Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The seminar featured opening speeches from The Danish Ambassador John Nielsen and the Vietnamese Vice-Minister for Trade and Industry Tran Tuan Anh. Subsequently the participants were able to benefit from …
Vietnam – Denmark Partnership in the Textile and Garment Industry Read MoreThe Danish embassy held a seminar in Hanoi on March 28 to discuss cooperative opportunities between Vietnam and Denmark in the garment and textile sector. The seminar also aimed to …
Vietnam, Denmark Strengthen Garment and Textile Cooperation Read MoreThis is the remark of Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Pekka Hyvonen during the New Year talk with Vietnam Business Forum reporter Nguyen Mai about economic and cultural cooperation relations between …
Finnish Ambassador: Vietnamese People Work Hard Read MoreThe Swedish Development Cooperation Section in Phnom Penh was upgraded to an Embassy in August 2010. Sweden thus became the first Scandinavian country to appoint an Ambassador to Cambodia, Anne …
Confidence in the Cambodian People Read MoreIKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer plans to double its orders from Vietnam in the next three years. At the moment, the conglomerate is the largest buyer of Vietnamese hand-made …
The Largest Buyer of Hand-made Products Read MoreTwo of the clothing industry’s biggest names have joined an effort to clean up Chinese textile mills, which are infamous for spewing chemicals into rivers and streams while using massive …
H&M to Help Reduce Textile Pollution Read MoreDespite a surplus of buyers willing to pay top dollar, a labor shortage continues to stymie the garment industry’s production capacity and business. Prices have jumped an average of 15 …
Garment Firms Face Labor Shortage Read MoreVietnam and Finland are determined to reach their potential in bilateral trade and investment by a number of means. Leading Finnish enterprises and research organisations have begun to look at …
Determined to Reach Their Potential Read MoreOn May 11, the Danish container shipping company Maersk Line launched a new express service, with the code TP6, that will transport containers directly from the SP-PSA international terminal in …
Maersk Line Launches Vung Tau-Los Angeles Sea Route Read MoreText VOVNews Finland will help Vietnamese businesses access other European markets, promote environmentally and socially-sustainable development in forestry, and build a system for the Information Society. The announcement was made …
Finland to Help Vietnam Businesses Improve Export Capacity Read MoreSoft Touch AB is a Swedish company founded in 1986 by Michael Cederkvist, the company mainly purchase and sell items in the personal protection business such as safety gloves …
A Change of Pace Read MoreTrine Therese Strandborg had a plan when she moved to Kuala Lumpur with her husband and two children in April 2004; she would take this opportunity to make a career …
Norwegian fashion student in Malaysia Read MorePeter Lysholt Hansen, the Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, reveals expectations to the bilateral trade between Denmark and Vietnam for the year 2007. The Great Expectation for 2007In recent years, the …
Ambassador Talks up Commercial Outlook Read MoreDanish investment in VietnamThe Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, Peter Lysholt Hansen, says that even if Danish investments in Vietnam are modest, there is a steadily growing and rather strong interest …
Denmark – Vietnam Bilateral Ties Closer Read MoreFinnish designer Marianne Javinen working at the Doi Tung Development Project in Chiang Rai, however, has been fortunate to achieve just that. Regrettably, though, she never got to meet the …
Finnish Fashion Mixed with Thai Hill Tribe Style Read MoreBut a Finnish woman has been lucky enough achieving just that, designer Marianne Javinen working at the Doi Tung Delepment Project in Chiang Rai. Regrettably though she however never got …
A Finnish touch on Thai handicraft Read MoreAt the meeting, members of NordCham reviewed the chamber’s activities last year and discussed the ways for developing its activities next years. As a Nordic non-profit non-governmental organisation in Vietnam, …
NordCham partners enterprises from Scandinavia Read MoreTrade exchange has been progressing, but not met its potential The bilateral trade between Vietnam and Sweden is developing with each year. Vietnam has, in terms of growth, become Sweden’s …
Swedish Embassy aims to boost Vietnam-Sweden trade relations Read MoreEthnically-inspired arts and crafts of Sop Moei will be showcased in Bangkok at the exhibition “The World of Sop Moei Arts: Colours of a Matriarchy” which is to take place …
Swedish-supported project to exhibit handicrafts in Bangkok Read MoreSoft Touch AB – a Swedish importer of protective gloves from Asia for the Scandinavian market under the brand Soft Touch – has established their subsidiary in Malaysia in January …
Soft Touch’s MD in KL for next two years Read MoreMogens Poulsen, Counsellor and Head of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSD) at the Royal Danish Embassy in Hanoi has launched a new website – – dedicated to help Danish …
New Danish website in Vietnam Read MoreIFU (The Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries) has currently a number of new potential Danish-Thai joint ventures in the pipeline of which at least some are expected in the coming …
New IFU projects in Thailand Read MoreSweden will be among the seven foreign commercial services who will have a booth at the Expo 2002 to be held by the Ho Chi Ming City’s Department of Trade …
Swedish booth at Expo 2002 in Vietnam Read MoreIntroduced in Thailand only two years ago, an increasing number of export shipments from Thailand are protected on their journey to their final destination all over the orld by a …
Unique Danish product keeps Thai exports dry Read More