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As ProPak Asia, the international processing and packaging technology event in Bangkok, celebrated 25 years in 2017, Tetra Pak participated with a big showcase themed: ‘Moving Food Forward. Together’. Tetra …
ProPak: Tetra Pak showcased end-to-end food processing, packaging solutions Read More
The Norwegian School of Singapore and the Norwegian School on the Internet in Norway have come up with a common model to make mother tongue tuition available to more students …
Expanded Norwegian mother tounge teaching in Singapore Read More
The Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (TSCC) has appointed a new Executive Director. Master’s graduate Katarina Ekelund, the daughter of her Thai mother and Swedish father, has in August 2017 replaced …
Katarina Ekelund, new TSCC Executive Director: a true Swedish-Thai Read More
Dr Jaana Husu-Kallio, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Finland gave a keynote speech at international conference on food safety in Hong Kong in early September 2017. She presented practices …
Finland food safety speech held in Hong Kong Read More
– Brings huge delegation, hosting a range of events As Finland celebrates 100 years as an independent nation in 2017 the Nordic country is strongly stepping up cooperation and partnerships …
Finland and Helsinki comes to Singapore Read More
H.E. Mrs Dorte Bech Vizard, Danish Ambassador to Singapore, will be part of the Opening Panel and give a speech about ‘Innovations in eldercare – a lifelong journey’ at the …
Danish Ambassador, Singapore to give eldercare innovation speech Read More
In early August Finland’s Ambassador Paula Parviainen attended an event at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore with 20 students from the Overseas Merit Fellowship team, as they will go to …
Singapore students to attend talent program in Finland Read More
Blue Ocean Robotics (Denmark) on 14 August announced the opening of Blue Ocean Robotics SEA (Southeast Asia) with base in Singapore, where the needs of a rapidly ageing society and …
Blue Ocean Robotics arrives to Asia via Singapore JV Read More
igital Disruptions & Transformations: Are Asian organisations prepared to thrive in the new digital economy? According to the new survey by Thomson Reuters, 78% of Asian businesses view disruption as …
Danish, Swedish attendance at TechX Asia 2017 Read More
One of the many highly interesting events taking place as part of the ‘Finland 100 at Singapore Innovation Week’ official programme is the Women in Tech Conference (Asia). Women In …
Finnish-initiated Women in Tech, Singapore returns Read More
A guided MRT ride for Foreign Ambassadors and High Commissioners to experience the newly-launched MRT and connectivity of Greater Kuala Lumpur was arranged on 9 August by InvestKL, in collaboration …
Swe ambassador, among others, tested Kuala Lumpur’s new MRT Read More
The National Astronomical Research of Thailand (NARIT) hosted the International Training Centre in Astronomy (ITCA) colloquium titled ‘Astronomy for STEM Education’ in Bangkok between 7th – 11th of August, 2017. …
Finnish Science Center, Heureka, at Bangkok seminar Read More
Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Maria Sargren on 17 August hosted a networking event and the launching of Sweden Alumni Network of Cambodia. The reception marked the first ever gathering …
Sweden Alumni Network of Cambodia launched Read More
The announcement it out that on Friday 13 October the annual Seafood Gala Dinner will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy. This highly …
Norway’s annual Kuala Lumpur Seafood Gala Dinner 2017 Read More
The hua party at hua in Beijing was held at the opening of the Seeds for the Future programme (by Huawei). This is the second time that global seeds for …
Finnish university students at Seeds for the Future, Beijing Read More
The Danish Embassy in Malaysia and the Director General of the Malaysian Ministry of Health, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, is currently in Denmark to learn about Danish Healthcare and …
Malaysian Ministry of Health in Denmark Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Manila, together with Business Sweden and the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), organized a seminar entitled ‘How to Increase Retail Productivity through Innovation‘ in August, reports …
