Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish Trade Council in Jakarta are organizing an Indonesia-Sweden Dialogue on “SymbioCity – A Holistic and Integrated Approach on Urban Transport Solutions,” on 4 December …
Indonesian-Sweden Dialogue on Urban Transport to be held in Jakarta Read MorePhuket Police arrested on November 28 a second suspect associated with the abduction and robbery of a Danish woman in the designated Patong Safety Zone on Monday, November 26. Diana Muller, 37, reported that …
Second suspect arrested in Danish abduction, robbery Read More“The war on doping” won the price for best documentary film in the category sports and society at the “Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs (FICTS) World Sports Film Festival 2012” …
‘The War on Doping’ won Best Documentary Award in Beijing Read MoreCrown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit ended a three-day official trip to Indonesia on Wednesday with a visit to both Gadjah Mada university and the Borobudur temple in Yogyakarta, …
Crown couple ends Indonesian tour Read MoreTogether with UN Women, All-China Women Federation and the Sino-German CSR Project, China’s Swedish Embassy’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Centre co-organised a conference on Gender Equality and Corporate Social Responsibility: Enhancing Business Competitiveness, …
Swedish Embassy promotes CSR and Gender Equality in China Read MoreOn November 27, the prestigious conference Cold Spring Harbour Asia opened its doors focusing on frontline synthetic biology research. A team of researchers from UNIK Centre for Synthetic Biology at …
Danish synthetic biology at the forefront in China Read MoreOn Nov 27, the Vietnamese MOIT launched an Energy Efficiency Campaign to create positive change in energy consumption within the industrial sector and state agencies. The campaign is designed to …
Vietnam’s energy efficiency campaign gets technical support from the Embassy of Denmark Read MoreThailand’s dental industry has seen an increasing number of Danes coming for dental care and treatments because of its reasonable price, convenience and high quality. “We are experiencing gradually more people who …
More Danes come for dental checks in Thailand Read MoreErik Ohlson spent 3 childhood years back in the 1990s in Singapore. He won a green bicycle in a lottery arranged by the Swedish Church there, when he was six …
19,000km bicycle ride from Sweden to Singapore Read MoreThe renowned National Danish Performance Team (NDPT) will visit Vietnam as part of their World Tour 2012-2013. The 28 young gymnasts of the team will give 5 public performances during …
Danish gymnastic team performs in Vietnam throughout Dec Read MoreThe Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Ms. Mette Gjerskov, arrived in Beijing on Sunday 25th November. She stayed in Beijing until Tuesday 27th November, and the visit focused on promoting …
Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries visits Beijing Read MoreFinland’s education system has been ranked best in the world, according to a global league table published by education firm Pearson. The study, carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit …
Finland and Singapore top world’s ‘best education’ list Read MoreThe Danish Ambassador to China, Friis Arne Petersen, opened the new Danish Consulate General in the provincial municipality of Chongqing in Western China the 27th of November. At the opening …
Denmark opens Consulate General in Western China Read MoreOn November 27, Danish Ambassador and Vietnamese local administrative officials held the first ‘Policy Dialogue.’ They met to discuss policy and strategic issues concerning Public Adminstrative Reforms (PAR) implementation and its priorities …
Denmark and Vietnam discuss administrative reforms at the local level Read MoreIndonesia expects to conclude negotiations next year on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden grouped in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Jakarta Post …
Indonesia expects to sign economic partnership agreement with Scandinavian nations next year Read MoreMetso will supply two power boilers to T Cikarang Listrindo, located in Babelan outside of Jakarta in Indonesia. The order is valued at around EUR 100 million. The delivery …
Metso wins EUR 100 million order from Indonesia Read MoreCybercom, a Swedish security and mobile technology services provider, is adapting its operations in Sweden, Singapore and Finland to improve the efficiency. Actions include cuts of the group overhead costs …
Cybercom adapts operations in Sweden, Singapore, Finland Read MoreForbes, the American business magazine, has ranked Denmark as number 2 in its annual ranking of “Best Countries for Business”. Other Nordic countries – Sweden (7), Norway (8) and Finland …
Nordic countries top Forbes’ business List Read MoreTogether with Danish Foss and New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra, Arla has developed a screening method that can reveal whether milk has been tampered with in order to achieve financial …
Arla introduces milk screening test in China Read MoreAccording to Ben Barber’s recent blog on the Huffington Post website, thousands of people in Indonesia and other low income countries are poisoned by toxic mercury released into the air, …
Danish agency warns Indonesia of toxic mercury use in gold mining Read MoreThe Chinese Communist Party has appointed Xi Jinping, 59, as the party’s new secretary general. Next year he is expected to become president of the world’s most populous nation and …
Chinese power transfer, political course unchanged Read MoreAccording to the company’s statement, Finnair will begin flying to Hanoi in Vietnam in summer 2013, continuing the airline’s strategic focus on traffic between Asia and Europe. Subject to regulatory …
Finnair’s direct route to Hanoi starts in summer 2013 Read MoreFinnair is once again carrying out the Change for Good collection on international flights over the Christmas period in cooperation with UNICEF Finland. This year’s campaign collection target is the …
Finnair and UNICEF help Asian children along the road to school Read MoreNorwegian playwright Oda Fiskum has staged a premier of her new work “Ibsen in One Take” at the Trojan House in Beijing on 28 November. The play, directed by innovative …
Norwegian play ‘Ibsen in One Take’ opened in Beijing Read MoreHong Kong based spirits company Stockholm has added to the growing number of unusual vodka variants with the launch of a sparkling vodka, reports the Drinks Business. The product, first …
