Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
On 3 April 2015 Cocoaland Holdings Bhd advised in a public statement that talks are ongoing with EQT Partners AB of Sweden. Cocoaland is an investment holding company engaged in …
Malaysian Cocoaland confirms talks with Swedish EQT Partners Read More
In a Singapore first, the Norwegian (proposed to be sold to new Chinese owners) solar solutions company REC, and PacificLight Energy (PLE), the electricity retailing arm of Singapore power company …
A step towards REC and Singapore’s solar vision: partnership with PacificLight Power for hybrid energy Read More
A team of 13 international scientists, including the Swedish Professor Sven Pettersson as one of two principal investigators, in a joint multidisciplinary study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Sweden’s …
Karolinska (Sweden) and NTU Singapore make significant colon cancer treatment discovery Read More
On April 19-23, 2015 Sweden’s new Minister for Health Care, Public Health and Sport Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Gabriel Wikström, will be visiting China with a delegation. Through …
Minister for Health Care leads Swedish delegation to China Read MoreDHI Water & Environment, the Danish water environments expert consultancy held a ‘MIKE 21’ (modelling software developed by DHI) and marine scour course in Shanghai, China, from 16 – 20 …
DHI holds hydrodynamic modelling, marine scour course in Shanghai Read More
Konecranes (headquartered in Finland) has in March 2015 received an order from PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero) in Surabaya for three Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes. The cranes will be delivered to …
Finnish Konecranes lands Indonesian order Read MoreMalaysia badly needs to upgrade its fleet of MiG-29s, where Saab Gripen is now looking like a prospect, as the drop in oil prices is putting new pressure on the …
Saab candidate for Malaysia’s future military planes Read More
Finnish Valmet Automotive and RLE International, both leading service providers to the global automotive industry, have established their partnership further by setting up a new joint venture, which will incorporate …
Valmet Automotive incorporates Chinese subsidiary in RLE Global Operations joint venture Read More
21 and 23 April, 2015, are the dates for live concerts with Ole Edvard Antonsen and Band, in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore respectively. The Sound Of Nordic With Ole Edvard …
Norwegian trumpetist Ole Edvard Antonsen plays in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Read MoreSwedish CybAero, which develops and manufactures remotely piloted aircraft systems, has been granted a temporary export license by ISP (Inspectorate of Strategic Products) for demonstration flights in China. ISP is …
CybAero granted license for demonstration flights in China Read More
On the 9th of January, 65 years ago, the Kingdom of Denmark recognized the People’s Republic of China as one of the very first Western countries to do so. The …
Denmark-China 65 years celebrations kick start with art expos Read MoreOn the 25th of March the Danish Royal Consulate General in Shanghai and DCCC Shanghai co-hosted a seminar on “How the Vikings Connected Scandinavia with the World” featuring guest speaker …
Denmark representatives host viking seminar in Shanghai Read More
After more than 60 years of armed conflict, the Myanmar authorities and the armed ethnic groups agreed on 31 March, 2015 the text for a national ceasefire agreement. “This is …
Historic ceasefire agreement in Myanmar, continued Norwegian support Read More China has welcomed Denmark’s application to become a founding member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). CHINA yesterday welcomed decisions by Denmark and Australia to apply to join the Asian …
Denmark welcomed, Sweden interested in, and Norway intending to join China’s AIIB Read More
In its strive to highlight any positive results, Malaysia’s government should not resort to be using unscientific and questionable studies to convince themselves, MP from Bukit Bendera, Mr Zairil Khir …
Swedish Education First’s English Proficiency test in Malaysia ”not representative” Read MoreAttended by the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, in connecting to this official visit to China in March 2015, Volvo Car Group’s groundbreaking technology for putting self-driving cars in the …
Swedish PM Stefan Lofven at self-driving Volvo car demonstration in Beijing Read More
During the Swedish Prime Ministier Stefan Lofven’s official visit to China, he also met with Premier Li Keqiang on March 27. Invited by China to attend the 2015 Boao Forum …
China Premier Keqiang – Swedish Prime Minister Loften meets Read More
[wzslider] On 27-28 March, 2015, Sweden’s newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven went on his first trip to China. On 28 March China’s President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Stefan …
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s China visit Read More
Invited by Saab AB Indonesian media visited a number of cities in Sweden to see what the Swedish defense giant could offer, especially in terms of modernizing the Indonesian Air …
Indonesian media visits Saab Sweden Read MoreNorwegian Statoil has been awarded new exploration acreage offshore Indonesia. The licence, through the Aru Trough I licence, covers an area of approximately 8,300 square kilometres, adjacent to Statoil’s existing …
Statoil awarded new licence offshore Indonesia Read More
Starting on March 23, 2015 China has halted imports of whole salmon from northern Norway. The banned imports concern whole salmon with heads or viscera from Norway’s northern counties of …
Norwegian Salmon virus: China imposes partial ban Read More
Denmark has announced its intention to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding member, and will thus be the first Nordic country to do so. “It is a significant …
Denmark first Nordic country intending to join AIIB as founding member Read More
Chalmers Challenges you! Are you ready to pull up your socks and show us what you are made of? Bachelor’s engineering students from Thailand and Indonesia can compete in the …
The Chalmers Challenge competition: Indonesia, Thailand Read More
Genting Hong Kong (previously Star Cruises) has sold a 2.7 per cent stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. The Leading leisure, entertainment and hospitality company receives $316.9 million by selling …
Genting sells stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Read More
