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Three 18-year-old Singapores won the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday, 29 August 2012. The USD 5,000 award and a prize sculpture was presented by the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria to them during …
Singapore Students Scoop Stockholm Junior Water Prize Read MoreWhen Danish Princess Marie visits Cambodia from 9 to 12 October, it will be her first trip as patroness of DanChurchAid. She will be accompanied be Secretary General Henrik Stubkjaer. …
Danish Princess to Visit Aid Projects in Cambodia Read MoreAs part of the collaboration between the Danish and Vietnamese parliaments initiated in 2009, members of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) made a visit to the Danish Parliament. A visit by the Danish MPs …
Vietnamese Politicians Visit Denmark Read More44-year-old Henrik Kent Jensen died on the morning of 28 August while diving with two friends. He was a trained diving instructor who owned a hotel, Celagi Pisang Villa, on Lembongan Island, together with …
Danish Diving Instructor Surfaces and Dies Read MoreShanghai’s consumer protection commission has been cheeking ice cream and the result isn’t pleasant for ice cream lovers. Worst was Dairy Queen. Their Blizzard ice cream exceeded the allowed limit …
Unpleasant record for Andersen’s of Denmark ice cream Read MoreNorway has promised Indonesia US$ one billion in aid in order to reduce forest degradation and to help combat global warming. A similar promise has been given to Brazil. The …
Norway urges Indonesia to continue forest protection Read MoreCivet coffee is one of the most expensive coffees, original only produced in Sumatra, Indonesia, where it is known as Kopi Luvak. Now Kien Cuong Co. Ltd, with support from …
Danish aid makes Vietnamese farmers able to produce civet coffee Read MoreThailand is preparing to return some 500 refugees back to an area of Burma’s eastern Shan state where fighting continues. According to journalist Francis Wade, Asian correspondent.com, Thailand appears to …
Norwegian involvement in return of Myanmar refugees being criticized Read MoreNorway was represented by Dr. Ragnhild Dybdah, when The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) hosted a Policy Forum to support human resource development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas …
Early childhood is a window of opportunity Read MoreThe ailing Danish wind giant Vestas is target for a take over by the much smaller Chinese Ming Yang. It is the Danish tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet who breaks the …
Chinese company plans to take over Vestas Read More