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SATS (Singapore Airport Terminal Services) has set forth a proposal to acquire Sweden’s Terminal & Transporttjänst i Sugtuna (TT) and APH Logistics through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WFS Sweden. They wish …
SATS interested in Swedish cargo businesses Read More
The Danish company Arla Food Ingredients will highlight their newest innovations at the 27th edition of Food Ingredients China (FIC 2024). Arla will especially focus on their innovations in cheese …
Arla will reveal new cheese solution at FIC 2024 Read More
The Swedish telecom company Ericsson denied that it is exiting the Chinese market. It has decided to stay even though the local rivals such as Huawei Technologies pose challenges when …
Ericsson will stay in China market Read More
Lego increased sales last year, even though China has bought less from the Danish brand and the toy market is the most downbeat in 15 years. In the last 3-4 …
Lego outperforms struggling toy market despite China buying less Read More
The Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception for Deputy head of Mission of the Danish embassy in Vietnam, Mette Ekeroth, and President and CEO of Vestas …
Vietnamese Deputy PM hosts reception for Danes Read More
The Government in Manila, Philippines, has decided to extend a temporary ban on Swedish poultry. The decision has been made after an outbreak of bird flu in Sweden. The temporary …
Temporary ban on Swedish poultry in Philippines Read More
The Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang underlined on a a conference on 12 March 2024, that there is still amble room for cooperation between Vietnam and the Nordic countries. …
Deputy PM in Vietnam reach out to Nordic countries for cooperation Read More
The Danish-Norwegian founded iCare Thailand Foundation has 27 dormitories spread across the Thai countryside. ScandAsia witnessed the opening of one of these dormitories last week . A minivan filled with …
Danish-Norwegian NGO opens new dormitory in northern Thailand Read More
It was announced on 8 March 2024 that the Norwegian woman Ms. Unni had been arrested for operating as a taxi driver in Koh Phangan. Later on the same day …
The arrest of Norwegian woman part of bigger picture Read More
The Danish company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has signed a so-called Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnamese oil, gas, and renewable energy group PetroVietnam. Together they plan to launch a …
Danish and Vietnamese energy companies work together Read More
IKEA Philippines aims on becoming even more environmentally friendly with includes an increase of sustainable product sales in their stores, gender balance in the workplace and full accounting of their …
IKEA Philippines aims at becoming more sustainable Read More
The Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk expects China to approve their popular weight-loss drug, Wegovy, for sale this year. The company will initially focus on patient paying out-of-pocket for the …
Novo Nordisk expects China to approve Wegovy Read More
iCare Thailand is presently doing work all over Thailand. Trying to make life better for Thai people living in poverty or without access to education. This article is the backstory …
Danish-Norwegian founded NGO fighting against poverty in Thailand Read More
Nordea Asset Management has 12 funds approved for retail sale in Singapore. This will be Nordea AM’s first retail registered funds in Asia Pacific. They include diverse asset classes. This …
Nordea AM funds approved for sale in Singapore Read More
Norway overtakes China in export of seafood in certain categories, according to trade data from 2023 analyzed by Seabridge, a Beijing-based seafood and meat consultancy firm. Seabridge relates the success …
Norway overtakes China in seafood export Read More
In Somphet Ming Muang Market, Chiang Mai, there is a storefront. Right now it is under renovation, but on 6 March 2024 it will unveil a new addition to the …
Dane invests in new Wine Bar in Chiang Mai Read More
– Streamlines processes and industry 4.0 adoption; enables green manufacturing, efficiency, and production improvements Virtual Manufacturing (VM) in Thailand is now an established Swedish-Thai lean consultant facilitating and spearheading Smart …
Virtual Manufacturing: Lean production facilitators Read More
The Norwegian Seafood Council hires Sigmund Bjørgo as Country Director to China. Sigmund Bjørgo has earlier occupied the role as Country Director in China and therefore has a vast knowledge …
Norwegian Seafood Council gets new Country Director to China Read More
The amount of agricultural trainees in Denmark from Vietnam has almost quadrupled since 2021. Many agriculture trainees in Denmark used to be from Ukraine, but since the start of the …
Vietnamese agricultural trainees replace Ukrainian trainees in Denmark Read More
The Swedish Club, a maritime insurance company, extends their PEME health screening program for seafarers to three additional countries: Indonesia, Ukraine and India. The PEME, Pre-Employment Medical Examination, program helps …
The Swedish Club extends health screening to Indonesia Read More
The Danish Embassy in Thailand hosted an information meeting last week to prepare companies for the new rule for visa requirements for foreign workers in Denmark working for Danish companies …
The Danish Embassy in Thailand hosted info event for businesses Read More
The Norwegian Business Association in Singapore, also known as NBAS, announced their new member Bluco yesterday, 26 February 2024. Bluco is the creator of GARDR, which creates skincare for men …
NBAS welcomes new member with connections to Norway Read More
The Philippines’ Board of Investments (BOI) has made a significant move towards bolstering renewable energy by investing in off-shore wind energy. BOI has granted an expedited certificate for a P329 …
The Philippines embraces Danish partnership in wind energy Read More
The Myanmar Government has decided to put a stop to new licenses for offshore trawling in the Taninthayi Region fishing industry. This decision has been made due to several investigations …
Myanmar makes environmental move after Norwegian research Read More
The Swedish vendor Ericsson will upgrade Malaysia’s 5G network to 5G Advanced. This will, according to the vendor, open new features and capabilities which will attract adoption from enterprises. David …
