Earlier this week, the Bergen-based human rights organization Rafto Foundation announced that Vietnam has denied a visa to chairman Arne Lynngaard, who wanted to deliver the group’s human rights’ prize 2006 to the monk, Venerable Thich Quang Do of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam. According to the Rafto Foundation, they received a…
Denmark, Finland, Sweden
Vietnamese Artists to Perform in Scandinavia
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The Vietnamese team of artists – which includes the popular girl band “5 Lines” as well as traditional music artist Truong Quy Hai – will perform for the Vietnamese communities in Finland, Sweden and Denmark during the coming lunar New Year celebrations. The team flew to Finland earlier this week, where they will stay until…
Cambodia, Finland
Cambodia Improves Its Land Registration with Help from Finland
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Cambodia’s Ministry of Urbanization and Construction will use the money to adopt modern information technology, strengthen public awareness, and increase community participation in the sector of land registration, the chief of the Minister’s Cabinet, Mr. Mean Chanvanny, told local media on Saturday. Finland’s generousity was praised by Cambodia’s Minister of Urbanization and Construction, Im Chun…
Finland, Vietnam
Stronger Trade Union Ties Between Finland and Vietnam
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The Finnish delegation was led by the vice president of the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Matti Huutola, who flew to the Vietnamese capitol with the purpose of expanding the co-operation between SAK and one of Vietnam’s biggest trade unions. While in Hanoi, Mr. Huutola met with Deputy President Nguyen Hoa Binh of…
Sweden, Vietnam
Swedish Praise for Vietnamese Newspaper
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The meeting took place on Wednesday this week, as representatives from SIDA met with representatives from the newspaper Thanh Nien and the Vietnamese government in Ho Chi Minh City. The meeting was marked by an exchange of praise and compliments from both sides. Eva Asplund, who is head of SIDA’s Asia Department, expressed her appreciation…
Finland, Vietnam
Finnish Elevator Giant Ups the Stakes in Vietnam
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KONE’s investment in Thien Nam, which is one of Vietnam’s largest elevator companies, strengthens the cooperation between the two companies – a cooperation which began as a distributorship for Vietnam and Cambodia last year. The investment comes at a lucrative time for Finnish-owned KONE, as the Vietnamese market currently is undergoing rapid growth – especially…
Denmark, Malaysia
New Carlsberg Director in Malaysia
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Carlsberg’s shuffle of national directors seems to continue in 2007. In November last year, Carlsberg decided to put fresh faces in charge of their operations in Denmark and Turkey – and now, Malaysia is added to that list. Carlsberg’s top management has decided to appoint Soren Holm Jensen as the new administrative director in Malaysia,…
Sweden, Vietnam
Sweden Funds Bio-diversity Preservation in Central Vietnam
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The project – which the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has decided to co-fund along with the Dutch Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund – will be implemented in the provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Tri under the management and technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank. The project is aimed at preserving biodiversity, eliminating…
Denmark, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden, Thailand
Child-free Flights from Scandinavia to Thailand and Malaysia
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Tired of having your charter vacations to Thailand get off to a bad start due to crying babies and beeping gameboys? If so, a remedy now seems to be on the way. For an added price of 1,395 DKK (approx. 243 USD) on top of your normal ticket cost, you will soon be able to book a seat…
Denmark, Thailand
Denmark Helps Thailand Investigate Bangkok Bomb Attacks
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The Danish experts are helping Thai police forces analyze various surveillance camera tapes, confirms Anupong Paochinda from the Department of Special Investigation in Bangkok in an interview with the Thai newspaper The Nation. The bombs went off on New Year’s Eve, killing three and leaving around 30 people injured – among these, at least eight…
