Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A fleet of 50 fire trucks and a corresponding number of fire fighters were not enough to save a large storage building at Ecco’s factory facilities near Ayhudhya in Thailand, when …
Staff Work Flat Out To Restore Ecco Xmas Stocks Read MoreWhen the Hua Hin Jazz Festival puts kicks off with two beach stages from the 2nd to the 4th of June it is going to be a wonderful showcase for Danish jazz.The …
Danish Jazz Acts Dominate Hua Hin Jazz Festival Read MoreMaersk are now filling out the ranks after several managers have moved to new positions. On March 1 Søren P. Jensen left his position as country manager in Indonesia, after he …
Maersk Appoints New Country Manager In Indonesia Read MoreIf the expiration date of your Danish passport is closing in rapidly and you are planning a trip to Denmark in the near future – remember to stop by the …
Danish Passports More Expensive Abroad Read MoreA little over one hundred soccer enthusiasts gathered in Singapore Saturday April 22, as the Danish Seamen’s Church held their yearly Five-a-Side tournament.The tournament is a new-ish tradition, but people …
Singapore Church Not Only Team With Mission To Save Read MoreAfter spending three weeks in a private hospital on Koh Samui Danish Rene Vands from Herning is now finally on his way home to Denmark. Those three weeks at a …
Lack Of Foresight Costs Young Dane A Cool Half Million Read MoreAfter the cartoon crisis rocked the world, the “Made in Denmark” brand has, not surprisingly, taken the greatest hit in Muslim countries according to the results of a survey conducted by …
‘Made In Denmark’ Brands Take A Hit In Moslem World Read MoreJørgen Lundbaek calls Laem Chabang or rather Pinthong Industrial Estate in Chonburi home to his company Mermaid Maritime, just a short drive from the new harbour. Here he presides over …
Dane Stays Put To Make Maritime Safety His Business Read MoreHow would you like to live in a 16 square meter pressurized tank for 28 days, with the world right outside and visible through thick, glass windows, but unreachable through …
Mermaid Maritime Can Handle Pressure With New Ocean-going Acquisition Read MoreThe 23rd annual general meeting of the Danish Business Association of Singapore was held April 4 and a total of six new committee members were elected. Lars Alstrup was elected as the new president of …
Six New Faces Elected At DABS Singapore AGM Read MoreMermaid Maritime is a holding company for several other companies and was originally started by Dane Jørgen Lundbæk together with another Danish partner in 1982. Since then the company has expanded rapidly …
Mermaid Maritime Expands Horizons As Growth Takes Off Read MoreThe Singapore Flyer, a three story high ferris wheel to be built in Singapore at Marina Bay and completed by 2008 will offer one of the best views of the …
Singapore Flyer Project Attracts Norwegian Students Read MoreNorway’s Awilco Offshore ASA and Sinvest ASA will share the cost of buying the three offshore oil and natural gas drilling platforms, Marinelog.com reported Wednesday.The Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 deep …
Norwegians Buy Three Oil Rigs For $600M Read MoreDuring the last few weeks three Norwegian artists have been working with six Vietnamese colleagues in a project striving to combine tradition and modern arts.The nine artists, three Norwegian and …
Norwegian Artists Help Decorate Vietnamese Sculpture Park Read MoreAdvanced Info Service Plc (AIS), one of Thailand’s leading mobile phone service operators, has signed a deal with Finland’s Nokia to expand the AIS GSM network in the Northern, Central and Southern regions …
Nokia Wins Deal To Expand AIS Thailand GSM Network Read MoreThe Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) is to launch a 53,000 tonne-capacity vessel, the largest ever built in Viet Nam, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province April 6.The ship, christened ‘Florence’ is the …
Vietnam Launches Largest Ever Locally-Built Ship Read MoreFinnair is to open another destination in Asia, when flights from Helsinki to Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur commence May 2007. The route will be operated three times a week via Bangkok.“Demand …
