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Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway, paid a two-days visit to Malaysia on 25-26 February 2019. The purpose of the visit was to meet Teresa Kok, …
Norway’s Minister and Ambassador meets Teresa Kok in Malaysia Read More
Scania, a leading Swedish heavy trucks and buses manufacturer, established a new factory in Thailand to serve as a new hub for strengthening its market in Thailand and Asia. With …
Scania makes Thailand its new hub in Asia Read More
After its unofficial launch in September 2018, Nordic Innovation House (NIH-SG) celebrated its official opening in Singapore on 22 February 2019. NIH-SG is a joint effort between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs …
Nordic Innovation House celebrates its official opening in Singapore Read More
Thai Airways cancelled all its flights for Europe on 27-28 February 2019 to avoid Pakistan and northern India. Thai Airways has 13 routes to Europe and it was forced to …
Thai Airways cancels flights to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo due to the Kashmir conflict Read More
Wonderful Copenhagen, an official tourism organization for the Capital Region of Denmark, cooperated with Copenhagen Airport and Aalborg Airport to launch a project that will make the transportation easier for …
Copenhagen plans to share Chinese tourists with Aalborg in 2019 Read More
The Embassies of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in Vietnam together with the National Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics co-hosted a week-long seminar on “Continuity and Change in the …
“Digital transformation”, a major seminar by four Nordic countries in Vietnam Read More
KLM Thailand offers 4,000 THB account off the trip from Bangkok to Copenhagen, Stockholm and more than 7 countries in Europe including Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Rome, Dublin, Warsaw, Zurich and Prague. The customers can …
Discount Flight tickets from Bangkok to Copenhagen, Stockholm and more Read More
The Embassies of Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway together hosted the yearly celebration of Nordic Day in Myanmar on Friday, 15 February 2019. This year, Nordic Day was more successful …
Better and Bigger than ever: Nordic Day in Yangon Read More
Since the Swedish Chamber of Commerce (SwedCham) was formed in Singapore its professional business activities have exceeded anything seen under the previous organisational format, known as SBAS. “We have increased …
High grade of activity,‘ Business Blueprint’ concept: SwedCham Singapore Read More
Where to start? Lifestyle in Singapore these days is exciting, vibrant, history-rich, multi-facetted, impressive, opulent – and transformed! The city state has been undergoing a sea change in its upgrade …
Lifestyle galore! Singapore! Read More
The European Parliament has approved three keys of the EU-Singapore agreement which are EU-Singapore Free trade Agreement (EUFSTA), EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (EUSIPA) and EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (ESPCA). …
European Parliament says yes to the EU-Singapore agreement Read More
Staffan Herrström, the Ambassador of Sweden to Thailand met with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Executive Secretary, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and her colleagues at …
Ambassador of Sweden to Thailand meets UN ESCAP Read More
Greencarrier Freight Services, the large global logistics company in the Nordic region, expands their market in China by opening up a new office in Mainland China, according to their press …
Greencarrier opens its new office in Tianjin, China. Read More
Myanmar National Education Policy Commission invited John Nielsen, Ambassador of Denmark to Myanmar to the meeting taking place around 4-8 February 2019. During the meeting, the Ambassador and representatives from …
Ambassador of Denmark attends educational meeting in Myanmar Read More
Jari Sinkari, Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia visited an exchange student’s orientation organized by a Finnish company, Asia Exchange at Udayana University, Indonesia on 1 February 2019. At the ceremony, the …
Finnish Ambassador attends exchange student’s orientation in Indonesia Read More
Swedish Embassy joined in the alumni seminar “The Swedish-funded International Training Program: Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA)” on Thursday, 7 February 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar. Among the attendees were Johan Hallenborg, …
Swedish Embassy supports Myanmar’s environmental assessment Read More
Everyone has heard about co-working places by now. But what is it really about? A ‘workplace revolution’ is under way where IWG (International Workplace Group) is leading the way in …
Lars Wittig, IWG leads the workspace revolution Read More
Finnish Business Council in Singapore bears witness to that the city state is very much a hub for Southeast Asia, with a strong influx from Finland in recent years, including …
Finnish Business Council Singapore is seeing stronger influx Read More
Shermine Gotfredsen is a Singaporean who moved to Denmark after getting married to a Dane, learned the language and its business culture – and was then tasked to represent that …
Singaporean representing Danish business culture in SEA: Shermine Gotfredsen Read More
Embassy of Finland in Singapore has grown its contact network tenfold in the last three years. The number of new Finnish business entities starting their business in Singapore has grown …
Finland’s Singapore-based innovation, trade specialist continues Read More
‘Infrastructure Asia’ (IA) is one of the Singapore Government’s most recent and very important initiatives (launched during its presidency of ASEAN in 2018, at the 8th Asia-Singapore Infrastructure Roundtable) – …
Denmark takes pole position as Singapore initiates ‘Infrastructure Asia’ Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Singapore gave a warm welcome to Head of Borgholm Health center, Dr. Åke Åkesson who came to visit Singaporean health organizations around 28-31 January 2019. …
Swedish Embassy welcomes Head of Borgholm Health center to Singapore Read More
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) appoints Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit as a new envoy to represent the country’s seafood interests in Southeast Asia. Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit will replace Jon Erik Steenslid, …
Norway’s seafood council appoints new envoy to SE Asia Read More
LEGO, the world leading Danish toy-maker, has announced its plan to open more 80 shops up from 60 shops at present across 30 different Chinese cities at the end of the …
LEGO plans to have 140 shops in China this year Read More
Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce representatives led by two of their board members, Anders Lundqvist and Nicklas Moberg joined in the opening ceremony of Fitness24Seven third branch in Bangkok on Wednesday, …
