Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is right now in Denmark. A welcoming ceremony for PM Dung and his officials was, according to VOVNews.vn held at the airport in …
Vietnamese Prime Minister Welcomed in Denmark Read MoreScandinavian Airlines in Thailand has launched special prices of 49,000 baht for a roundtrip Economy Extra and 69,000 baht for Business Class to 36 northern European cities. The prices exclude …
SAS Launches Special Fares Today Read MoreTwo Danish guys, Thomas Skyum and Christian Bjerrum Hansen now kick start a new ambitious project in Thailand, the online computer store, invadeIT. The company aims to be the leading …
Danish Owned Online Computer Store Hits Thailand Read MoreThe Danish woman Johanne Vinther Axelsen who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cambodia for trying to send thousands of headache pills out of the country had her …
Johanne Vinther Axelsen to Stay in Prison for 15 Years Read MoreDanish Maersk Line, one of the world’s biggest shipping companies, said Sep. 3 it would launch a weekly feeder service between Vietnam and the West Coast of the United States …
Maersk Introduces Vietnam-US Shipping Service Read MoreAnalysts predict that Guinness Anchor Bhd will continue to gain market shares and dominate the Malaysian beer market, writes the Malaysian newspaper The Star. The expectation is based on the …
Carlsberg Pressured by Guinness in Malaysia Read MoreThe Danish Energy Agency has entered an agreement with Thai company Sima Interproduct Co. Ltd. on a biogas project in the Kalasin province in northern Thailand, writes the Danish Energy …
The Danish Energy Agency to Start Biogas Project in North Thailand Read MoreROXUL Asia, the Malacca-based firm, has been in the red since it was set up in 1999 as it had invested a lot to build its local market, its managing …
Danish Rockwool Looks Towards Asia-Pacific Read MoreDABGO is an online networking targeting specifically Danish business people all over the world. In Singapore, there are currently 80 members, In Vietnam 29 and in Thailand 27 members.Jesper Løvendahl, …
DABGO Coming to Asia? Read MoreTrading with carbon credit is big business. It is like a stock. Buy a carbon credit and sell it to a higher price and we are talking billions of dollars. …
How to invest in CDM-projects in Thailand Read MoreA list of the most popular searches within the last 30 days on the website Viviro.com – the intelligent search engine for cheap flights online – shows that when Danes …
Danes Prefer Thailand Read MoreA whooping 125 Danish students in Singapore had Thursday their first day of school. The brand new Danish Supplementary School in Singapore thus exceeded its own wildest expectations. “We thought …
First Day at School in Singapore Read MoreCarlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd, which pays about RM1bil in excise duty per annum, has called on the Malaysian government to put on hold any plans to increase the excise duty on …
Carlsberg Urges Malaysia to Stop Increasing Excise Duty Read MoreA lot of poor people in the Philippines might need help with their teeth. Help from people like Maria Adamsen and Ann Kristine Hostrup-Henriksen, who over the summer, through the …
Danish Dentists Pulled Out Filipino Teeth Read MoreMosquito bites are annoying – they itch, sting and hurt, so naturally many people apply repellent to get a holiday free from itching. But not all mosquito repellents are as safe …
Danish Scientist Warns Against Popular Mosquito Repellent Read MoreWhile the financial crisis is still damaging sales and earnings of Pressalit Group A / S, the group domiciled in Ry strikes back offensively and opens its first production of …
Danish Pressalit Looks Towards South East Asia Read MoreMT Højgaard has signed a contract to build a new road bridge in northern Vietnam. The new cable suspended six-lane bridge, Rao II, is being built in the coastal city of …
Danish MT Højgaard to Build New Bridge in Vietnam Read MoreSo far two Scandinavian movies are on top of the list, when Bangkok International Film Festival promotes itself prior to the seventh edition of the event in late September, The …
Danish and Swedish Movies Promoted in Thai Festival Read MoreAt a press conference Thursday in Bangkok The Body Shop announced its launch of a worldwide campaign against sex trafficking of children and young people. The campaign’s goal – to …
The Body Shop Fights Back on Sex Trafficking Read MoreAccording to the Thai news website phuketwan.com the man was on holiday on the island of Phuket with his son. The accident happened when the 57-year-old man was out Sunday swimming …
Dane Drowned in Thailand Read MoreDespite the Influenza A scare and the economic slowdown, the number of tourists last month in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia increased compared to last year. Danish tourists visit more and …
Tourism Boom Despite Financial Crisis Read MoreThe Scandinavian governments strongly condemn verdict on Burmese opposition leader. A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, to an additional …
Reactions on New Aung San Suu Kyi Verdict Read MoreThe popular Danish dating game show Dagens Mand (Man Of The Day) on TV2 has now reached Indonesia as the first Asian country. The dating show with the original game …
Danish Dating Show in Indonesia Read MoreThe 24th of July the exhibition “Business As Usual” opened at Hanoi Future Art. The artists include three Danes, Anne Bennike, Søren Thilo Funder and Theis Wendt. The remaining three …
Three Danish Artists Displays Art at Hanoi Future Art Read MoreA Bangkok Airways flight with 68 passengers and 4 crew members travelling from Krabi to Koh Samui Airport skidded on Tuesday off the runway and crashed at landing. The plane …
No Scandinavians Injured in Samui Crash Read MoreFor some people is a big leap to move to a foreign country to pursue the carrier ambitions, but when globetrotting runs in the veins, a relocation on, give or …
Restlessness in the blood Read MoreThe Danish comapny FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately 55 million Euros with the Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Gresik for an 8,000 tonnes per day cement production line. …