Finnair Announces New Kuala Lumpur Route Read MoreThe service began with M.V. ASTOR’s maiden voyage from Laem Chabang April 3.The new service provides direct services between Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan and will be part of the Maersk …
Maersk Connects Thailand And Japan Read MoreThe smell of burned glue, rubber and leather still hung in the air above Ecco’s Ayutthaya factory facilities Sunday evening, after a fire broke out early Saturday destroying a store and nearly 400,000 pairs of shoes. The …
Thai Fire Puts Ecco Staff Worldwide On Overtime Read MoreThursday the Swedish Riksdagen’s Constitutional Committee, which investigated the government’s handling of the response to the Tsunami disaster in 2004, concluded their investigation. The panel is highly critical of Swedish Prime Minister …
Swedish Tsunami Probe Criticises PM, Cabinet Read MoreOccupying most of two floors in the KPN building on Rama 9 at the heart of Bangkok, LV Technology is a company whose purpose is to assist clients in the cement and …
LV Technology Gearing Up For Further Expansion Read MoreSwedish PM Göran Persson has announced that diplomat Jan Kenneth Eliasson is to be Sweden’s Foreign Minister, replacing Laila Freivalds who resigned after heavy criticism in the Swedish press. She came under fire for the …
Jan Eliasson Is New Swedish Foreign Minister Read MoreRestrictions against sex change operations in Denmark are so harsh that a lot of trans-sexuals give up the wait and go abroad instead and many trans-sexual Danes go to Thailand to have the sex …
Thailand Best Option For Sex Change Danes Read MoreThe European Commission has adopted proposals by the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on leather shoes from China and Vietnam.The anti-dumping tax was adopted after a …
EU To Tax Chinese, Vietnamese Leather Shoes Read MoreA new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) claims that Danish floor firm Junckers is using illegally exported rain forest wood from Indonesia. Junckers dismisses the charges saying that the company …
Danish Company Using Illegal Indonesian Wood: NGO Read MoreSwedish national, Ms Kim Gustafsson, 47 injured in the accident Wednesday caused by a truck that ran through a warning barricade and collided with a train, was released from hospital …
Swede Injured In Train Wreck Released From Hospital Read MoreAn as-yet unnamed Swede was injured in a Thai train accident Wednesday morning which killed six people and left another 26 injured.The mishap happened in Ratchaburi province in the morning of …
Six Die, 27 Injured As Truck, Thai Train Collide Read MoreJonas Hafström, Swedish Ambassador to Thailand paid a courtesy call March 17 Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.During the meeting, both sides discussed …
Swedish Ambassador Visits Thai Foreign Minister Read MoreThe three AEWC planes are a part of Thailand’s Air Force recently drafted wish list. Industry sources expect Bangkok will only consider small platforms, such as the Embraer ERJ-145 and …
Sweden’s Saab Bids For Thai Air Force Contract Read More“The foreign minister Laila Freivalds has resigned,” Swedish PM Göran Persson told a press conference Tuesday morning in Sweden. Freivald’s decision came after mounting pressure during the last few days when the foreign minister was criticised …
Swedish Foreign Minister Resigns Read MoreThe award was given in terms of customer satisfaction and by all accounts, Malaysian buyers preferred the dealer to be Swedish as well as the car, thus the award went to Swedish dealer Marque …
Swedes Best At Selling Volvos Read MorePoverty has often forced Vietnamese fishermen into unsustainable exploitation of the ocean’s resources. During the last decade Vietnamese fish stocks have been under increasing pressure due to unsustainable exploitation of the seabed’s …
Danish Help Boosts Vietnam Fish Production, Incomes Read MoreNorway is closely monitoring the human rights situation in the Philippines and looks with great concern at the latest developments of disputed arrests and threats to freedom of expression, a …
