Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norway’s Colibria, the leading provider of new generation Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) solutions, has announced a deal with Malaysia’s DiGi. Colibria will provide mobile IM services for over six million …
Norway’s Colibria to Provide Mobile IM Services for Malaysia’s DiGi Read MoreOn 27 September, in the presence of representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City authority and the Danish Ambassador, BankInvest Group and Hals Corporation, a leading premium cosmetics and fragrance …
Danish BankInvest Group to Partner with Vietnamese Hals Corporation Read MoreThe World Bank report, “Doing Business in 2008”, ranks 178 economies on the ease of doing business measured by different indicators. The report sums up which economies have the most …
Danish Ambassador Commented on Vietnam’s Improved Business Environment Read MoreSwedish specialty chemicals company Perstorp has acquired Lonza’s manufacturing plant for Purified Isophthalic Acid (PIA) in Singapore for $138m.The Swedish company will assume complete ownership of Lonza Singapore Pte Ltd, …
Swedish Chemical Firm Buys Maufacturing Plant in Singapore Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam ia among other donors that funds a campaign for wearing helmets. As a part of this campaign, music concerts have recently been held to raise …
Danish Embassy Funded Concerts to Promote Wearing Helmets Among Vietnamese Read MoreDanish firm, Dankaffe ApS, has been importing coffee and tea from Thailand and is the sole distributer in Denmark. The firm believes that the quality and taste of Thai coffee …
Danish Importer of Thai Coffee Read MoreNorwegian banking group DnB NOR said on September 27, 2007 it has opened its first Asian corporate finance office in Singapore to tap the fast-growing market for shipping and energy financing.The team …
Norway’s DnB NOR Opens Finance Office in Singapore Read MoreSwedish food companies are facing criticism for not doing enough to ensure their foreign suppliers treat their workers ethically.The Fair Trade Centre said that only three out of seven companies …
Swedish Companies Accused over Unethical Thai Working Conditions Read MoreStock market operator Singapore Exchange (SGX) has said it will roll out a new, state-of-the-art trading platform called QUEST which is supplied by Sweden’s OMX AB in July next year, …
Singapore Exchange to Roll Out New Trading Engine Supplied by Sweden Read MoreMuch progress has been made on the coverage of clean water supply for the Vietnamese rural population. However, not all the existing water schemes are well functioning. Danida’s support efforts to …
Danida Supports Schemes of Hygienic Water Supply in Vietnam Read MoreOn September 7, 2007 the Danish Embassy in Vietnam has signed an agreement to support the Tax Policy Department, Ministry of Finance to conduct research on how the Law on …
Denmark Supports Research on Possible Impacts of the (Draft) Law on Personal Income Tax Read MoreDenmark has joined other donors, together with the World Bank, to co-finance the sixth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC 6) worth totally 365 million US dollars to support the implementation …
Denmark Provides 61 Million DKK to Support Poverty Reduction in Vietnam Read MoreThe cultural development and exchange fund, CDEF, which is established by the Danish embassy, supports a project of collaboration between some of the best Danish and Vietnamese break-dancers. The dancers will do shows and …
Danish and Vietnamese Break-dancers to Collaborate Read MoreThe National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has sought the assistance of the Norwegian government to recover all items that were confiscated by the Dutch police during the raid …
National Democratic Front of the Philippines Seeks Help from the Norwegian Government Read MoreSwedish electronics manufacturer NOTE AB announced on September 24, 2007 that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Philippines-based manufacturer Ionics EMS. As part of the agreement NOTE will acquire …
Swedish Electronics Manufacturer to Cooperate with the Philippines-based Manufacturer Ionics EMS Read MoreDanish brewer Carlsberg A/S has formed a joint venture with state-owned Hanoi Beer & Beverage Corp. to build a brewery in southern Vietnam. As announced on September 19, 2007 The …
Carlsberg Builds New Brewery in Vietnam Read MoreOne of Scandinavia’s fastest growing companies, Swedish cosmetics retailer Make Up Store continues to grow fast in the Asian region, with new stores opening at The Pavilion and The Garden …
