Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Since retiring from a long and distinguished career in the oil industry, Norwegian Torkild Waagaard has dedicated his life to following his fascinating Viking ancestry as far back as to …
Norwegian Goes Back In Time To Enrich The Present Read MoreMalaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said a formal request from the Danish government has yet to be forwarded to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Wisma Putra) asking for help …
Malaysians Pledge To Help Cool Cartoons Controversy Read MoreSwedish citizen Krister Kling has formally presented his credentials – a diploma signed by His Majesty the King of Sweden – appointing him Honorary Consul General of Sweden in Ho …
Honorary Swedish Consul Exchanges Credentials With Vietnam Read MoreThe meeting will discuss three major thematic areas: the use of natural resources and rural livelihood protection in the uplands; the environmental implications of increasing trade; and the questions attached …
Swedish Environmental Secretariat For Asia Meet In Hanoi Read MoreAfter the furore over the published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed made it to Singapore, a coffee shop there has put up a sign saying that Danish citizens were not …
Danes Not Welcome In Singapore Coffee Shop Read MoreUmno Youth, a wing of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) which is the biggest party in Malaysian Government, wants the Editor-in-Chief of the Sarawak Tribune newspaper to resign for …
Umno Youth Demands Editor-in-Chief Quit Read MoreThe Ombudsman for Children in Sweden, Ms. Lena Nyberg, will visit the Philippines early February to strengthen co-operation between the Philippines and Sweden in ensuring that the rights of the …
Swedish Ombudsman Visits Manila To Promote Children’s Rights Read MoreSweden has donated 10 mine-sniffing dogs to help Cambodia remove the threat from leftover land mines. Cambodia started using dogs to help with mine clearing in 1999. An estimated 4 …
Sweden Gives Cambodia 10 Mine-sniffing Dogs Read MoreThe non-Muslim editor of the Sarawak Tribune, an English local newspaper in Malaysia, has resigned after publishing controversial cartoons satirizing the Prophet Mohammed in Saturday’s edition. The Sarawak Tribune reprinted …
Malaysian Editor Resigns After Posting Caricatures Read MoreA workshop on post-tsunami aquaculture was held in Phuket, Thailand and attended by fishery experts from Norway, aqua culture networks in Thailand, Indonesia, USA, UK and non-governmental organizations. There were …
Thailand, Norway Help Tsunami Affected Fishermen Read MoreDenmark’s Vestas, the world’s largest wind energy company, is considering setting up a research and development centre in Singapore, according to Thorbjorn Rasmussen, president of Vestas Asia Pacific. He says …
Vestas May Set Up Wind Energy R&D Centre In Singapore Read MoreSocial Democratic Party and Left Alliance candidate Tarja Halonen, Finland’s first female president, has been re-elected for a second six-year term as President of Finland. Moderate rightist opponent Sauli Niinistö …
Tarja Halonen Wins Second Term As Finnish President Read MoreMarita Liulia has taken the Tarot and made it into a vehicle for contemporary art through the use of digital technology. Now the Finnish artist will stage an exhibition featuring …
Finnish Artist To Stage Tarot Exhibition in Bangkok Read MoreElectrowatt-Ekono Philippines, Inc., which is part of the Finnish Jaakko Pöyry Group’s Energy business group, has been awarded an operation and maintenance (O&M) contract by CIPP II Power Corporation worth …
Jaakko Pöyry Awarded Two New Contracts In Philippines Read MoreNorway and Indonesia have agreed to intensify cooperation in the fishery and marine sectors, mainly to develop Indonesian fishermen’s capability of supporting sustainable human resource development. According to ANTARA, the …
Norway and Indonesia Agree Greater Marine Cooperation Read MoreThe Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Project Export Secretariat, in cooperation with the Swedish Embassies in Bangkok and Manila will organize a workshop for Swedish companies to analyse upcoming …
Mekong Region Workshop Planned For Swedish Companies Read MoreJan Olov Agrell, Development Co-operation Minister of the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi has been conferred the Friendship Medal from Government inspector Quach Le Thanh, on behalf of the Vietnamese …
Swedish Envoy Honored For Services To Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian travel trade has honored Thailand as the World’s Best Tourist Country 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Thailand has won the Grand Travel Award. The January …
Norwegian Travel Trade Votes Thailand Number One Read MoreThe Thai government has rejected an offer from Sweden to try and mediate a peace deal in the strife-torn south of Thailand. In line with the government’s iron-fisted approach to …
Swedish Offer to Mediate in Thailand Rejected Read MoreRepresentatives of two Nordic IT companies and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce will go to Philippines next month to explore the country’s potential according to Mary Borromeo-Hedfors, Philippines trade representative …
Nordic Firms Considering Philippines for IT Potential Read MoreThe Aquaculture Research Institute of Vietnam plans to import more salmon eggs from Finland in order to expand a pilot salmon and sturgeon farming program in the northern mountains of …
Vietnam Plans to Import More Finnish Salmon Eggs Read MoreScania, the Swedish heavy truck and bus manufacturer, has made a firm commitment to make Malaysia the hub for its Southeast Asia operations. This is mainly because of the growing …
Scania Chooses Malaysia as SEA Hub Read MoreFinland’s Kuntarahoitus Municipality Finance (KMF) said it is planning an investor roadshow in Australia and Asia via Australia’s largest bank, National Australia Bank (NAB). The roadshow will be headed by …
Finland Firm Plans Investor Roadshow Read MoreSAS says ongoing contract negotiations with unions are not progressing toward the cost-saving goals it needs, according to a recent edition of the company’s internal newsletter. As a result, it …
SAS to Downsize Unprofitable Scandinavian Units Read MoreTechnics Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd (TOEPL), a subsidiary company of Technics Oil & Gas Limited, has secured a S$13.8 million contract from Norwegian company, Prosafe for the supply of gas …