Norway Concerned Over Human Rights In Philippines Read MoreThe 25 European Union member states have voted on imposing duties on cheap leather shoes from China and Vietnam, but only three nations – Belgium, Slovakia and Malta voted in …
Scandinavia Votes Against EU Shoe Tax Read MoreThe sale of 67 percent of SAS Component announced December 15 2005 to Singapore Technologies Engineering has now been completed. The closing follows the receipt of regulatory approvals and fulfilment …
Singapore Company Buys SAS Repair Unit Read MoreChamber members gathered at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit March 14 with a reception and networking event followed by the AGM. During the AGM the chamber elected two new board members …
Thai-Norwegian Chamber Re-elects President Read MoreDanish Prince Joachim spent 14 days in March visiting Danish-supported projects in Vietnam and Cambodia. From his arrival March 6 until his departure on the 19th, the Prince saw a …
Patron Prince Visits Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreOn his first day in Vietnam, the Danish Prince found himself in familiar territory visiting poor Khmer minorities on the Mekong Delta tending their land. The prince, a farmer himself, was in familiar territory exploring agricultural projects …
Prince Joachim’s First Day In Vietnam In Familiar Territory Read MoreOn Wednesday 8th, his second day in Cambodia, Prince Joachim visited Angkor hospital – a hospital that treats HIV infected children. Angkor is supported by CARE and treats 200 HIV …
Danish Prince Heads For Vietnam After Cambodia Read MoreEvery year 20,000 Danish families spend their holiday in one of Ving’s seven European resorts called Sunwing resorts on the Mediterranean, or the Canary Islands.This autumn Ving will open its …
Danish Travel Agency To Build Resort Near Phuket Read MoreChris Madsen is CEO for ShipCentric’s operations in Asia, where in a relatively short time the company has established itself in no less than 10 countries, including Singapore where Chris …
Shipping Software Sees Danish Family Arrive In A Safe New Harbour Read More“Very good“ is how Danish ambassador Niels Erik Andersen describes the situation in Jakarta after the embassy reopened there Monday March 6. The embassy was closed February 11 following protests …
Danish Embassy In Jakarta Back In Business Read MoreOn March 6 Danish Prince Joachim landed in Siem Reap in Cambodia after a brief stop over in Bangkok where he was joined by among others, Danish Ambassador for Thailand …
Danish Prince Visits CARE Projects in Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreSwedish travellers have placed Thailand on top of their holiday destination list as they consider the “Land of Smiles” a destination with attractive beaches and warm sunshine. This was the conclusion …
Swedes Prefer The Beaches of Thailand:Survey Read MoreThe Swedish Foreign Ministry has totalled its costs following the tsunami disaster at 315 million Swedish Kronor. The highest single cost – 97.4 million kronor – was incurred by the …
Tsunami Cost Sweden 315 Million Kronor Read MoreSaxo Bank sees Singapore as only one of its goals, and the company believes its arms are long enough to reach out to the entire South-East Asian region using either …
Danish Bank Eyes South-East Asia Opportunity Read MoreFinnish ambassador to Malaysia, Lauri Korpinen, last week announced that his government was eager to step up dealings with Malaysia. Right now the Finns are aiming for defence contracts and …
Finland Steps Up For Malaysian Defence Contracts Read More“We are now open again,” confirmed a receptionist at the Danish mission in Jakarta on Monday –thus rendering the Danish embassy in Jakarta open again. The mission closed down last …
Danish Embassy In Jakarta Is Once Again Open For Service Read MoreElectrowatt-Ekono, a subsidiary of the Finnish engineering and consulting company Jaakko Poyry Group Oy has announced they have been awarded a contract extention with Petro Vietnam. The contract includes project …
Finland’s Jaakko Poyry Group Wins Contract Extention In Vietnam Read MoreDanish firm Brainstornes International has signed a US$35 million deal in Vietnam’s central Thau Thien Hue province. The Danish group will join hands with Ho Chi Minh City’s Gia Minh …
Danish Firm To Build Beach Resort In Vietnam Read More