TSCC joins in Fitness24Seven’s 3rd branch opening in Bangkok Read More
Multiconsult, a Norwegian consulting engineer and designer company, launched a new office in Bangkok on Monday 21 January 2019. During the official opening, Kjersti Rødsmoen, the Ambassador of Norway to …
Multiconsult launches a new office in Bangkok Read More
European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) joined the event “Nickel Initiative: Shaping Tomorrow Together” hosted by the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) on Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at Dean …
ECCP joined Philippine Nickel Industry Association’s event Read More
NIRAS, a leading Scandinavian consulting engineering company, held an official open ceremony of its new office in Manila, Philippines on 17 January 2019. Among the attendees, there were H.E. Mr. …
NIRAS opens its new office in Manila Read More
The Danish Climate Envelope funds a Five-year plan of mangrove reforestation on the Rakhine State. The plan will take action in the degraded mangrove forests in Myebon, Rambre, Tanintharyi’s Myeik …
Denmark funds mangrove reforestation in Rakhine Read More
A new Danish food shop called Conrads Deli has opened in Bangkok, Thailand since late 2018. On this Sunday, 3 February 2019, Conrads Deli will host an event at Hotel …
Conrad’s Deli a new Danish food shop in Bangkok Read More
Kone, a Finnish global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, expects to see no growth or a decline in orders from China this year. Because of the falling installations in China, …
Kone expects Chinese demand to stable in 2019 Read More
Air Cargo Global opened its new direct route between Avinor Oslo Airport and Tianjin Binhai International Airport in China on Thursday, 17 January 2019. The new route will initially operate twice …
Air Cargo opens its seafood direct route between Oslo and Tianjin Read More
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) will relocate its regional office from Singapore to Bangkok in mid-year. The NSC believes that the relocation will improve the country’s strong domestic consumption and markets …
Norwegian Seafood Council to relocate from Singapore to Bangkok Read More
Lendela, set up in 2018 in Singapore by founders from Sweden and global fintech group Zentro, forms proof of how Singapore is a preferred hub also for start-ups when it …
Swedes launch lending platform in Singapore, target Southeast Asia Read More
The much anticipated joint initiative Nordic Innovation House – Singapore (NIH-SG), which opened in October 2018, is a new milestone of sorts in terms of business connections between the Nordics …
Nordic Innovation House chose Singapore as Southeast Asian hub Read More
A local distributor of Norwegian salmon, Manish Kumar has invented the first Norwegian salmon vending machine located now in the Singapore HDB heartlands. The price of the raw 200g premium salmon in vending machine …
World’s first Norwegian salmon ATM in Singapore Read More
Embassy of Finland in Singapore hosted Millennium Technology Prize Event at the Ambassador Paula Parviainen’s residence on Tuesday 22th January 2019. The Embassy delegation led by Paula Parviainen welcomed Dr …
Finnish technology prize event taking place in Singapore Read More
Stena Line, the Swedish ferry company, commenced the ‘launching’ ceremony of the first of its next generation of RoPax vessel taking place at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China. Stena …
Stena Line’s first new generation ferry ‘floats’ in China Read More
As Finnish education and know-how has increasingly become an export product, paired with rising start-ups within edutech going international, Finland’s Ministry of Education has strengthened its presence in the Finnish …
Finland’s new education expert resource for Southeast Asia Read More
Indonesia participated in Matka Nordic Travel Fair held in Helsinki on 17-20 January 2019. In order to attract tourist from Northern Europe, Indonesia chose the archipelago’s unique experiences, such as …
Indonesia participates in Finland travel fair Read More
IKEA, the Swedish world’s largest furniture retailer, plans to invest an estimated $450 million in a retail and warehouse system in Hanoi, according to Nguyen Duc Chung, chairman of the Hanoi People’s …
IKEA plans to invest in Vietnam Read More
Juneyao Air will open a direct route from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Helsinki Airport. Daily flights will be available on June-July 2019 and operated with a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. New …
New direct flight from Shanghai to Finland Read More
DanThai Machinery Co., Ltd., owned and managed by Frank Henriksen, MD, and Karsten Brammer, Technical Director, was recently visited by a group of Danish businessmen who are part of the …
Danish business network meets DanThai Machinery in Thailand Read More
Indonesia chooses 3 tourist attractions to be promote in the Reiselivsmessen tourism exhibition in Telenor Arena, Oslo on 11-13 January 2019. The destinations promoted at the event are Raja Ampat, …
Indonesia participates in Oslo travel exhibition Read More
As Cold Flood Prevention (an innovative alternative to the traditional use of sandbags) is making inroads into Southeast Asia – it already constitutes proof of concept that the SME business …
Danish innovation Cold Flood Prevention finds Southeast Asian market Read More
The telecommunication company, 3 Denmark, operate in country such as Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong has now extended its 3LikeHome roaming service to Vietnam, Malaysia, South …
3LikeHome cheap roaming in Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korean and Taiwan Read More
AndersenB2B, the digital business networking platform from Denmark for SMEs in the Nordics; and ScandAsia, the platform for Nordic News and Business Promotion in Asia, are partnering up to jointly …
AndersenB2B, ScandAsia partner up: business internationalisation Read More
The ‘Finnish HealthTech Event’ (part of ‘Meet Finland in Singapore’ Week) was among the opportunities to meet Finnish innovators during the Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology 2018. The largest …
Finnish healthtech solutions target Singapore, Southeast Asia Read More
Finnish dairy company Valio has earned an export permit from the Chinese authorities. The export permit gives Valio great opportunities to export its baby milk powder and ready-to-feed liquid infant …
Finish Company, Valio gets export license from China. Read More
Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Singapore were announced to be Innovation Champions along with others 12 countries by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in the 2019 rankings. The rest in the …
Innovation Friendliness rank: Scandinavia and Singapore at the top Read More