Technics Oil & Gas Secures S$13.8 Million Contract from Norway’s Prosafe Read MoreThe Nordic Chambers has organised a panel discussion involving four international schools in Thailand on January 11, 2006 at the Conrad Hotel, Bangkok. The schools invited to participate were Bangkok …
Nordic Chamber Meet Discusses Education in Thailand Read MoreIndonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla will visit Finland soon to meet with exiled leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and to discuss further steps for maintaining peace in Aceh. …
Indonesian Vice President to Meet Aceh Exiles Read MoreFinnish meteorological and aerospace instrument maker Vaisala is to outsource some of the company’s measurement systems division production functions to Malaysia, the company said January 12. Vaisala is to start …
Finland’s Vaisala to Outsource in Malaysia Read MoreJournalists from Laos and Indonesia have been invited to apply to join a training program on journalism and democracy, scheduled for June 5-23 in Sweden. The application deadline is February …
Swedish Group Offers Seminar on Journalism and Democracy Read MoreMr. Lars, Swedish State Secretary, and his delegation have visited Indonesia January 12-14 for bilateral talks with the Indonesian Government. During his two-day visit, Danielsson had talks with Indonesian President …
Swedish State Secretary Visits Indonesia Read MoreAn exhibition of the famous Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto will take place in Museum Nasional, Jakarta from January 13 to February 06, 2006. The exhibition Alvar Aalto Houses …
Alvar Aalto’s Exhibition in Jakarta – Museum Nasional Read MoreAccording to the calculations made by the polling stations themselves, the number of Finns who came to vote at the Finnish embassies, consulates and other polling facilities abroad was well …
More Than 29,000 Finns Voted Abroad in the First Round of Presidential Elections Read MoreThe Danish Yggdrasil ballet troupe dancers will perform in Hanoi on January 10 and 11 and in Ho Chi Minh City on January 13. This program “Butterflies”, which incorporates both …
Danish Ballet Dancers to Perform in Vietnam Read MoreDanish and Vietnamese Governments jointly conducted a seminar on launching a Business Sector Support Program (BSSP) in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, in the Central Highlands on December 29, …
Business Support Program Launched in Vietnam Read MoreNorwegian gas company Golar LNG Ltd. has signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Ltd. of Singapore for the first ever conversion of an existing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) carrier into …
Norwegian Golar LNG Gets Contract from Keppel Shipyard of Singapore Read MoreSwedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson has signed an agreement to provide network systems to Indonesian operator PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler in Jakarta and surrounding areas. Under the two-year contract, …
Ericsson to Supply Network to Natrindo Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Vietnam and the Kim Dong Publishing House signed the agreement on December 29, 2005 to carry out a five-year project that aims at helping Vietnamese children …
Danish-funded Project for Vietnamese Children Read MoreThe Danish Government has contracted to grant US$6.5 million to help Vietnam in the third phase of its legal and judicial reform project. The Government of Sweden also donates about …
Denmark and Sweden Grant for Vietnam’s Judicial Reform Project Read MoreThe Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore tested imported Norwegian salmon for heavy metals and assured the public that it is safe to eat. Some 197 tons of salmon …
Singapore Clears Norwegian Salmon Read MoreThe Government of Finland will provide a $4.7 million grant for the Sustaining Livelihoods Project in the Tonle Sap in Cambodia. The project will help improve livelihoods and reduce poverty …
Finland Grants Cambodia’s Sustaining Livelihoods Project Read MoreIn Stockholm, Swedes paid tribute to all the victims in Tsunami disaster on Monday 26. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia lighted 543 candles – one for each of …
Sweden Honors Tsunami Victims with Vigils Read MoreThis Christmas, many Norwegians returned to South East Asia to join in the memorial ceremony of the Tsunami disaster. Altogether 84 Norwegians died in the floodwaters which hit the beaches …
Norway Joins Memorial of Tsunami Disaster Read MoreOver the next three years, the Embassy of Denmark will support the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (VYEO) to become a leading Business Membership Organization. The project of a grant value …
Denmark to Grant Vietnam’s Young Enterpreneurs Read MoreThere is a new co-operation between Danish L&S Signal and Vietnamese My Anh in the flag manufacture. The inaugurated celebration of new workshop has been opened at Danish-Vietnamese flag producing …
New Danish-Vietnamese Flag Manufacture Co-operation Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam has approved the project with a goal to improve the policy environment to struggle Vietnamese domestic violence. As a result of the Domestic violence …
Denmark Supports Effort to Combat Vietnamese Domestic Violence Read MoreDANIDA finance the project between Vietnam and China on Geological surveys in the Yinggehai, Song Hong basin.The project aims at creating a better geological understanding of the basin and its …
Denmark Supports Sino-Vietnamese Cooperation on Petroleum Search in Disputed Area Read MoreIn Finland, the round in the Presidential Election is held on 15 January 2006 and the possible second round on 29 January 2006. Meanwhile, Finnish Expatriates can vote for their …
Advance Voting Abroad of Finnish Presidential Elections 2006 Read MoreNorthport confirmed that Danish container shipping company Maersk-Sealand will relocate its Port Klang operations from neighboring Westport to Northport in February next year. This move could effect neighboring Westport’s handling …
Maersk to Relocate to Malaysia’s Northport Read MoreSouthern metropolitan HCMC is going ahead with housing co-operative design for low-income earners following the success of Swedish housing co-ops which based on an international co-op model. This housing project …
Vietnam Follows Swedish Housing Co-ops Model Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) will give 4.5 million USD to a project on developing Viet Nam’s small and minor enterprises. The three years project aims to encourage the …
Sweden Gives USD 4.5 Million to Vietnam SME Development Read More