Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Embassy of Indonesia to Sweden and the Embassy of Sweden to Indonesia, invite all to participate in a logo design competition as part of the celebration of the 70th …
Logo design competition for Swedish-Indonesia diplomats relationship Read More
Mr Bjørnar Dahl Hotvedt, Chargé d’affaires at the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta was a panelist speaker at the 3rd Indonesia Circular Economy Forum (ICEF) which took place at Pullman Jakarta …
Norwegian embassy supported circular economy in Indonesia Read More
Business Finland will co host a launching event with BC Platforms and Quintiles and IMS Health.Inc, on 13th November 2019 at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre. BC Platforms’ …
Business Finland to co-host a launching event of a genomic data management platform in Singapore Read More
Lise Nordgaard, the Deputy Head of Mission from the Royal Norwegian Embassy, attended and delivered certificates to the Young Lake Ambassadors on 6th November 2019. Ten enthusiastic youths from the …
The Royal Norwegian Embassy supported Inle Lake Youth Diplomats Program Read More
The Swedish Embassy in Vietnam will host a 2 days convention “Study and work in Sweden information day” at Pullman hotels in Hanoi and Saigon. Starting from Saturday 9th until …
The Swedish embassy hosts education days in Vietnam Read More
The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish embassies together created a Nordic Pavilion at the EBTKE2019 expo in Jakarta on 6 – 8 November 2019. The pavillion provided information about green economy …
The Nordics shared green economy experience at the EBTKE2019 expo in Indonesia Read More
The Swedish Embassy in Thailand and Central Floresta Phuket invites Swedes and Thais alike to visit a photo exhibition from 11th until 18th November 2019 on the 3rd floor of …
Swedish – Thai photo exhibition in Phuket Read More
A seminar regarding energy consumption in Vietnam was organized by the Embassy of Denmark, in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Energy and with Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade …
Danish-Vietnamese renewable energy seminar Read More
The Norwegian Embassy, together with Norwegian Energy Partners and Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company1 organized on the 4th November 2019 a Norway-Vietnam seminar in Hanoi regarding liquefied natural gas …
Norway proposed LNG as clean energy option for Vietnam Read More
Danish Permanent Secretary for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Mr. Morten Bæk visited 4 – 6 November 2019 Vietnam to enhance the government-to-government partnership between Vietnam and Denmark within the energy …
Danish Permanent Secretary for Climate, Energy and Utilities visits Vietnam Read More
Denmark opened its first Honorary Consulate in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 1 November 2019. The Honorary Consul is Mr. Kjeld M. Olsen, a long time Danish businessman and resident of …
Danish Honorary Consulate opens in Cambodia Read More
Mr. John Nielson, Danish Ambassador to Myanmar signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Myanmar’s Anti-Corruption Commission. The diplomatic meeting was to acquiring technical assistance in compiling surveys related …
Danish ambassador signed MOU with Myanmar Anti-Corruption Commission Read More
Norway is working on getting increased market access for Norwegian seafood to China says Harald T. Nesvik, Norwegian minister of Fisheries and Seafood, after a meeting on 31 October 2019 …
Norway wants increased access to China’s seafood market Read More
Nokia – the Finnish multinational telecommunications and information technology company – has signed a contract with leading telecommunications service provider Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) at the headquarter office in Espoo, …
Nokia and Hutchison 3 to provide new technology to Indonesian enterprise Read More
The Nordcham Philippines has announced the winners and finalists at Nordic Awards Night 2019. And the winners are Corporate Sustainability Company of the Year co-presented by Trends And Concepts …
Winners of Nordcham awards night Read More
Norwegian Ambassador to The Philippines, Bjorn Staurset Jahnsen participated in the inauguration of the field office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Barangay Santa Maria, accompanied by Stian …
Norwegian ambassador praised for Phillippines reconciliation efforts Read More
No shops, no good restaurants, no super markets and no private satellite dishes allowed, so no international news. That was the reality when Jørn Kristensen and his wife, Astri, arrived …
Dane about life in Myanmar in 1991: “My phone was tapped” Read More
The Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce is preparing warm welcome all at ‘Swedish Education and Career Days 2019’. The free entry programme includes: 1. Swedish Pavilion at the OCSC (Office of …
Swedish education and career day 2019 Read More
A workshop on ways to improve Vietnam’s marine warning and forecast capacity taking place in Hanoi from October 22-25 as part of activities in the cooperation framework between the Vietnam …
Norway helps Vietnam improve marine warning service Read More
The West Nusa Tenggara provincial government is exploring cooperation opportunities with the Government of Denmark for adopting the application of renewable energy and waste management from the country, according to …
Lombok and Sumbawa seek energy cooperation with Denmark Read More
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria on Tuesday 22 October 2019 attended the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito together with Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown …
Nordic Royals attended Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam is pleased to invite all to the Danish Film Week 2019.These films are among the best Danish contemporary films that were nominated and won …
Danish Film Festival in Vietnam Read More
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has quickly initiated a series of inspections at dairies in Denmark with exports to China, following a case where one dairy, Mille Food, could …
Danish Food Authority moves fast after export irregularities to China Read More
Cultural bonding through delicacies was the motive of the event, “Chinese Food Night in Finland”, that took place at the Main Post Office Restaurant in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday 14 …
Chinese Food Night in Finland a delicious friendship celebration Read More