Swedish Ericsson updates network in Malaysia Read More
One out of ten of the orders placed in international web shops by Danes are on items from China, according to latest Danish Profession- and Trading analysis. Helen Amundsen, senior …
Danes love Chinese products Read More
The Mandarin Oriental has invited Swedish chef Sayan Isaksson to showcase his food from 26 February 2024 to 3 March 2024. The theme of the eating experience is “Simply Scandinavian”. …
Swedish chef returns to Kuala Lumpur Read More
The business manager, Marmelia Dewi, at PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy in Indonesia shared her experience participating in leadership programs hosted by Swedish Institute (SI) “I was inspired by the way …
Indonesian business manager praises Swedish leadership program Read More
The Norwegian company Telenor, one of the four mobile operators in Myanmar, complied with an order from the Myanmar telecommunication Ministry, which asked them to stop a website from spreading …
Telenor blocks controversial website in Myanmar Read More
The Royal Thai Air Force is planning on buying 12 new fighter jets, and their main choice is between US F-16 or the Swedish Gripen. They are acquiring new jets …
Thai Air Force choosing between Swedish and American jets Read More
The Danish-Filipino company Phinl Corp.’s climate-controlled tulips are now in bloom in Maddela in the Philippines. It is the first fully contained and computer controlled indoor hydroponic tulip farm in …
Danish-Filipino climate controlled tulips in bloom Read More
Laos is making it mandatory for foreign investors to create a local bank account within 15 days of getting their business license. This new rule has applied since 10 February …
Foreign investors are now required to have Laos bank account Read More
The Norwegian company Nordic Aqua Partners prepares for their first harvest in their land-based salmon farm in Gaotang, Ningbo in eastern China. According to the company, the test slaughter produced …
Norwegian salmon farm prepares for first harvest in China Read More
Viking Cruise Line will be the first to operate domestic sailing in China for international travelers. “We are proud that Viking will be the first to operate domestic sailings in …
Scandinavian cruise ship will bring foreign travelers to China Read More
Norway has announced a multi-year green maritime program primarily targeting Singapore, but also other Southeast Asian countries. The program is called The Singapore Green Maritime High Potential Opportunities (HPO) program. …
Norway begins green maritime export campaign in Singapore Read More
A sum of RM100 million is owed to the Malaysian government for unpaid medical bills by foreigners. The foreigners owing the money are spread across 38 countries. In Southeast Asia …
Foreigners owe Malaysia large sum of money Read More
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has accepted a contract to build two additional ice-class tankers for Swedish shipowner Furetank. These two vessels will be additional in a series provided. The tankers …
China will provide Sweden with new ships Read More
The popular yellow play device is now officially available in Norway, Sweden, Singapore and Malaysia as well as a number of other countries. Malaysia where the devises gets manufactured has …
Playdates now available in Malaysia Read More
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) just decided to extend their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program with Denmark. It has been extended by five more years, running from …
Extension of patent deal between Denmark and China Read More
The Norwegian specialty coffee roaster, café chain and bar concept is planning to open a shop in Jakarta. The opening date hasn’t been revealed yet, but it will be located …
Norwegian Coffeehouse “Fuglen” will open in Indonesia Read More
The Philippines expect a new central bank digital currency (CBDC) within the next two years. The digital tokens are to compete with volatile crypto currencies as an alternative system of …
New digital currency in Philippines to learn from Sweden Read More
In an interview the British media Bloomberg interviews Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, expresses the importance of China for companies such as their own. When asked to explain why China …
AstraZeneca sees China as an important partner Read More
On February 8th 2024, SWEA Bangkok’s Annual meeting took place at the Swedish Ambassador’s residence. There were 16 SWEOR that took part in the meeting, since the membership has decreased …
SWEA Bangkok Annual meeting 2024 Read More
The Faroese shipping company Smyril Line has signed a contract with the Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles for cooperating on building two environmentally friendly so-called roll-on/roll-off ships. The Danish naval architecture …
Faroe Islands cooperate with China on environmentally friendly ships Read More
Crude oil from Norway’s Johan Sverdrup oilfield is heading to Asia once again, following a several months long break, because of a closed arbitrage window and a strong demand from …
Norwegian oil sold in Asia again Read More
According to Human Rights Watch there is a good chance that the Chinese cars sold to Denmark are being produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang province in China. In …
Cars in Denmark most likely produced with forced labor in China Read More
The sales by the Danish owned jewelry company Pandora dropped to 118 million Danish crowns in the fourth quarter from 143 million Danish crowns the previous year. This is lower …
Pandora disappointed by sales in China Read More
The Chinese automobile manufacturer Geely Group has started mass production of Volvo’s first minivan. The car with the name Volvo EM90 will only be available in China and will be …
Chinese Geely starts mass production of Volvo minibus Read More
The Danish brewery Carlsberg wants to focus on the expanding market in Asia, specifically in China, Vietnam and India in their 2027 plan. The company wants to accelerate their growth …
Danish Carlsberg wants to focus on Asian market Read More
A Swedish sustainable agriculture startup by the name Our Ecolution will open its very first factory in Indonesia 1 July 2024. The startup turns agricultural waste from rice and wheat …
Swedish sustainable startup opens first factory in Indonesia Read More