Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) organizes the yearly ‘Stockholm Junior Water Prize’ which draws over 28 countries to join this special event. Stockholm Junior Water Prize focuses on water …
Thai students to compete in Stockholm Junior Water Prize Read More
On Thursday, 14 August 2014, two Thai women’s football players visited the Embassy to get their visa to Sweden. The two players, Thanatta Chawong and Taneekarn Dangda, are going to …
Thai women football players join Swedish team Read More
Comvik, a leading prepaid mobile phone operator from Sweden, has showed a keen interest in the Vietnamese telecom market, especially in investing in buying shares of MobiFone. During a recent …
Swedish firm keen to invest in Vietnam’s telecom sector Read More
2014 marks 45th anniversary of Sweden-Vietnam diplomatic relations. On this occassion, Ms. Camilla Mellander, Ambassador of Sweden discusses bilateral relationship of the two countries in an interview with Vietnam Pictorial …
Sweden, Vietnam mark 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties Read More
Let the game begin: the Second Youth Olympic Games were opened in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, on 16 August. Denmark has a team of 15 athletes, ranging …
Denmark joins Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing Read More
A taxi driver in Hanoi was put in police custody on August 14 for snatching a mobile phone from a Finnish woman after having attempting unsuccessfully to overcharge her and …
Vietnam police nab cabby for snatching phone from Finnish tourist Read More
Seventeen-year-old blogger Anniken Jørgensen raged against Aftenposten and H & M after she was featured in web series about textile industry in Cambodia. In a post on his blog titled …
Young Norwegian blogger decries Cambodia’s sweatshop conditions Read More
Maersk Line has selected Bo Wegener as the new Thailand Cluster Manager and Dawid Sold as the new Country Manager for Myanmar the latest round of Asia appointments within the …
Maersk Line appoints new Thailand, Myanmar managers Read More
Danish brewer Carlsberg was on the target list of the Islamist militant group Isis, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. The outlet reports that a Carlsberg …
Islamic State (IS) targets Carlsberg brewery in Malaysia, news report Read More
The peace process undertaken by Burma’s government and the country’s ethnic armed groups could take several generations to complete, according to an analyst watching the negotiations closely. The government of …
Norway-brokered peace in Myanmar to take generations to complete Read More