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Singaporean politician, Grace Fu, who has been serving as the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since 2020 will be in Copenhagen, Denmark from 12 to 13 May for the …
Singaporean politician to discuss climate action progress in Denmark Read More
While Telenor Group closed its operations in Myanmar it has announced that it is in the process of mergers with several Thai and Malaysian companies. The tech giant said in …
Norwegian telecoms group plans mergers in Malaysia and Thailand Read More
Singapore-based Musiio, a music intelligence company, founded in June 2018 by Swedish CTO Aron Pettersson and British CEO Hazel Savage, and named one of the most innovative companies of 2022, …
Swedish and Singapore-based online music intelligence companies team up Read More
Several roundtables have been organized by the Thai-EFTA Business Circle to address important topics in the context of modern trade and investment relations in the framework of Thai-EFTA free trade …
Thai-Norwegian talks with the Swiss-Thai Chamber of Commerce to discuss investing in sustainability Read More
The Thai Ministry of Education and the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on primary and secondary education, curriculum development, teacher training …
Finnish education model tried out at 12 Thai schools Read More
Singapore is about to receive ‘reverse’ vending machines that accept used bottles and cans according to a news report from the country. RVM Systems, a Swedish vending machine company will …
Swedish RVM Systems to install ‘reverse’ vending machines in Singapore Read More
A traveler from Finland was the first case in the Philippines of the Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12. to be discovered in the country. The 52-year-old Finnish national arrived in the Philippines …
Finnish woman first person to present with BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant in Philippines Read More
Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company took delivery of Finneco l, their new roll-on/roll-off hybrid vessel from China on 28 April 2022 with the ship being touted as the largest and …
Finnish shipping company welcomes first hybrid RoRo newbuild from China to its fleet Read More
Media reports show a video that had been viewed hundreds of times on social media claiming that Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had condemned Danish authorities for plundering an Indonesian oil …
Fake news says Putin accused Denmark of plundering Indonesian oil tanker Read More
According to readers of a Swedish engine website, Volvo is not as Swedish as it once was, media Dagbladet writes. The company Volvo was established almost 95 years ago and has since …
Is Volvo Swedish or Chinese? Read More
Scatec, the Norwegian renewable energy solutions provider, netted 6 million US dollars when it refinanced the 37 million non-recourse project debt for the Vietnamese 39 MW wind power plant Dam …
Norwegian renewable energy firm in Vietnam nets 6 million USD Read More
RSA Finland will start importing the Chinese electric car brand BYD with a small van, the BYD T3, first while other commercial vehicles and passenger car models are coming later, …
Finnish car importer RSA brings Chinese BYD electric vans to the domestic market Read More
Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) delivered its first batch of Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric, or XC40 EV for short, to its Malaysian buyers last weekend. According to news reports, sixty-five …
Swedish auto group, Volvo, delivers first batch of XC40 electric SUV’s in Malaysia Read MoreDanish-owned Lego Group hopes to open its first carbon neutral factory in Vietnam. This would be its second manufacturing site in Asia. The Group was granted their investment registration certificate …
Danish Lego Group’s high hopes for Vietnam carbon neutral project Read MoreIKEA Singapore has announced a range of new sustainability offerings and initiatives from food to furniture. They have expanded to more products made of waste materials, natural fibres like bamboo …
IKEA Singapore announces a range of new sustainability offerings Read More
Data collation has become increasingly important today. All organizations, particularly educational institutions, adopt a data-driven culture to keep track of the performance of staff and students. A data-driven culture helps …
Why Schools Need to Adopt a Data-Driven Culture Read More
While battery electric vehicles were not wildly successful at the start, new battery-swapping technology has brought the issue of charging vehicles to the fore again for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. …