The Danish investment fund IFU expects approval within shortly of a new revision of its mandate, which will allow IFU to expand its investments in Malaysia, offering new exciting possibilities …
Expanded IFU investment mandate for Danish companies in Malaysia Read More
The programme for the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfen’s visit to China is now official, as follows: Beijing Embassy of Sweden 11.50 Volvo demonstrates the ‘Volvo Drive Me’ project, …
Programme for Swedish Prime Minister’s China visit 27-28 March Read More
“The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General …
Singapore’s founding father and first PM Lee Kuan Yew passes away Read MorePrime Minister Stefan Löfven will visit China on 27-28 March 2015. The Prime Minister has been invited to participate in the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan. He will also …
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven visits China Read More
The Swedish telecom group Ericsson announced on 16 March 2015 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Chinese telecom business of Sunrise Technology, a provider of IT …
Ericsson acquires telecom IT business in China, sheds jobs in Sweden Read More
Defence and security company Saab has announced that it will take a number of initiatives in order to strengthen the Sweden Malaysia Innovation Initiative (SMII). SMII is an effort to …
Saab Strengthens the Swedish Malaysian Innovation Initiative Read More
Sales of tickets for SAS’ new direct flight route between Stockholm and Hong Kong are open (since 29 January.) SAS will depart five times a week from Stockholm with good …
Tickets on sale for new Stockholm – Hong Kong SAS direct route Read More
On 12 March 2015 Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Ms. Anna Maj Hultgård, attended the signing Ceremony for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) – phase 2. Cambodia’s efforts to tackle …
Sweden extends support for climate change programme CCCA in Cambodia Read More
Norway’s commitment to relations and trade with the Philippines has been strengthened as the new Royal Norwegian Embassy office was officially inaugurated on 9 March 2015 in its new location …
New Royal Norwegian Embassy Philippines inaugurated Read More
On 13 March 2015 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore hosted a visit by State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Kingdom of Norway, Mr Morten …
Norway MFA State Secretary on Singapore visit Read More
The Swedish bank Handelsbanken’s new Representative Office in Jakarta was inaugurated on Mach 12 by Sweden’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Johanna Brismar Skoog. Handelsbanken is the first Scandinavian Bank to open …
Handelsbanken opens Representative Office in Jakarta Read More
The strike is finally over within the Scandinavian entity of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian”. Norwegian has gone to great lengths to reach an agreement to resolve the …
Norwegian Air’s Scandinavian pilot strike ends Read MoreThe finalists for the 2015 NBCP Awards have been selected, ahead of the awards ceremony taking place at the Annual Northern Lights Dinner & NBCP Awards. The Board of Judges …
NBCP Awards 2015 finalists chosen Read MoreA Finnish business delegation to South-East Asia arranged by Finpro, ended its two-country visit February 9-10 in the Philippines (following on Myanmar), lead by Mr. Jan Vapaavuori, Minister of Economic …
Finnish business delegation visited Myanmar and the Philippines Read More“Men and boys, along with women and girls, should be engaged in advancing the rights, health and well-being of women and girls”, writes Sweden’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, …
Open letter from Sweden’s embassy Cambodia promoting the champions of gender Read More
Telenor Group has announced the launching of company-wide retail roaming initiative in a move to eliminate high and unpredictable costs for data-hungry consumers using mobile services while abroad. The company …
Telenor starts introducing company-wide retail roaming service Read More
At the eleventh hour the organizers of the Future Music Festival Asia 2015 (FMFA) have been forced to cancel the event for 13-14 March after failing to obtain the license …
Singapore music festival with Swedish dance star Avicii cancelled Read MoreFollowing on the pilot strike on Thursday 6 March the conflict has remained unsolved, with continued strikes throughout the weekend. On Sunday 8 March almost all domestic flights in Norway …
Norwegian Air Norway strike continues Read MoreThe Port of Gothenburg will be the new export port for Volvo cars to China, as well as Finland and Russia, with an estimated volume of around 30,000 cars each …
Volvo Cars selects Port of Gothenburg for China exports Read More
Denmark is quickly becoming a potential trade and investment partner of the country, paving the way for enterprises to promote exports, having signed numerous cooperation agreements with Viet Nam, reports …
Denmark signs trade partner agreements with Vietnam Read More
After having worked very successfully together with a group of Danish design companies in Copenhagen for a number of years, the Chinese company Zhong Shang decided to form the joint …
Zhong Shang (China) enters into joint venture in Denmark Read More
SKF has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Chinese wind power gearbox manufacturer Chongqing Gearbox Co., Ltd., strengthening the relationship between the two companies. “We are welcoming the strategic partnership …
Swedish SKF enters partnership with Chongqing Gearbox in China Read More
Music artist Erlend Øye from Norway is touring March in 2015 along with his band The Rainbows, playing in Hong Kong on 17 March, followed by Singapore on 19 March …
Erlend Øye (Norway) Asia Tour March 2015 Read More
The Swedish Church in Bangkok and SWEA (Swedish Women’s Educational Association Bangkok are together with Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok inviting to celebrate Easter, on Sunday 5 April, between 11 am to …
Swedish Easter celebration at Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok Read More
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider from China has completed the mobile network modernization for the Danish telecom operator TDC. It was announced back in …
Chinese Telecom Huawei completes modernization for Danish TDC Read MoreAmbassador of Norway to the Philippines Erik Førner has announced Norway’s full commitment with a new initiative to support efforts and keep the path of peace in the Philippines on …
Norway supports Philippines’ peace process efforts Read More