Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Nokia on Jan 29 has green-lit another $250m in investment into mobile ecosystem development, with the company’s Nokia Growth Partners venture firm targeting China as an area of huge potential growth, a …
Nokia invests $250 million in venture funding with China focus Read MoreAmbassador Klas Molin on Jan 19 attended the ‘Thai Tap Junior Water Prize 2013’ at the Royal Exhibition Centre BITEC Bangna. Together with management from the Institute for Promotion of …
Swedish Ambassador greets Thai Tap Water Prize winners Read MoreDanish luxury stereo and television maker Bang & Olufsen said on Jan 29 it had signed a deal with Chinese partner Sparkle Roll to open more than 50 new stores …
B&O partner to open 50 ‘Play’ stores in China Read More
Hanoi brewery Habeco and Denmark-backed brewery Carlsberg are negotiating for a higher-level strategic cooperation deal, according to Vietnam Investment Review. The local press stated that under the potential deal, Carlsberg …
Carlsberg set to raise presence in Vietnam brewery Read More
A Myanmar sculptor and a female artist from Norway collaborated on an art project on Jan 25, by simultaneously sculpting portraits of one another at Art Plus Art Gallery in …
Myanmar and Danish artists sculpt one another’s face Read More
Non-governmental organisation in Finland are calling for more long-term projects aimed at promoting the integration of Thai women in the country. Several years ago NGOs proposed new methods for supporting …
NGOs urge integration programmes for Thai women in Finland Read More
One of Taiwan’s richest men on Jan 28 launched what has been widely touted as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, and it is even more lucrative than the …
Taiwanese billionaire launches Asian ‘Nobel Prize’ Read MoreSwedish truckmaker Volvo claims to have become the largest global manufacturer of heavy trucks after completing the purchase of 45 percent of Chinese firm Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV), Swedish The Local reported. …
Volvo to become world’s largest truck maker with Dongfeng Read More
Danish Wind turbine giant Vestas is losing market share in the Chinese wind market, which is currently dominated by local manufacturers such as Goldwind, Guodian United Power, Sinovel and Ming …
Vestas losing ground in China Read More
Myanmar President U Thein Sein is expected to travel to Norway in late February, with cooperation on Inle Lake conservation one of the major topics to be discussed, Norway’s charge …
Thein Sein to discuss Inle in Norway Read More