Chinese EV tech making inroads in Scandinavian countries Read More
Finnair has updated its offering for winter 2022-2023, with a view to the Russian airspace closure. Finnair flies to ten Asian destinations, five US destinations, and 62 European destinations from …
Finnair to fly to 10 Asian destinations next winter season as travel continues to recover Read More
Approval was given for the sale of the Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor Group’s Myanmar operations to the Lebanese M1 Group on Tuesday, 15 March, according to the Myanmar-now.org article published …
Norwegian telecom giant in Myanmar sees 80% go to military-linked conglomerate Read More
The largest Danish gas exploration field, Tyra, is now waiting mainly for the processing platform currently under construction at the McDermott shipyard in Batam, Indonesia off the coast of Singapore. …
Danish Tyra II gas site waiting for module from Indonesia Read More
The Finnish construction specialist Peikko Group Corporation has signed an agreement with Chinese structural design company Shanghai Shucko Construction Technology Co., Ltd. to become a majority stakeholder of the company …
Finnish Peikko to become majority shareholder of Chinese structural design company Shucko Read More
During the years after the relationship between Norway and China suffered when the Nobel Peace Prize was being award to a critic of China in 2010, Norwegian salmon exporters served …
Norwegian salmon sold to China through Vietnam Read More
The head of Chinese electric car maker Xpeng believes that the closure of Shanghai could have major consequences. Norwegian importers are however not worried, E24 writes. Last week, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng …
Xpeng fears production may come to a full stop in May – Norwegian importers not worried Read More
The Swedish company Zinzino has announced the launch of its business in Singapore as a strategic next step in the company’s global expansion plan. Zinzino is a direct sales company …
Zinzino announces the launch of Singapore as next step in their global expansion Read More
Chinese authorities are currently fighting a new wave of infections and in Shanghai, that means an introduction of the strictest lockdowns since the virus first broke out in Wuhan. The …
Employees at Danish company’s factory in Shanghai went into isolation to keep production going Read More
The Johan Castberg FPSO vessel Bømlafjorden arrived on 8 April in Norway. The vessel was built in Singapore by Sembcorp Marine and the arrival in Norway happened approximately two years …
Equinor’s Johan Castberg FPSO arrives in Norway from Singapore Read More
In the summer of 2021, Telenor and Axiata signed an agreement to merge their mobile operations Digi and Celcom in Malaysia into a new company called Celcom Digi Berhad with, …
Telenor’s giant merger in Malaysia under the microscope Read More
The Swedish furniture maker IKEA has opened its 6th store in Indonesia, at Jakarta’s Mall Taman Anggrek. Sweden’s Ambassador to Indonesia Marina Berg and Chief Development Officer Mulia Property Development …
IKEA opens 6th Store in Indonesia Read More
While announcing Finnair Traffic Performance in March 2022, the airline notes that covid-19 still has an impact on passenger traffic figures, especially in the Asian market and the closure of …
Covid-19 impact and war in Ukraine affect Finnair’s passenger traffic figures for Asia Read More
Six leading companies have formed a partnership that aims to establish Asia’s first green e-methanol plant which converts captured biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into green e-methanol, a low carbon fuel, …
Maersk and multinational group to establish pilot green methanol plant in South East Asia Read More
Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Dr. Amy Khor and Norway’s Ambassador to Singapore H.E Eivind S. Homme jointly opened the TOMRA Resource Transformation Centre last …
TOMRA Resource Transformation Centre opens in Singapore Read More
In a recent article published in Dagbladet, Gunn Wærsted, Chairman of the Board in Telenor speaks about the recent highly criticized sale of Telenor Myanmar while putting into words what …
Many wanted Telenor to stay in Myanmar but the employee’s safety was the overall thing Read More
Regents International School Pattaya becomes the first and only school in the area to offer both the IB Diploma Programme and A Levels at Sixth Form Join our event on school …