The future for deported children from mainly Thailand and Indonesia might soon look brighter if Mattias Tesfaye, Danish Minister of Immigration and Integration is to be trusted. Since Denmark elected …
Future in Denmark looks promising for deported children Read More
Ms. Ann Margareta Måwe, the newly accredited Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam, was on Wednesday 16th October 2019, received by Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, Party General Secretary and the President of …
Swedish Ambassador in reception with President of Vietnam Read More
Susanne Rumohr Hækkerup has succeeded Michael Metz Mørch as Chairman of Danes Worldwides. Mr. Mørch has been Chairman for eight years. Ms. Hækkerup was elected member of the Board of …
Haekkerup new Chairman of Danes Worldwide Read More
Negotiations talks in Sweden between officials from North Korea and US have broken off, North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday 5 October through an interpretor at the North …
US-Korean nuclear talks in Stockholm broken off Read More
Upon entering the big, pink building, several small heads turn to look at me. Some of the children giggle and some put their hands together in front of their chest …
Helping abused and migrant children in Pattaya: Hoping for Danish support Read More
When he was in his early 20s Mr Antti Vänskä, on route to a summer job in Australia, sent a postcard to his parents back in Finland from Singapore, describing …
Antti Vänskä – the new Finnish Ambassador at the helm in Singapore Read More
The Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand issued on 29 August a press release calling for what it diplomatically calls a “structured rationalization, with significant changes, to the TM.30 …
Foreign Chambers says TM30 creates negative views about Thailand Read More
Bernhard Arp Sindberg, a Dane who happened to be in Nanjing during the Japanese imperial army’s massacre on soldiers and civilians in Nanjing in 1937, rescued thousands of Chinese from …
Dane saved thousands of Chinese at Nanjing massacre Read More
Malaysia’s vibrant nature with its tropical climate and lush green forests is the main attraction for Swedish travellers, Dag Juhlin Dannfelt, Sweden’s Ambassador to Malaysia, told Sabah’s Chief Minister Datuk …
Nature attracts Swedish tourists to Sabah Read More
Norway is ready to assist in efforts to return Rohingyas to their homes in the province of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, after thousands have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. Sidsel …
Norway to assist safe return of Rohingyas Read More
As global warming is upon us and the ice is melting in both the north and south, water areas in the Arctic which were previously inaccessible are now free to …
Concern about China’s presence in the Arctic Read More
Norwegian telecommunication giant Telenor Group is trying to enter the Indonesian market by merging with the Indonesian company Axiata. Axiata holds 66.4 percent of the shares in PT XL Axiata …
EU ban on palm oil could keep Telenor out of Indonesia Read More
At a reception for Swedish outgoing ambassador Pereric Hogberg in Hanoi on July 31, 2019, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed hope that the cooperation would increase even furtrher, especially …
Vietnam calls for even more business with Sweden Read More
China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said that from Thursday 1 August 2019 it would stop issuing individual travel permits to people in 47 mainland Chinese cities because of the …
China bans solo travelers from visiting Taiwan Read More
Indian Naval Ship “Tarkash” docked at Helsinki, Finland on 31 July 2019 for a three-day visit. The ship is part of the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet and is under the …
Indian “stealth” navy ship visits Helsinki Read More
American President Donald Trump has sent a special envoy for hostage negotiations, Robert O’Brien to Sweden to attend the trial of Rakim Mayers – also known as the rapper A$AP …
Trump sends hostage envoy to A$AP Rocky trial Read More
The online media TheArtsDesk.com carried on Friday 26 July 2019 an interview with Danish documentalist Karen Stokkendal Poulsen about her her film ‘On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship’. The …
What went wrong for Aung San Suu Kyi? Read More
Fans of American rapper A$AP Rocky, who is awaiting trial for alegedly being part of a violent beating of a person in a street fight in Stockholm, try to retaliate …
Rocky fans call for boycot of IKEA, threatens embassy Read More
Marcus Wallenberg — a fifth-generation member of the Swedish Wallenberg dynasty — said the Sino-U.S. trade war was “extremely unfortunate.” Speaking at the Salzburg Summit in Austria, and in an interview …
Wallenberg not sure which side Europe will be on in a Sino-US High-Tech Cold War Read More
The Royal Thai Embassy in Denmark issued 31 Multiple Entry Tourist Visas from January to June this year. Last year the embassy issued 59 Multiple Entry Tourist Visas during the …
Fewer Danes apply for multiple entry tourist visas (METV) Read More
Statistics Norway has compiled statistics about immigrant children born in Norway – how are they doing as adults. Did they integrate into Norwegian society? Or do they remain outsiders? The …
Children of immigrants in Norway – how are they doing? Read More
H.E. Ms. Maria Sargren, Ambassador of Sweden to Cambodia, who will complete her three-year diplomatic mission in Cambodia soon, has been doing a round of farewell-meetings with ministries and other …
Outgoing Swedish Ambassador saying Farewell Read More
West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil started on Sunday 21 July 2019 his one-week working visit to the United Kingdom and Sweden for an economic, cultural, and environment mission. During …
West Java Governor visits Sweden this week Read More
Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Ann Linde recently met with six ambassadors to Sweden representing each their ASEAN country. The envoys have organized themselves as Asean Committee in Stockholm (ACS). …
Sweden and ASEAN discussion in Stockholm Read More
Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, is “seriously considering” cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, his spokesperson Salvador Panelo has reported. The reason is that Iceland on Thursday. July 4, filed …
Philippines may cut diplomatic relations to Iceland Read More
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland signed on 8 July 2019, along with 17 other nations, a letter addressed to the president of the UN Human Rights Council and the …
Countries for and against China’s Xinjiang policies Read More