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On 21 January 2021, the Danish Trade Council Taipei and the leading Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted brought the national food of Denmark – Smørrebrød, to Forte Hotel Changhua’s Denmark …
Taste the flavor of Denmark at Forte Hotel Changhua in Taiwan Read More
On 22 January 2021, Nurminen Logistics, a Finnish company providing cargo handling and railway transport services announced the opening of three new train routes from China to Europe. The company’s …
Finnish Nurminen Logistics opens 3 new train routes between China to Finland Read More
On 21 January 2021 Nokia and China Mobile (CMCC) announced that they have successfully completed live trials of an AI-powered radio access network (RAN) over CMCC’s network. Utilizing CMCC’s 4G …
Nokia and CMCC’s AI-powered radio access on live 5G network trial session was a success Read More
Norwegian airlines has announced that the government of Norway is ready to help the airline financially under certain conditions. The government of Norway has agreed to help Norwegian by granting …
Norway finally ready to help Norwegian airline avoid bankruptcy Read More
Many major investors in Europe propose to pour about $ 1 billion to develop logistics center in Phu My (Ba Ria – Vung Tau). This is the effect from the …
EU investors proposed to invest 1 Billion dollar in logistic Center in Phu My, Vietnam Read More
The European Union in Hong Kong and Macao are inviting for participants in a Comic and Cartoon Competition on a topic of Gender Equality. : Participants must be between 18 …
Comic competition on Gender Equality by EU in Hong Kong and Macao now open for applications Read More
The Philippines Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday 19 January 2021 that it may exclude elderly people with critical illnesses from the list of people who could receive Pfizer’s …
Philippines may exclude Covid-19 vaccine to weak elderly people Read More
Thailand-born, army veteran Akke Songcharoen is honouring his Thai origins with his new business ventures of Thai fusion food at The Fat Chili. He has turned the little traditional Bagel …
Akke from The Fat Chili in Denmark makes Thai inspired ‘easy2cook’ dishes Read More
When we started Seven Peaks in 2014, we did not have any big plans on building a big company. Our focus was on building a good development team to support …
The surprising success of Seven Peaks Software Read More
Clean transport transition is well underway and sales of plug-in electric cars have increased significantly in 2020 in the world’s two biggest markets, Europe and China. Europe is led by …
EV cars in Norway account for more than half of the entire auto market Read More
Hong Kong’s fashion and lifestyle incubation platform Azalvo together with Jumpstart are co-organizing a free 12-week online accelerator course. This project is with a goal of helping teams to 20x …
HK Fashion and lifestyle platform Azalvo and Jumpstart co-organize a free 12-week online accelerator course for Startups Read More
According to Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of science, technology, and innovation, the Malaysian government has no plans of making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory. Malaysia has been placed under a nationwide emergency until …
Covid-19 vaccine is not mandatory in Malaysia Read More
On 14 January 2021, ABB, the Swiss-Swedish company released an update on Vaccine development collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering at Thailand’s Mahidol University and the Institute of Molecular Biosciences. …
ABB contributing to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development in Thailand. Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside down, writes the Swedish headquartered global logistics company Greencarrier. An unpredictable fallout has been a shortage of containers. During a pandemic like …
Swedish Greencarrier explains why there are not enough containers Read More
Marimekko Hong Kong released on 18 January 2021 the fashion company’s new Chinese New Year Limited Series and giveaway games on their Instagram account, as follow: The next month is …
Marimekko Hong Kong release limited collection for Chinese New Year Read More
Thailand still imports Norwegian seafood despite the pandemic with Norwegian Salmon at the top of the list. A new report from the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) shows that the export …
Import of Norwegian seafood remains solid in Thailand Read More
The Danish company, Too Good To Go, is an app where consumers can purchase food that would otherwise be thrown away, and instead pick up the food at cut-down prices. …
Danish app offers a way to rescue delicious, unsold food from local shops and restaurants Read More
According to a YouGov survey released in December 2020, suffering from mental health problems including depression and anxiety differentiates according to the country of residence. This is something businesses with …
Latest global mental health statistic is a warning to workers abroad Read More
Paedagogernes Pension (PBU), a Danish pension fund for teaching staff in child institutions, is supporting women’s independence and rights in Asia by becoming the main investor in a newly established …
Danish pension fund becomes main investor in new SE Asia-focused Women’s Fund Read More
Cathay Pacific, together with Thailand’s Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ), is offering Special ASQ packages for passengers upon arrival in Bangkok. The airline is collaborating with six government-certified ASQ operators in …
Cathay Pacific offers Special ASQ packages for passengers travelling to Thailand during COVID-19 Read More
The Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet) has held an online session with inspectors on machinery safety and noise control at the workplace in Myanmar and how to prevent accidents, according …
Danish work safety authority in online training session with inspectors in Myanmar Read More
Camfil Malaysia, a subsidiary of the Swedish Camfil group, has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia that …
Camfil Malaysia strengthens collaboration in molecular testing at UTAR Read More
The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension, formerly known as MP Pension, announced in the third quarter of 2020 that the fund would no longer invest in the Chinese state after the …
First Danish pension fund blacklists China Read More
On 16 January 2021 the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok released a documentary of the Royal Visit of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid to Thailand during which King Frederik …
The Royal Danish embassy released a documentary of King Frederik IX inaugurating Thai-Danish Dairy Farm Read More
According to Danfoss China, the Danish manufacturer is to build a new global refrigeration R&D and testing center in China. The new 7,000m2 center will be dedicated to research and …
