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Ethnically-inspired arts and crafts of Sop Moei will be showcased in Bangkok at the exhibition “The World of Sop Moei Arts: Colours of a Matriarchy” which is to take place …
Swedish-supported project to exhibit handicrafts in Bangkok Read MoreAutoliv, a Swedish multinational in automotive safety systems, is investing in six new crash-test sleds in Malaysia, Thailand, China, Korea and Australia. The sleds can perform a variety of crash …
Crash-test sleds increase automotive safety Read MoreThere are basically no problems with tariffs in the Philippines. Rather it is the non-formal red tape issues, in many shapes and variations, that make life hard. Opportunities are best …
Swedish voices on business climate in the Philippines Read MoreSoft Touch AB – a Swedish importer of protective gloves from Asia for the Scandinavian market under the brand Soft Touch – has established their subsidiary in Malaysia in January …
Soft Touch’s MD in KL for next two years Read MoreElectrolux new washing machine factory in Rayong is the company’s first in South East Asia. The 9000 square metres large plant, a THB 500 million investment that opened 27 November …
Double digit growth predicted for Asean market Read MoreHaving been the largest automotive market in ASEAN for six consecutive years, Malaysia certainly has ample opportunities for Swedish companies in the automotive sector, especially automotive components. The Commercial Section …
Swedish Embassy’s report on Malaysian automotive sector Read MoreMogens Poulsen, Counsellor and Head of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSD) at the Royal Danish Embassy in Hanoi has launched a new website – – dedicated to help Danish …
New Danish website in Vietnam Read MoreIFU (The Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries) has currently a number of new potential Danish-Thai joint ventures in the pipeline of which at least some are expected in the coming …
New IFU projects in Thailand Read More
Ask any Italian and they will tell you, the Oriental Hotel – Bangkok’s most famous hotel – is in fact Italian. After all, it was the Italian architect S. Cardu, …
The Oriental Hotel in Bangkok in a Danish perspective Read MoreSweden will be among the seven foreign commercial services who will have a booth at the Expo 2002 to be held by the Ho Chi Ming City’s Department of Trade …
Swedish booth at Expo 2002 in Vietnam Read MoreDenmark-based firm guns for top-three spot in brown-shoe sector within 5 years ECCO, a Danish footwear brand, opened its first local retail shop yesterday and announced it had plans for …
ECCO shoes enters local retail market Read MoreIntroduced in Thailand only two years ago, an increasing number of export shipments from Thailand are protected on their journey to their final destination all over the orld by a …
Unique Danish product keeps Thai exports dry Read More
By Henrik Petersen, Royal Danish Embassy Deadline is fast approaching for Thailand to make use of a Danish offer to finance additional supplies of Danish medical equipment to hospitals in …
Danish Mixed Credit for Public Health Ministry worth 2 billion Baht Read More
“The first Maersk shipment to Thailand was railway equipment from Japan. That was in 1948. A year later, Maersk Line set up an office and a regular route from Thailand …
Maersk Celebrates 50 Years in Thailand Read More
Thai Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, H.E. Pongpol Adireksarn, together with a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture visited Denmark from the 3rd to the 6th of June 1998. “There …
Thailand’s Minister of Agriculture visits Denmark Read More