FLSmidth wins large cement order in Indonesia Read MoreTo be eligible, the adults must sign up at the SAS booth at the Home, Health and Family show at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center 10am-9pm, Thursday 30 July-Sunday …
SAS Thailand: Free travel to Scandinavia for children Read MoreThe European Union met with nations of the Asia-Pacific to discuss security policy in the region at the ASEAN regional forum on July 22-23 in Phuket, Thailand. On the agenda …
EU at ASEAN regional forum in Phuket Read MoreThe Malaysian unit of Danish brewer Carlsberg said on Tuesday it has offered to buy Carlsberg Singapore Pte Ltd for 370 million ringgit ($105.5 million) in cash. Carlsberg Malaysia expects …
Carlsberg Malaysia plans to buy Carlsberg Singapore Read MoreThe European Union congratulated Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on his re-election Saturday. “In peaceful elections, the people of Indonesia have testified to their commitment to democracy and have entrusted …
EU congratulates Indonesian president on re-election Read MoreAccording to DanChurchAid Domestic violence occurs frequently in Cambodia. And a combination of customs and culture continue to prolong violence against women. This is the conclusion in a new report …
DanChurchAid: Cambodian women trapped in violent marriages Read MoreArtworks by three Danish and three Vietnamese artists will be displayed at an exhibition entitled “Normal Trade”, which will open in Hanoi on July 24.Sponsored by the Cultural Development and …
Danish and Vietnamese artists share “Normal Trade” in Hanoi Read MoreTwo joint meetings between EU and ASEAN on the problems connected with fossil fuels are planned to take place in Bangkok and Hanoi in September. The foreseeable depletion of fossil …
EU-ASEAN Expert meeting on fossil fuel planned in Bangkok and Hanoi Read MoreThe small university in the third biggest city of Denmark is among the few European Universities, who now will receive EU-support on around three million Euros to their Erasmus Mundus …
Aalborg University joins Erasmus exchange program with Asia Read MoreThe tragic bomb attacks that took place on 17 July 2009 have undeniably shocked Jakarta and the entire country. However, the latest UNWTO mission, carried out by Xu Jing, Regional …
UN: Jakarta will recover fast Read MoreMost countries in he European Union, Denmark, Sweden and Finland included, supports a termination of anti-dumping taxes on leather shoes from Vietnam and China. Reuters quoted an EU diplomat as …
Denmark, Sweden and Finland support terminating duties on Vietnam’s shoes Read MoreThe Danish newspaper Politiken has warned its readers to be wary of discarded cigarette ends at train-stations and airport tax-free shops in Thailand since officials are on the take and …
Danish newspaper warns: Beware of Thai extortionists Read MoreThe European Commission has allocated €3 million in humanitarian aid to assist the most vulnerable people affected by the conflict between the Philippines’ armed forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation …
European Commission provides €3 million in humanitarian aid in Mindanao Read MoreLast year Marianne and Robert Franson from Slangerup decided to realize their lifelong dream of showing the world to Cecilie and Julie, their daughters on eight and six respectively. The …
An experience of a lifetime Read MorePresident of Vietnam Nguyen Minh Triet has acknowledged Denmark as an important long-term partner that had helped Viet Nam achieve major national targets. In his reception for the visiting Danish …
Vietnam gives thanks to Denmark Read MoreThe luxury Danish high-fi brand Bang and Olufsen, that manufactures audio products, television sets, and telephones, has appointed STC Associates as its public relations partner in Singapore to launch its …
Bang and Olufsen hires Singaporean PR-bureau Read MoreThe organic agriculture development project is implemented by the ADDA, a Danish NGO in co-ordination with the Vietnam Farmers’ Association. The project, under the criteria of IFOAM (International Federation of …
ADDA launches organic project in Vietnam Read MoreThe Scandinavian embassies in Indonesia, which were closed due to the terrorist attack on Marriot Hotel and Hotel Ritz-Carlton, will reopen on Tuesday, as Monday is an official Indonesian holiday. The …
Scandinavian Embassies in Jakarta to Reopen Tuesday Read MoreThere are currently no definitive informations if there were any Scandinavian casualties in the huge terror bomb explosion in Jakarta this morning, Friday 17 July 2009. Indonesian police officials have told Reuter that …
Three Scandinavian Embassies Evacuated After Bombs In Jakarta Read MoreChildhood flashbacks and an obsession about the war, especially the damages it caused to many generations of Vietnamese, will be the theme of young artist Pham Van Truong’s installation work …
Danish-supported Vietnamese artist brings back war-memories Read MoreLegoland Malaysia is another step closer to reality as six people will be selected from a total of 80 job applicants to undergo training in Denmark to become model builders. …
Model-builders selcted for Legoland Malaysia Read MoreThe Indonesia-European Union bilateral consultation forum agreed to sign a partnership cooperation agreement (PCA) at a two-day meeting which ended in Yogyakarta last Tuesday.The forum was called to discuss various …
Indonesia signs agreement with EU Read MoreAccording to the president, Vietnam is looking towards Scandinavia as inspiration when their judicial reform is being made. “Vietnam is integrating deeply into the world, so it hopes to receive …
Vietnam seeks legal assistance from Denmark Read MoreDenmark’s biggest annual music event, Roskilde Festival, has donated $373,500 to support humanitarian projects on climate change. The recently concluded event focused on climate campaign, the Green Footsteps, this year. …
Roskilde Festival Donates Profit to Indonesian Climate Project Read More