Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement Monday 24. September. “The …
EU calls on Vietnam to release convicted bloggers immediately Read MoreTuesday morning a 36 year old Norwegian nicknamed Bubu, who was wanted by the police for killing the 43 year old Jarle Nygaard, reported himself to the Police in Pattaya. …
Norwegian who killed friend released on bail Read MoreKarl-Johan Persson, CEO of Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), officiated the red ribbon cutting ceremony with Lex Keijser, Country Manager for H&M Greater China, Singapore and Malaysia and Sin Gin, Store …
Swedish retailer opens first Malaysian flagship store Read MoreA Danish MP delegation visited Vietnam last week as part of the bilateral relations between the parliaments of the two countries. The Danish MP met with The Vice-President of the …
Danish MPs met with Vietnamese counterparts Read MoreVietnam is expected to be among the first 30 extreme risk countries affected by disasters and climate change, in the next 30 years. In the previous 20 years, 1990-2010, Vietnam …
Norway helps Vietnam cope with climate change Read MoreThe English School of Mui Ne in Vietnam A group of seven professional Swedish women in Singapore founded the charity organization “Together for Charity” a year ago. They realized that …
Swedish women in Singapore founder charity organisation Read MoreThe Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) inaugurated the operation of a new warehouse in Makassar last monday. The warehouse has been built with assistance from Norway worth Rp 3.5 billion (US$369,880). …
New Red Cross warehouse in Makassar built with assistance from Norway Read MoreNorwegian architect firm Niels Torp has won the competition to build China Eastern Airlines new headquarter in Shanghai. The new headquarter will consist of 13 connected buildings totalling 225,000 square …
Norwegian architect creates new headquarter for China Eastern Airlines Read MoreA special guest added stardust to this year’s Nordic Golf Tournament in Singapore. Danish race driver and 8 times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen was in Singapore together with another …
Tom Kristensen guest at Nordic Golf Tournament 2012 Read MoreIda Auken, Danish Minister for the Environment and Chen Lei, Chinese Minister for Water Resources, met today in Zhengzhou. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the relationship between …
Ida Auken in China to promote Danish water solutions Read MoreManagers and experts both at home and abroad on September 12 gathered at a seminar in Hanoi to discuss the implementation of the Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP). The programme …
Necessary to expand Vietnam-Finland innovation programme Read MoreA Swedish man has been ordered held on remand on suspicions of instigating child rape. The man, reported as being in his fifties, is suspected of having paid Filipino women …
Swede held for ‘ordering’ child rape online Read MoreWith projects in nine provinces in the northern and central regions of Vietnam, the Norwegian aid organisation Plan reaches 142 communities and 226 000 households with their Early Childhood Care …
Norwegian project reaches the poor and vulnerable children in Vietnam Read MoreGunilla Carlsson, Minister for Development Cooperation, met Wednesday with Cambodian Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng. Sar Kheng is visiting Sweden to study the Swedish experience with decentralization …
Decentralization export from Sweden to Cambodia Read MoreSingapore operator M1 Limited (M1) has awarded a contract to Swedish equipment maker Ericsson for the supply of its mobile backhaul network. Ericsson will be responsible for upgrading the carrier’sTDM-based …
Ericsson to deliver mobile backhaul to M1 Read MoreSwedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Chinese Tsinghua University launch a new cloud based internet service making it possible for students to attend lectures anytime at both universities no …
Sweden and China launch new education and science cooperation Read More“People of the forest” or Orang Rimba living in the lowland forest of Sumatra are one of several examples used by Rainforest Foundation Norway to prove that recognizing the rights …
Rights-based rainforest protection most efficient Read MoreDanish Minister for trade and investment Pia Olsen Dyhr wants to open doors and create contacts to local businesses in Myanmar. In early December she will visit the country together …
Pia Olsen Dyhr will head a business delegation to Myanmar Read MoreBefore the Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) Tuesday, she met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Premier Wen welcomed Thorning-Schmidt to Tianjin. Thorning-Schmidt emphasized the importance …
Danish PM met with Wen Jiabao Read MoreThe Danish Team Christina Watches-Onfone won first stage,a team time trial, of Tour of China . German Stefan Schumacher winning the stage with team leader Michael Rasmussen second both Team …
Martin Pedersen in yellow jersey in Tour of China Read MoreHRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was guided by Erik Svedahl, Minister Counsellor, and Axel Blom, Innovation Norway, when she visited the Norwegian pavilion at Thailand’s National Science Week at BITEC …
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visits the Norwegian pavilion Read MoreChina Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. said Monday it is raising around HK$10.395 billion ($1.34 billion) in a H-share private placement. The three subscribers to the private placement offering are Singapore’s …
The Central Bank of Norway to invest in China Pacific Insurance Read MoreFisker Karma, a car designed by Danish Henrik Fisker, must be the sexist electric and environmental friendly car in the world. After a successful introduction of the car at the …
Fisker Karma to enter the Chinese market Read MoreWhen Swedes goes on holiday they go to Thailand. That’s the conclusion on a new website named Flygbarometern, which will make a statistic on sold tickets every month. First month …
