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By Rikke Bjerge Johansen, Annelene Højvang LarsenThe SAS passengers, who are stuck at Bangkok Airport, have been waiting at the check-in counters for information on their cancelled flights and the …
SAS to Waiting Tourists: “Get Some Sleep in the City” Read MoreCarlsberg has launched a new print campaign “Carlsberg Story” in Malaysia, which is aimed at building awareness of Carlsberg’s brand attributes and specific heritage in the country. The new campaign, …
Carlsberg Launches New Campaign Read MoreIt couldn’t be worse timing. The Crown Prince Couple’s official visit to Thailand due to the celebration of the 150 year anniversary for the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the …
Crown Princess Mary Continues Sightseeing in Bangkok Read MoreOn Wednesday morning, the day after the occupation of Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport, all flights were cancelled and the airport staff that abandoned their tations last night failed in many …
Swedish and Norwegian Embassies Help at Airport Read MoreAt Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok the situation is nowhere close to being solved. Consequently, the Airport Authorities are arranging evacuations for the tourists. “Don’t worry, we have hotels for everyone,” they …
Bangkok Airport to Be Evacuated of Passengers Read MoreWednesday morning a motorcade took off from Oriental Hotel. In a long row of cars with press, businessmen, the Danish Ambassador and of course a lot of police, HRH the …
HRH The Crown Prince Followed Schedule in Spite of Demonstrations Read MoreTuesday morning the TRH The Crown Prince Couple visited Central World again. However, today they were not going around together but had different schedules and arrived in separate cars. Crown …
Crown Princess Mary on Her Own in Bangkok Read MoreCrown Prince Frederik visited all the Danish business stands set up on the 22nd floor of the Bangkok Convention Centre with products from plastic toilet seats to a robot sculpture. In …
Crown Prince Frederik Visited B2B Exhibition Read MoreDanish Novo and other foreign drug companies can quit Indonesia if they do not like new rules requiring them to have local production facilities, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said …
Getting Tough On Danish Novo And Other Drug Firms Read MoreThey look at ease as they sit down at the press conference at Amari Atrium Hotel in Bangkok. Michael Learns To Rock. But they’ve also been in the music business …
Michael Learns To Rock in Bangkok Read MoreBy Rikke Bjerge Johansen, Annelene Højvang Larsen Thai demonstrators have stormed the main terminal in Thailand’s biggest airport, Suvarnabhumi. So far all flight departures have been cancelled. ScandAsia’s reporter …
Tourists Stuck as Demonstrators Block Bangkok Airport Read MoreBy Gregers Moller, Rikke Bjerge Johansen and Annelene H. Larsen TRH Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark on Monday night paid an extensive visit to the Danish …
Life Style Exhibition and Gala Dinner Marked 150 Years of Thai Danish Diplomatic Relations Read MoreCelenia Software, a Danish company offering partner services and add-on products to independent software vendors and resellers in Microsoft Dynamics, has opened a new development centre in Ho Chi Minh …
New Celenia Development Centre In Vietnam Read MoreHRH Crown Prince Frederik and HRH Crown Princess Mary will this afternoon be granted an audience with The King Bhumibol of Thailand in his Hua Hin residence. The royal …
Royal Couple Granted Audience With The King Read MoreBy Per StangegaardIf it was hangovers from last week-end, or the fact that we had twotournaments in a row, or were part of a larger tournament? I dontknow, but it …
Poor Showing At Villamor Read MoreThey look like princesses as they’re walking down the catwalk in designer clothes. And today they’re closer to a real one, than they’ve ever been before. Ten children from the …
HRH Crown Princess of Denmark Attended Children’s Fashion Show Read MoreThree documentary films about Long Bien Bridge, shot by Vietnamese and Danish film-makers, will be presented to Hanoian audiences at the National Cinema Centre on November 30. The event is …
Films About Long Bien Bridge Introduced Read MoreBy Rikke Bjerge Johansen and Annelene H. Larsen At 6 am Monday morning the TRH The Crown Prince Couple arrived in Bangkok. Their first official stop was at the Danish Embassy …
TRH The Crown Prince Couple visit the Embassy Read MoreThe largest ever business promotion of Denmark in Thailand kicked off yesterday with a briefing of the current economic situation in Thailand by National Economic and Social Development Board, predicting …
Danish Delegation Briefed on Expanding Thai Economy Read MoreChristmas is approaching and in Ho Chi Minh City the Nordic Community is looking forward to the annual Christmas Party, which is organized by Nordcham, the Nordic Chamber of Commerce. …
Nordic Christmas Party In HCMC Read MoreBorder checks at Finland’s internal borders will be reinstated owing to the security measures during the OSCE meetings to be held in Helsinki 4–5 December. Under Article 2.2 of …
Finland: Checks At Internal Borders To Be Reinstated Read MoreThe month-long campaign includes banners along main streets in Hanoi, demonstrations by bicyclists, and documentary films on television. The program is being implemented under the Sea Turtle Protection project …
Sea-turtle Awareness Campaign Take Off Read MoreSingapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has signed a multi-million dollar deal to install a ground satellite communications system for Danish shipping line Torm Shipping. The Global Maritime Very Small Aperture Terminal …
Inks Satellite Deal With Danish Torm Read MoreThe inspection included a briefing by the SAS airport manager, a survey of SAS’ check-in rows and the Star Alliance lounges. The highlight of the day was the onboard inspection …