Swedish retail innovation Manila seminar Read More
The Danish Embassy is holding a four-day Water Resource Management Seminar in Bangkok with Thai key influencers. The event is organised by the Thai Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute with …
Danish-Thai water resource management seminar Read More
Angel investor Mr Dusan Stojanovic of True Global Ventures (TGV) continues to be our guide in painting the fast-tracked fintech (financial technology) development in Asia, and in relation to the …
Fintech in the real world – it’s happening in Asia Read More
Charlotta Schlyter, Deputy Head of Mission, and Vivianne Gillman, Trade Commissioner at Business Sweden, shared with Thailand the Swedish experience of what can stimulate IT start-ups, the Embassy of Sweden …
Sweden as IT, start-up hub highlighted in Thailand Read More
As ProPak Asia 2017 celebrated 25 years Scandinavia had relatively strong presence there, with Tetra Pak and a Denmark Pavilion of companies in the Processing Tech Asia exhibition, as well …
Scandinavian brands and Denmark pavilion at Propak Asia Read More
Denmark and Thailand came together in Bangkok at the opening of the House of Fritz Hansen, Bangkok. At the event, a craftsman of Fritz Hansen hand-stitched the iconic piece of …
Arne Jacobsen’s Egg chair with Thai buffalo leather Read More
Last week Ambassador Satu Suikkari-Kleven hosted Finnair networking reception at the residence to announce Finnair’s new daily late evening flight operating from Bangkok during the winter 2017–2018 season. This coming …
Now 16 flights Helsinki-Bangkok every week Read More
Last week, AstraZeneca’s new office in Bangkok was inaugurated by a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony. The company has links to both Sweden and the UK, following a merger between the …
AstraZeneca’s new office in Bangkok inaugurated Read More
Johan Uddman is the Swede in Shanghai who is strongly involved in building the local ecosystem for financial technology, or fintech start-ups. He is responsible for JadeValue (a CashBUS subsidiary) …
Johan Uddman – a Swedish Fintech start-up investor in China Read More
Global tech leaders gathered at Southeast Asia’s Techsauce Global Summit 2017 on 28-29 July in Bangkok, with several Scandinavians among the invited speakers. Industrial Tech, UrbanTech, FinTech and Digital transformation …
Scandinavian attendance at Techsauce start-up summit in Bangkok Read More
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Kjetil Paulsen, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Bangkok, attended on Thursday 27th of July 2017 the completion ceremony for the Main Support Frame (MSF) module of the Johan Sverdrup …
Norwegian Ambassador attends completion ceremony Read More
Charlotta Schlyter, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok, participated on the 24th of July 2017 in the launch of the company BioGaia probiotics in Thailand. Ms Schlyter made …
Swedish Embassy at BioGaia probiotics launch in Thailand Read More
Danish Ambassador Uffe Wolffhechel met on 3 August 2017 with H.E. Secretary General of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand, Mr. Takorn Tantasith, repports the Embassy on its …
Danish Ambassador suggests Thailand extends broadband to rural areas Read More
Grundfos held its Expo 2017 on August 3, 2017, at the Sepang International Circuit, reports the Royal Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on its Facebook page. The exhibition showed Grundfos’ …
Grundfos Expo 2017 at Sepang Racing Circuit Read More
Casper Klynge, Danish Ambassador to Indonesia, and Karina Charlotte Mosgart, Deputy Head of Trade on Friday 4 August 2017 accompanied Jeff Gravenhorst, Group CEO of ISS, and CEO Elisa Lumbantoruan …
Danish Embassy helps ISS in Indonesia Read More
A delegation from Hanoi led by permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan visited Sweden, Norway and Austria from July 21-31. In Sweden, Tuan talked with …
Vietnamese delegation visits Stockholm and Oslo Read More
Finland had the privilege of having two speakers at the Regional Trade and Development Forum of Thailand’s International Institute for Trade and Development on 20 July. Chargé d’Affaires Katarina Tapio …
Finnish speakers at Thai forum for Regional Trade Read More