Regents International School Pattaya now offers IB Diploma and A Levels Read More
The shareholders of True Corp. and Telenor’s company Total Access Communication (DTAC), which is Thailand’s second and third largest mobile telecom operators by subscribers, have approved the merger of their …
True and DTAC shareholders approve the creation of Thailand’s largest operator Read More
MacGregor, part of the Finnish cargo-handling machinery producer Cargotec, has been selected to supply comprehensive packages of RoRo equipment for four Aurora class Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs) to …
MacGregor wins RoRo equipment supply contract for Aurora class vessels Read More
The Chinese company Geely started test runs of green e-methanol vehicles earlier this week at the port of Aalborg in Denmark, media Xinhua writes. E-methanol is a sustainable, carbon-neutral, and renewable fuel …
Geely starts test runs of e-methanol vehicles in Denmark Read More
The Danish wind turbine company Vestas, has secured a 100 MW order in Vietnam for an undisclosed project. According to this company announcement, the order covers supply, supervision of the installation, …
Vestas wins 100 MW order in Vietnam Read More
On Friday, March 18th, H&M opened its first store in Cambodia. The Swedish retailer said in this release that excited crowds waited in line with great enthusiasm to enter the first H&M …
H&M now open in Cambodia Read More
The Swedish-owned outsourcing firm Transcom Worldwide Philippines, Inc. has opened a new satellite office in Davao City called T:Space which will serve as a support center and backup space for …
Swedish-owned Transcom opens support space for work-from-home employees in Davao City Read More
The 2022 MOTOR SHOW at Impact Arena! You don’t have to be a big fan of cars, to enjoy a visit to a Motorshow. You step into a world full …
It’s a rich man’s world Read More
Last week, the Swedish furniture giant announced the opening of its fourth store in Thailand. Posting on Facebook, IKEA said: “Get ready to meet the 4th IKEA store in Thailand! on …
IKEA to open the fourth store in Thailand Read More
The Finnish telecommunication giant Nokia has announced that it has been selected by TIME dotCom (TIME) for the supply and delivery of a DWDM optical network in Malaysia. Nokia says …
Nokia selected by TIME dotCom to build high resilience cross-peninsular optical network in Malaysia Read More
Finnair has updated its traffic program for summer 2022, as the closure of Russian airspace impacts Finnair’s Asian traffic, the company says in this press release. Finnair connects customers from …
Finnair updates flights for summer 2022 – continue to serve key Asian destinations Read More
The Norwegian telecom giant Telenor wrote in a stock exchange announcement on 25 March, that the sale of its Myanmar business has now been completed. According to the announcement, Telenor has …
Telenor: The sale of Telenor Myanmar has been completed Read More
A celebrated business leader says goodbye when Jørgen Mads Clausen resigns as chairman of the board of Danfoss on 25 March. In an interview with Avisen Danmark’s business editor, he …
Interview with Jørgen Mads Clausen: “I have globalized Danfoss” Read More
On 22 March, the Danish transmission system operator, Energinet, co-signed a three-year framework cooperation agreement with the world’s biggest transmission system operator, State Grid Corporation of China. The company says …
Energinet and State Grid Corporation of China sign three-year framework cooperation agreement Read More
Online education is distance learning via the Internet and computer. All world companies, educational institutions, and tutors choose the partial or complete implementation of e-learning. And it’s not just because …
The life-changing experience of online learning: pros and cons Read More
Singapore RAS, a land-based salmon project, has entered into an agreement with OFS Norge AS (OFS) and Onshore Technologies AS (ONTEC) for a Basic Design Study of its recirculating aquaculture …
Singaporean land-based salmon project signs design agreements with Norwegian RAS specialists Read More
The authorities in Myanmar have approved the sale of Telenor Myanmar to the Lebanese M1 Group, Telenor writes in a statement. “Telenor Group has been informed that the Myanmar Investment …
Myanmar military approves Norwegian Telenor’s exit Read More
China is currently battling the worst covid-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic, and it is now hitting the country’s many factories, which produce goods for the entire world. …
New wave of covid-19 in China could delay goods in Denmark Read More