Fast Growing Swedish Make Up Store Opens New Stores in Malaysia Read MoreIkea, the Swedish retail group, has delayed plans to expand into Thailand due to an increasingly uncertain environment for multinational investors prompted by last year’s military coup and a series of …
IKEA Delays Investing in Thailand Read MoreIn order to improve the export and competitiveness of Vietnamese fisheries products, the Danish funded fisheries sector programme (FSPSII) is assisting state authorities and private enterprises in developing strategies for …
DANIDA Supports the Development of Brand Name Strategies in Vietnam’s Fisheries Sector Read MoreThe captain of a Norwegian gas transport ship, Simen Sparre Knudsen, died after he was stabed near the Kata Karon lookout on September 23, 2007.The Norwegian captain aged 47 was …
Norwegian Ship Captain Stabbed to Death in Thailand Read MoreAn international company of Danish origin, A P Moller Maersk, has appointed Jesper Praestensgaard as chief executive for Maersk in Southeast Asia where he will implement and execute the global …
Maersk’s New Chief Executive for Southeast Asia Read MoreMarine group Ezra Holdings has awarded a S$162 million contract to Norway’s Karmsund Maritime Service to design and build a support vessel. The vessel is expected to be delivered by …
Norway’s Karmsund Martime Service Won Contract To Build Vessel for Singapore’s Marine Group Read MoreOne Swedish woman was among the 89 passengers and crew who died in a plane crash on the southern Thai island of Phuket on Sunday and one Swedish man is …
Fates of Swedish Passengers on One-Two-Go Airlines Flight OG269 Read MoreCecilia Hansen, 25, from Copenhagen, Denmark, will be working as trainee at the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce for the next six months. She holds a bachelor degree in anthropology and …
New Danish Trainee at Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce Read MoreVietnamese writers, including Ho Anh Thai, Nguyen Thi Thu Hue, and Nguyen Ngoc Thuan, will travel to Sweden for the Gothenburg International Book Fair 2007 which held from mid-September to …
Vietnamese Writers to Participate in Swedish Book Fair Read MoreFinnish cargo-handling solutions provider Cargotec Corporation’s Kalmar subsidiary has received an order for 10 more E-One rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Saigon Newport Company (SNP) in Vietnam.The RTGs will be …
Vietnam Terminal Orders 10 More Finnish Kalmar Cranes Read MoreThe town of Sandvika near Oslo, came alive with the upbeat sounds of the joget and zapin and shouts of Merdeka as members of the Norway Malaysia Association (NMA) celebrated …
Celebration of Malaysia’s 50th Year of Independence Held in Norway Read MoreAt a workshop jointly held by the Vietnamese Construction Ministry and the Finnish Foreign Ministry in Ha Noi on September 12, 2007 the two sides agreed to discuss a future …
Finland Aids Vietnam in Water Improvements Read MoreKOBAY Technology Bhd’s unit, Bend Weld Engineering Sdn Bhd, has secured a RM28 million contract from Norway’s Aker Kvaerner Subsea AS for the supply of clip riser joints.In a filing …
Malaysian’s Kobay Unit Wins Aker Kvaerner Contract Read MoreA Danish agribusiness firm, SKOV A/S, is seeking market opportunities in the Philippines and Asia. It is joining Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink 2007 which will be staged at the World …
Danish Agribusiness Firm to Showcase at Agrilink 2007 in Philippines Read MoreA massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia‘s Sumatra island on September 13, 2007 was felt by those working at the Danish embassy in Jakarta as reported …
Danish Response to Indonesia’s Earthquake Read MoreThe Norwegian Government will provide 3.36 million USD for the second phase of a project on compiling Viet Nam‘s Fisheries Law and other related legal documents, and bringing these laws …
Norway Helps Vietnam Bring Fisheries Law into Life Read MoreFinnish amateur photographer Ari Saaski will organize a photographic exhibition, Pasola, on September 15, 2007 in which images on exhibition are the result of his five-day journey to the isolated southern …
Finnish Photographer Organizing Photographic Exhibition in Indonesia Read MoreFinnish companies which are Esperi Care, which specialises in care for the elderly, Opteam, a personnel services and recruiting firm, and Amiedu, a vocational adult education company, have begun hiring …