SAS Opens Its Doors At Suvarnabhumi Read MoreBy Per Stangegaard The President’s Cup at Calatagan and Coral Beach was, as usual, fullof surprises, and this year President Hans Haase really surpassedhimself. Once again, Hans invited for a …
What A Golf Party Read MoreVikings Vs iPlay 4-3 After a one week break the Vikings were back on the Pattana field to face the league leader’s iPlay that had so far not lost a …
A Great Comeback Victory For The Vikings Read MoreThe European Commission (EC) has prohibited Siem Reap Airways International from landing at European Airports, which has called the carrier’s safety standards into question. The EC released an update …
Siem Reap Airways Blacklisted Read MoreThe Danish Embassy, in conjunction with the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music are to host a Music Management training course from December 1-12 in a bid to help …
Denmark Helps Develop Event Management Skills Read MoreDanish Vestas Technology R&D are preparing new research partnerships, including Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore and Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Located at Singapore’s newly launched …
Vestas In New Partnerships Read MoreWhat an amazing sight. 15 Danish tourists, travelling with Regionrejser, on their rented pushbikes, moving from the centre of Siem Reap all the way to the outskirts of the very …
15 Danes On Pushbikes In Siem Reap Read MoreSwimmers are warned once again after the deadly tentacles of the box jellyfish cause fatalities Tourists snorkelling off Thailand‘s southern coasts have been falling victim to swarms of deadly …
Killer On The Loose In The Andaman Sea Read MoreAfter several years of struggle to get investments in a Vietnamese quarry back, the time has arrived when the former boxer Kim Brix Andersen throw the towel into the ring. Kim Brix Andersen …
Dane Abandon Millions In Vietnam Read MoreChiengmai. Tonsak. Kungrao. Surin. The names of the star elephants at the Copenhagen Zoo are Thai because they are from Thailand. Actually, most of the elephants at the 149-year-old …
The Queens Elephants In Copenhagen Read MoreScandAsia is curently being targetted by one or more spammers, posting mostly garbage comments after many of our articles. We are not sure if the websites which some of the …
ScandAsia Under Spam Attack Read MoreA new Scandinavian restaurant aptly named Casablanca opened its doors on the 13th November in that popular Kasbah of delight, Soi LK Metro in South Pattaya. And why not …
Casablanca Thai Danish Style Read MoreDitlev Engel, the CEO of Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, has accepted an invitation to join the International Advisory Panel (IAP) on Energy from the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry, …
Vestas Ceo Joins Advisory Panel Read MoreVestas Wind Systems recently opened its largest research facility outside its home country, Denmark. The centre in Singapore is Vesta’s fifth R&D facility in the world and it expects to …
Vestas Wind Systems Opens S$500M R&D Firm Read More< ?xml:namespace prefix = o />By Joanna Phermchai-Nielsen Moving up the elevator to the 28th floor of < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Pacific Tower just before meeting with Thomas Gullacksen at …
Siam Equity Partners Ready for Business Read MoreFinland’s Kesko Group is looking to source processed food worth around 2.3ten rupiah (E170m) from Indonesia in 2009, to be sold at its outlets in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. …
Kesko Group To Sell More Asia Food Read MoreNew Danish grant to the Mekong River Commission Fisheries Programme enables the MRC to fast-track work on assessing impacts to fisheries of hydro power projects which currently threatens the survival …
18 Million DKK To The Mekong River Read MoreWith assistance from international consultants steel and iron industries in Vietnamese provinces will be audited with a view to optimizing the production and making it more environmentally friendly. As …
Denmark Support Vietnamese Steel And Iron Industries Read MoreThe Lam Dong province of Vietnam has primarily sold its production of artichoke, tea and vegetables at low prices in the domestic market. With the support from Danida funded Business …
Farmers Getting Help To Export Read MoreIt was a lovely evening at Conrad Hotel on November 5 with both DanCham’s and AustCham’s members and guests. Many people had made it to this time special joint networking …
Successful Joint Networking Read MoreIntense discussions about the tasks and roles of a national bar association took place when the Danish and Swedish bar associations met with Vietnamese lawyers and officials for a two-day …
A National Bar Association In The Making Read MoreSwea Bangkok will for the first time introduce “Swea Kan Forum”. It’s held at Stable Lodge, and the purpose of the activity is to give opportunity to as many people …
Mingle At SWEA Kan Read More2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Denmark. To celebrate this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness the Crown …
DWN Fashion Show Read MoreThe German and Danish governments have committed to providing a total of 7.73 million US dollars to support the work of the Mekong River Commission (MRC).Agreements to this effect were …
Denmark Support Mekong Projects Read MoreA seminar on the treatment of garbage and the use of alternative fuels in cement production was held in Hanoi on Nov. 7 by the Vietnam Cement Corporation (Vicem) and …
Greener Cement From Waste Read MoreAn official of the Department of Foreign on Saturday said no Filipino seamen were on board the Danish cargo ship that was hijacked off Somalia. GMA News Flash Report …
No Filipino Seamen On Hijacked Danish Ship Read MoreLeave it to the Scandanivians – famous for clean-cut Ikea and Nokia – to pare things down to the bare minimum. If you would like to work this less-is-more philosophy …
Danish Tromborg Open Standalone Read More