Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
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
Women workers at clothing factories in Asia are particularly hard hit during the corona pandemic. Finnish Finnwatch is now looking for a corporate team both at home and at EU …
Finnwatch wants to ensure human rights for women textile workers in Asia Read More
COVID-19 has had devastating effect for tens of thousands of garment workers in Myanmar, mostly women. Sudden reductions in orders for garments and abrupt closure of many factories has left …
EU gives 6.4 Billion MMK to support affected garment workers in Myanmar Read More
Vietnam’s textile, auto and timber industries are facing challenges with plummeting revenues threatening massive job cuts as the Covid-19 pandemic intensifies. First of all, yhe number of textile orders in …
Vietnamese industries affected as major orders from EU and US freeze Read More
More garment factories in Myanmar stopped operations as European Union countries, a major export market, cancelled orders last week amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU market accounts …
Myanmar garments factories closed down after major orders from EU market canceled Read More
It is expected that Vietnam will have great potential in increasing the export of textiles, footwear, farm produce, food, handicrafts and chemicals to Sweden, when the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade …
Vietnam expects increase in export to Sweden Read More
The 9th celebration of Thai silk was concluded in Bangkok on Saturday 23 November 2019. As a cherry on top, those strutting their stuff on the catwalk of the Thai …
Scandinavian ambassadors strutting their silk suits on Thai catwalk Read More
H&M launched the latest collection in Bangkok on 7th November 2019. H&M x Giambattista Valli is the latest in the fast fashion empire’s annual collections in cooperation with high-caliber designers. …
H&M launched the latest collection in Bangkok Read More
Mr. David Savman, head of production at H&M, said the company would do less business in Cambodia if the current EU trade benefits ended and named China and Indonesia as …
H&M consider leaving Cambodia due to EU trade sanctions Read More
Tran and Son Chu are friends and entrepreneurs that are about to launch something unique in November 2019. They met at a coffee shop in Helsinki, Finland during their study …
Shoes from coffee grounds to be launched in November Read More