Finnish Firms Recruiting Nurses from the Philippines Read MoreFollowing a report published by Finland’s leading national paper Helsingin Sanomat two weeks ago, Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund (National Coalition Party) made a statement on September 10, 2007 …
Finnish Minister of Interior Calls for Police Investigation into Thai Massage Parlours Read MoreDenmark-based conglomerate A.P.Moller-Maersk has outsourced the development of e-learning tools for its seafarers to Headstrong’s office in the Philippines as reported on September 10, 2007.Headstrong provides outsourced application and product …
Philippines’s Headstrong to Make E-Learning Tools for Danish Firm Read MoreUnder the strategy, known in the trade as the “Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions” (MICE) strategy, the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s secretary-general, Sapta Nirwandar, was on the road show to …
Indonesia Aims to Welcome More Tourists from Norway Read MoreDenmark and Malaysia are jointly working on a project involving environmentally hazardous substances (EHS), under the Malaysian-Danish Environment Co-operation Programme (ECP) 2003-2006, aimed at establishing a sustainable management system to …
Malaysia-Denmark Working on Environmentally Hazardous Substances Read MoreNorwegian telecom operator Telenor will cut its stake in Malaysia’s DiGi.com to below 50% from 61% currently before the end of the year, a company spokesman said September 10, 2007. …
Norwegian Telenor To Cut Share In Malaysia’s DiGi To Below 50% Read MoreHoi An’s expanded water supply project in Vietnam worth US$6.5 million got off the ground on September 7, 2007, with the investment capital sourced from a grant of the Norwegian …
Norway Helps Bring Fresh Water to Vietnam Read MoreThe government and people of Viet Nam intend to strengthen friendship and multi-lateral co-operation with Finland, particularly in economy, trade and investment, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the new …
New Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Well-Recieved by Vietnamese Prime Minister Read MoreSuphu Academy, a Vietnamese traditional martial art academy and medical centre has opened in Linkoping, Sweden.The centre was founded by martial art master Duong Truong Tho, an overseas Vietnamese residing …
Vietnamese Martial Art Academy Opened in Sweden Read MoreFunded by Danida, a training course on women’s rights and how to use international and national law and practice on human rights to advocate for women’s and children’s rights was carried …
Danida Funded Training Course on Protection of Rights for Women and Children Read MoreOn August 27, 2007 the children’s readers club in Hanoi celebrated the presentation of new books sponsored by the Danish embassy. There are now four readers clubs in Vietnam, where …
Danish Embassy Supported Readers Clubs in Vietnam Read MoreThe first meeting of the mixed committee will take place in Denmark in the period 16-19 September 2007. The delegation of Vietnam is led by Mr. Cao Viet Sinh, Vice …
Danish-Vietnamese Mixed Committee Set Up to Tackle Bilateral Trade and Investment Barriers Read MoreThe leading Norwegian provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions, Aker Kvaerner, has been awarded a five year contract by Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (CLJOC) …
Aker Kvaerner Wins Major Contract In Vietnam Read MoreA 45-year-old Philippine sailor has died of rabies in a hospital in the Finnish capital Helsinki on September 5, 2007. Source of the infection remained unclear.“We do not know how …
Philippine Sailor Died of Rabies in Finnish Hospital Read MoreTo strengthen Vietnam’s agriculture policies, Danida supports comprehensive surveys of rural households. The surveys reveal interesting knowledge about the poor farmers. Through a new programme for Agriculture and Rural Development, …
Danida Supports Vietnam’s Agriculture Policies Through Surveys Read MoreThe objective of the Agricultural and Rural Development Programme 2007-2012 funded by Danida with a total value of 230 million DKK is to reduce rural poverty through agricultural and rural development in which environmental considerations …
Danida Integrates Environmental Considerations in Its Programmes Read MoreDanida’s Board recently approved a grant of DKK 70 million (USD 12.7 mill.) to a programme for Good Governance that will assist Vietnamese provinces and institutions in implementing public administrative …
Danida’s Board Approves Grant to Good Governance in Vietnam Read More