Read More
The global shipping crisis is affecting many businesses around the world and IKEA Philippines is no exception. Although IKEA Philippines confirmed that the company is also having supply chain issues, …
IKEA Philippines affected by global shipping crisis but it will not affect physical store opening Read More
On 9 November 2021, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Brussels in cooperation with the European Parliament launched the Indonesia-European Parliamentary Friendship Group (IEPFG) for the 2021-2024 period, …
Indonesia-European Parliamentary Friendship Group launched Read More
The Finnish Business Council Singapore invites you to join their hybrid event entitled “The Story and Lessons from a World-Class Digital Transformation” on 24 November. More about the event: This …
FBC Singapore host hybrid event on Digital Transformation Read More
Finland’s Ambassador to Malaysia Sami Leino had a busy week visiting several officials in Malaysia. According to the Embassy of Finland in Kuala Lumpur, earlier this week, Ambassador Sami Leino had …
Finnish Ambassador Sami Leino boost bilateral ties in Malaysia Read More
Johan Aledal joined the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong’s Board of Directors over a year and a half ago. Since May 2021 his role has been as the Treasurer …
Meet Swedcham Treasurer of the Chamber Johan Aledal Read More
St Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 (S107) would like to welcome prospective parents and pupils to an EY Online Open House Event on Thursday 25th November at 4 pm. More about …
St. Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 invites to Virtual Early Years Open House Read More
On the evening of 8 November, the Hanoi Pride 2021 was officially inaugurated during an opening ceremony hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Grete Løchen and the Hanoi Pride …
Ambassador Grete Løchen and Hanoi Pride organizers hosted opening ceremony Read More
Telenor’s plans to sell its Myanmar business to Lebanon’s M1 Group have been stalled as Myanmar’s military junta have indicated it favored at least part-ownership by a local company, according …
Telenor sale of Myanmar business stalls as junta seeks local buyer participation Read More
On 1 November, the new Personal Information Protection Law came into place and China continues its creation of a stricter regulatory landscape for data and network security, having a large …
Sign up for a Legal & Risk Update on China’s GDPR: New PIPL Read More
The shared history between Denmark and Thailand has seen strong diplomatic collaboration which continues to this day and last week Ambassador Jon Thorgaard hosted a meeting with a delegation from …
The shared history between Denmark and Thailand has seen strong diplomatic collaboration Read More
Join the Nordic Ambassadors’ Forum organized by the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines on 9 December. The theme this year is health. More about the event: Publicly financed …
The theme for Nordcham Philippines Nordic Ambassadors’ Forum is health Read More
Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a CAM plant in Kotka, Finland with the initial capacity of 50,000 t/a …
Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring cathode materials plant proceeding as planned Read More
This year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai has seen a record-high number of Danish companies present and according to Rasmus Prehn, Denmark’s minister for food, agriculture, and fisheries, …
CIIE helps provide a shop window for more Danish exports to China Read More
On 8 November, one year after parliamentary elections were held in Myanmar both the Embassy of Sweden in Yangon and the Norwegian Embassy in Yangon reiterated their support to the …
Sweden and Norway supports the democratic commitment of the people of Myanmar Read More
The Danish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong invites you to join their Christmas Party & 25th Anniversary Celebration on 4 December. More about the event: DCC’s annual Christmas Party …
DCC Hong Kong invites to Christmas Party & 25th Anniversary Celebration Read More
In an exclusive interview with the People’s Daily web publication, Finland’s newly appointed Ambassador to China Leena-Kaisa Mikkola answered questions about the relations between Finland and China and the upcoming Beijing …
Finnish Ambassador: Cooperation on winter sports boosts Chinese-Finnish bilateral ties Read More
In the first week of Thailand’s reopening to quarantine free travelers, the country welcomed over 20.000 international travelers including 724 Swedish travelers. According to the Department of Disease Control, most …
Thailand welcomed 724 Swedish travelers in the first week of the country’s reopening Read More
The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce invites you to the Crisis Management Webinar Series on 11 November and 25 November. More about the event series: The Great Resignation Trend is affecting …
Invitation: Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s Crisis Management Webinar Series Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam and Vietnam Social Security (VSS) successfully hosted a webinar on Cost-Effective Management of Diabetes on 6 November. According to the Embassy of Denmark, more than …
Denmark and VSS hosted webinar on Cost-Effective Management of Diabetes Read More
Singapore will add new vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) between Singapore, Sweden, and Finland which means that vaccinated travelers can enjoy quarantine-free holidays from 29 November 2021, the government has announced. …
Singapore launches new VTLs with Finland and Sweden Read More
In a declaration released on 8 November by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the situation in Myanmar, the EU strongly condemns the grave human rights …
EU condemns grave human rights violations by the Myanmar armed forces since the coup Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh recently visited the Arbitration Council Foundation in Cambodia, to learn more about their important tasks and how ACF is working to solve labor disputes in …
Swedish ACF support can improve labor rights and labor dispute resolution frameworks in Cambodia Read More
As the Covid-19 pandemic is coming under control across Malaysia, an increasing number of employees are faced with the choice of whether to return to the office. Employers will eventually …
Malaysian Danish Business Council host webinar on Flexibility the Post-Pandemic Work Read More
Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture in cooperation with Finnish universities and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are preparing its own guidelines for the university and science community due to …
Finish universities prepare guidelines on potential challenges when cooperating with China Read More