Danfoss to build $7.7m refrigeration R&D center in China Read More
Swedish IKEA in Singapore has acknowledged a misprint mistake on their reusable bags candidly with an “alamak…” (“Oh, no!”) and sells them anyway – discounted as a limited edition. A …
IKEA turns mistake into marketing pitch in Singapore Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Singapore has, amongst others, joined in celebrating Singapore’s so-called ‘Hawker Culture’ of unique cultural dishes from around the world. By bringing together Swedish multinational …
Sweden join in raising the profile of street food vendors in Singapore Read More
Cambodia and the EU met virtually recently to consult on development priorities between Cambodia and The EU. Present at the meeting was Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister …
EU and Cambodia discuss development priorities Read More
Norwegian Air has announced that the airline will halt its long-haul business in an aim to survive the pandemic. The low-cost airline continues to struggle to survive the financial effects …
Norwegian Air drops flying to Thailand Read More
The first rooftop solar power system at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport was inaugurated on 15 January, with an installed capacity of 1.1 MWp. This …
Tan Son Nhat airport installed its first solar power system with Swedish-Finnish engineering Read More
Malaysian Danish Business Council invites to a business briefing on January 22, 2021 that will help you to get a better insight into Malaysia’s current state of parliament, understand the …
The MDBC invites to an online Malaysian Business Briefing event on 22 January Read More
Singapore-based Danish Lars Hornsleth who already has a long career in Asia has taken on a new role as Director for institutional business development for Jump Trading in the Asia-Pacific …
FX veteran Danish Lars Hornsleth joins Jump Trading in Singapore Read More
JotunThailand introduces a set of 29 colors from Jotun Colour Trends 2021. The colors are specially selected to allow one’s creativity to run wild. With colors ranging from warm rustics …
Jotun Thailand release Color Trends 2021 Read More
There is an unpredictable shortage of shipping containers in Asia and it has never been more expensive to transport a container of goods from Asia to other parts of the …
Asia in container crisis as world’s demand for medical equipment increase Read More
For students who are interested in studying overseas are invited to join the biggest event for the education and training sector in Finland – Educa – This year the event …
Finland’s Education and Training sector event goes online on 29-30 Jan Read More
On 14 January 2021 the Philippine government announced it has secured another 17 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from British-Swedish pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca. According to Philippines News Agency, …
The Philippines secures another 17 million dose of AstraZeneca Read More
According to AirlinesRatings.com, an airline safety and review website, Singaporean Airlines, SAS, and Finnair are amongst the safest airlines to fly with in 2021. Singapore Airlines ranked 4th on the …
Singapore Airline, SAS and Finnair among safest airlines in the world Read More
The myth that Norwegian Air is Chinese-owned can finally be put to rest once and for all. Recent figures from Norwegian Air shows that nearly two out of three Norwegian …
99 percent of Norwegian Air shareholders are Nordic Read More
On 15 January 2021 the Nordic Innovation House-Hong Kong announced: The NIH-HK is supporting AFF2021 event as a community partner to kickstart this new year. Insurtech start-ups worldwide will bring …
Nordic Innovation House HK supports Asian Financial Forum 2021 Online Read More
The Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab, led by Southeast Asian real estate group, CapitaLand, is collaborating with Finland’s KONE Corporation to foster innovation, creativity and deploy smart city solutions in Singapore. …
Singapore CapitaLand collab with KONE Corperation to establish R&D lab to create smart city solutions Read More
On 11 January 2021, Finnish Deputy Consul General Elina Rimppi met with the Deputy District Mayor of Hongkou District and Director of Hongkou District Education Bureau to discuss opportunities for …
Hongkou District Education Bureau discussed future collaboration with Finland Read More
On 13 January 2021 the Swedish Head of Development Cooperation, Samuel Hurtig, welcomed three Cambodian participants who successfully completed the International Training Programme on Gender Statistic. The programme was organized …
Three Cambodians complete Swedish training in gender statistic Read More
The University of Yangon is planning to establish a Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI) under the Myanmar Ministry of Education’s Schools and Industry Partnership (SIP). According to the Danish …
Denmark supports school and industry partnership in Yangon Read More
On 13 January 2021 the Nordic Innovation House Singapore invited to join a competition “MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Accelerator 2021” MedTech Innovator is the largest accelerator of medical devices in …
NIH-SG invites to pitch your projects in MedTech Innovation Asia Pacific Program 2021 Read More
Swedish Oatly is a vegan food brand that produces alternatives to dairy products from oats. With headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, the company started producing alternatives to cow’s milk over 30 …
Swedish Oatly is rapidly expanding into the Asian market via Singapore Read More
IKEA’s first fashion collection, EFTERTRÄDA has landed in Thailand and the country becomes the third country worldwide to welcome the collection. EFTERTRÄDA means ‘to succeed’ in Swedish and the collection …
EFTERTRÄDA – IKEA’s first fashion collection landed in Thailand Read More
Malaysia has declared a national State of Emergency to battle the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed as many people in the past two months, as in the first 10 months …
Malaysia declares Covid-19 state of emergency until 1 August Read More
Malaysia plans to file a lawsuit on 15 January against the European Union (EU) on the trade bloc’s policy to phase out palm oil-based biofuels imports to the World Trade …
Malaysia to file WTO lawsuit against EU Read More
Fresh and frozen fish is a large part of the diet in Malaysia. According to a report released by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), 87 percent of the Malaysian respondents …
Norweigan Seafood Council reports on seafood consumption in Malaysia Read More
The Danish company Group 88 has been hit hard in 2020 by the lack of tourists from Thailand, China, Denmark, and Sweden. Group 88 owns eight of the luxury stores …
Lack of tourists from Thailand, Denmark and Sweden hit Oslo luxury shops hard Read More