Swedes prefers Thailand as holiday destination Read MoreThe Danish marketing expert, Martin Lindstrom visited Singapore for a one-day Brandwash Symposium on September 10, 2012. Martin Lindstrom advice top brands as McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, Microsoft, The …
Singapore is sitting on vastly untapped potential Read MoreSingapore Technologies Engineering’s (ST Engineering) aerospace unit in Europe may cut 300 jobs as a result of a restructuring programme. In a media statement released on Friday, ST Engineering says …
ST Engineering in Scandinavia to cut 300 jobs Read MoreWhen Pirate Bay founder Gottfried Svartholm was arrested 30. August in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh it was expected that the arrest was made because of Gottfried Svartholm’s had failed …
Pirate Bay founder suspect in hack against Swedish tax authorities Read MoreDenmark wants to strengthen trade partnership with China. After President Hu Jintao visit to Denmark June 2012, two Danish ministers has been visiting China and today Prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt arrives …
Danish invasion in China – by ministers Read More“Waste of money to go to Denmark and Turkey” sounds the critic from the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency. Sunday 22 members of the House of Representatives’ Legislative Council flew …
Trip to Denmark and Turkey waste of money Read MoreDanish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, recently collaborated with Filipino filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz, on a project entitled “Little Sun Lights,” which will premiere at Tate Modern in London on September …
Filipino filmmaker collaborates with Olafur Eliasson Read More“They all love each other and they all love the customers. And all the customers are perfect too. And they’re all the same. Just like the bosses; the same”. “Team …
Norwegian Satire in Chinese language Read MoreVolvo Car Group’s operating profit for first half year shrinks from SEK 1.529 billion in 2011 to just SEK 239 million in 2012. Volvo lost market shares on all markets …
Volvo profit plunge Read More“A favor for a favor” rumours have been circulating since the arrest of Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm in Cambodia. And now they appear to have been confirmed, according to TorrentFreak. The website wrote on Wednesday, …
Cambodia Gets $59M Aid from Sweden after Pirate Bay Founder’s Arrest Read MoreThe signing on 5 September of an Agreement on Development Cooperation between Sweden and Cambodia has been considered proof by some of a “favor for favor” deal between Sweden and …
Sweden’s $59M aid to Cambodia is a continuation of 33 years Aid. Read MoreNorway’s environment minister recently urges Indonesia to avoid backtracking on its own policies to protect tropical forests, saying up to $1 billion in aid promised by Oslo in exchange for …
Indonesia to update its map for a deforestation moratorium Read MoreChina has one of the biggest electronic industries in the world, while Denmark is famous for its design solutions. These two merits could be combined to mutual benefit. A meeting …
Danish Design and Chinese Electronics Read MoreThe nursing home project D’care is aimed at establishing a sustainable nursing home operating under the same standards as the Danish model, in Western China. The idea behind the project …
Export of Danish Nursing knowledge to China Read MoreThe Philippines are closing their embassies in Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland the 31 October, leaving their embassy in Oslo, Norway as their solve Nordic embassy. The embassy in Oslo …
Philippines Closing Embassies in Sweden and Finland Read MoreGeorg Jensen is expanding their existing facilities in Thailand with a new building. The building was inaugurated by the Ambassador on the 20th of August. With the new building Georg …
Danish Ambassador inaugurates Georg Jensen’s new building Read MoreA new trading system from Swedish Cinnober has brought The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) into the frontline of stock exchanges with one of the world’s most efficient trading platforms. …
Swedish Cinnober behind Thailand’s stock exchange’s new trading system Read MoreNorway wants to be in front of carbon capture research and when the 3rd global Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Summit start of in Beijing September 22 Norway will be …
Norwegian Participation at Carbon Summit in Beijing Read MoreThe Danish national cricket team has had a successful start at the tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After first having beaten Tanzania and then USA next challenge will be Singapore. …
Cricket: Denmark to take on Singapore Thursday Read MoreAddiction to snuff tobacco made Petter Svensson into an entrepreneur in snuff-production in Laos. The snuff-production isn’t his main business, he is Industry Division Manager at Burapha Agroforestry Co, Ltd, …
Swedish Snuff Tobacco from Laos Read MoreThe new owners of the bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab announced Monday, that they will launch their first new model in 2014. Saab’s new owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (Nevs) …
New Saab Model in 2014 Read MoreA new design centre in Borås will be the outcome when Nordic Design School and Jiangsu Yueda Group Co sign a cooperation agreement Wednesday 5th September in Borås. The new …
New Chinese Design Centre in Borås Read MoreBy investing DKK 1.75 billion in China the message is clear. Arla believes in the Chinese market. The investment is part of Arla’s strategy to fivefold its sale in China …
Arla Focuses on China Read MoreSingapore looks at Finland, Sweden and Norway for deciding how to enhance Preschool Education. “If you look at the Nordic countries, because of the quality of their preschool education, it …
Singapore Looks at Nordic Countries for Enhancing Pre-School Education Read MoreThe Bergen-built vessel MS ‘Kong Olav’ is now for sale on the Internet. The ship original built for the Norwegian “Hurtigrute”, was sold 15 years ago, and planed to be …
“Kong Olav” for Sale in Myanmar Read MoreIn 2011 Swedish export to Indonesia rose with 30 percent to more than SEK 5 billion. It is mainly telecommunication equipment, paper and pulp, machinery for pulp, machinery for metal …
Swedish Export to Indonesia up 30 Percent Read More