The Norwegian Rune Evensen, the founder of an extraordinary startup in Singapore within the emerging Fintech business sector, is portrayed in an extensive interview in The EconoTimes (http://www.econotimes.com) Rune Evensen …
Rune Evensen interviewed about Singapore start-up Read More
Into its fifty-first year Volvo Car Manufacturing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is being rejuvenated. Restructuring is in full swing to increase its capacity and prepare for its new setup to …
Volvo Car Manufacturing marks long-term commitment for its Malaysia plant Read More
Casper Klynge has been known as the Danish Ambassador to Indonesia for the past three years, but now he is moving on to new adventures in Silicon Valley as the …
Casper Klynge; From Jakarta to Silicon Valley Read More
On 21-24 June 2017 two Swedish solutions providers within manufacturing, one being a production improvement consultant and the other an ERP system service, successfully exhibited at the Manufacturing Expo 2017 …
“Amazing” Manufacturing Expo 2017 for Swedish industry 4.0 consultant, ERP provider Read More
23 lecturers from 6 universities from Ho Chi Minh City has graduated from the Training of Trainer ToT-HCM course organized by Finland-Vietnam Innovation Partnership Programme Phase 2 (IPP2) co-organized together …
Vietnamese lecturers graduated from Finland-Vietnam IPP2’s training Read More
Volvo Cars, the Swedish premium car maker, has reported strong growth in operating profit of SEK6.8bn in the first half of 2017, compared to SEK5.6bn for the same period last …
Strong increase in Volvo Cars’ first half 2017 profit Read More
In October 2017, a Shanghai landmark and one of the world’s tallest buildings, the Shanghai World Financial Centre, is presenting Finland’s unspoilt nature and the powerful story of a Finnish …
Finnish Kuopio anniversary exhibition in Shanghai Read More
On 18 July 2017, the Norwegian Seafood Council launched the new country of origin mark for Norwegian seafood, ‘Seafood from Norway’, in Bangkok. The new mark guarantees the origins of …
Norway’s new seafood trademark launched in Bangkok Read More
Finnish Business Council Beijing’s (FBCB) Board of Directors presented Ambassador Marja Rislakki the Certificate of Honorary Membership at FBCB (number 003) to recognize contribution and support Ambassador Rislakki and Beijing …
Honorary FBCB membership to Finland’s China Ambassador Read MoreAmbassador Uffe Wolfhechel’s recent meeting with H.E. Minister of Energy, Anantaporn Kanchanarat is just one of many initiatives focusing on making the Thai energy sector more green. Aside from strengthening …
Green transition in focus Read More
The first regional blended learning course on Human Rights and Environment under a new agreement between Sweden and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) took …
Human rights, environment regional course held by Sweden Read More
The new V90 is the latest in the premium car maker’s top-of-the-line 90 series sitting alongside the award winning XC90 SUV and the recently-launched S90 premium sedan. Building on Volvo …
Volvo strengthens Premium segment position with V90 Read More
akyra Beach Club Phuket To Host Surf Contest And Monthly White Parties On The Beach With International DJS Akaryn Hotel Group’s new akyra Beach Club Phuket is officially hosting its …
akyra Beach Club Phuket: Surf Contest and Monthly Beach Parties Read More
SCHOOL BREAK GETAWAY ‘Kids All-Inclusive’ at AKARYN HOTELS AND RESORTS It’s school holidays time! Kids and the whole family deserves a break! Book yourself and your little angels a relaxing getaway at …
School Break Getaway: ‘Kids All-Inclusive’ Read More
Denmark’s state prosecutor for serious economic and international crime, Niels Vejlby Hansen announced on Thursday 13 July 2017 that the former head of Dynamic Oil Trading in Singapore, Lars Moller, …
Criminal charges against Danish Singapore manager Read More
In mid-March Ikano’s second in Malaysia, and in total its third shopping centre in Southeast Asia, opened to the public in downtown Kuala Lumpur – MyTOWN. Ikano has previously launched …
Ikano Southeast Asia’s shopping center expansion conquers Kuala Lumpur Read More
Volvo Car Malaysia on 7 July announced the appointment of its newest dealer, iRoll Auto Sdn Bhd, to better service its customers in the Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia. The …
Volvo Car Malaysia’s newest dealer in Penang Read More