Stockholm Sparkling Vodka hits Hong Kong Read MoreA 15-year-old boy mailed the Sweden Democrats seeking the party’s view on Islam for a school project and received a link to a website showing close up photos of mutilated, …
Sweden Democrats send Thai corpse pics to student Read MoreNorway on Monday urged Indonesia to abolish the death penalty and welcomed indications that Jakarta is distancing itself from capital punishment. “We encourage Indonesia to formally establish a moratorium with …
Norway urges Indonesia to abolish death penalty Read MorePresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Magnus have pledged to boost bilateral ties after meeting at Merdeka Palace on Nov 26, reports the Jakarta post. The crown …
Norwegian Crown Prince meets Indonesian President in Jakarta Read MoreThe Danish Government will make a great effort to help Danish companies gain a foothold in the export markets, according to a statement made by the Embassy of Denmark in …
Denmark will double exports to Vietnam in five years Read MoreOn Saturday November 10th, Danish Ambassador, John Nielsen opened the photo exhibition “My Culture – Conversation in Open Spaces”. The exhibition displays photos taken by ethnic minority people describing their …
Danish funded photo exhibition displays cultures of ethnic minority in Vietnam Read MoreIndonesian lawmakers threatened on Friday to freeze the budget for reforestation projects if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono continues the nation’s deforestation moratorium until 2014. , reports the Jakarta Globe. Yudhoyono issued …
Indonesian MPs urge gov’t to drop Norway’s reforestation fund Read MoreOn Nov 24, anti-government group Pitak Siam has staged a mass rally at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok. The 8-hour demonstration drew no more than 20,000 participants – a far …
Pitak Siam Rally: Photo Roundup Read MoreUlstein, a Norwegian provider for ship design and shipbuilding, has signed a contract on Nov 8 with Britoil Offshore Services to provide the design and equipment packages for its two …
Ulstein to supply PSV design and equipment for Britoil Read MoreOne of China’s heavyweights in telecommunications, TCL, invited Danish design students to compete against their Chinese counterparts to come up with the best solution for the future design of TCL …
Winners of Danish-Chinese TV Design Competition announced Read MoreThai authorities yesterday have announced exemptions in Phra Nakhon, Pomprap Sattruphai and Dusit districts of western Bangkok (east of the Chaophraya River), in connection with the planned political demonstration against …
Embassy of Norway urges its citizens to avoid traffic to Pitak Siam rally Read MoreA Danish lighting company is accusing China of using needlessly strict safety regulations to delay the approval of foreign products in the Chinese market, reports the Copenhagen Post. Chinese policies …
Danish Lighting company accuses China of protectionism Read MoreThe nine Danish companies Novozymes, Danfoss, FLS Airtech, Gronmij, AVK, Topsoe, Metso, Hasle Refractories and GEA Engineering were on an environmental protection trip to the Jiangsu province in China from …
China looks at Danish environmental protection solutions Read MoreKuntoro Mangkusubroto, the chief of the Indonesian REDD+ task force and head of the agency overseeing the post-tsunami recovery in Aceh, was awarded a Norwegian order of merit on Wednesday …
Kuntoro Receives Order of Merit From Norway Read MoreFor more than ten days engineering students from Denmark and China have been working together to come up with the best suggestions to the shape of future products for Danish …
Ambassador applaud design projects from Danish students in Shanghai Read MoreThe 6th to 8th of December 2012, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Frederik and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Mary will be on an official visit to the cities of …
Danish Crown Prince Couple to attend design festival in Hongkong Read MoreNorwegian graphics provider company Vizrt Ltd. announced on Nov 22 that a new deal has been signed worth USD 360,000 for the implementation of broadcast graphics products with BEC Broadcasting Center Co., Ltd. …
Vizrt to upgrade on-air graphics for Channel 3 Thailand Read MoreSwedish energy company Lundin Petroleum announced it made a natural gas discovery in a well off the coast of Malaysia. Lundin said it made a natural gas discovery in a …
Swedish energy company discovers gass offshore Malaysia Read MoreVietnam and Sweden will cooperate in manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used in various fields in Vietnam, local online VNExpress reported on Wednesday quoting sources from the Vietnam Aerospace Association …
Sweden to help Vietnam create unmanned aircraft Read MoreRovio Entertainment, a Finnish creator of globally successful franchise ‘Angry Birds,’ announced its partnership with the Chinese city of Harbin to create the first ever Angry Birds experience made of ice …
The first Angry Birds Winter Experience to open in China Read MoreFinnish technology startup Blaast on Nov 21 opened an Android application store hoping to tap into booming demand for affordable smartphones in Indonesia and other emerging markets. According to the …
Finnish app store aims to attract Andriod users in Asia Read MoreZhongguancun ZPark Software Park located in Beijing, the FinChi Innovation Center and China-Finland Golden Bridge have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a Chinese science and technology park …
China’s largest science and technology park is coming to Finland Read MoreAt the kick-off for the 9th Peace Month celebration, the councellor at the Norwegian Embassy in the Philippines, Knut-Are Okstad in his message challenged the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) to …
The Philippine Football Federation adopts Norway’s Handshake for Peace Read MoreThe recently concluded 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the pledges made by senior leaders demonstrate the Party’s determination and capability to intensify future Party building …
Diplomats eye future China after CPC congress Read MoreFinnish animation studio Anima Vitae – the company behind Niko 2 – has signed a joint venture agreement with Malaysia’s Creative Media Point to start a new studio in Kuala …
Anima Vitae to open Malaysian studio Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok invites Swedes and bookworms of other nationalities to participate in the largest book club in the world – Storytellers of Sweden! The event …
Storyteller of Sweden – live event! Read More