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Yesterday, the winners of Odense Film Festival was revealed. The Danish director Michael Christoffersen won with his documentary “Milosevic – president accused” the largest of the Danish film prizes. …
Danish Film Festival Audience Preferred “The Thai Wife’s” Read MoreTore Naerland and his friends from the Bike For Peace organisation will now push their pedals harder than ever before to get trough with the group’s biggest event, a double …
Bike For Peace Launch Doubletrip To Thailand And Vietnam Read MoreMaersk Group announced the appointment of Omar Shamsie as the new Maersk Line Country Manager for Malaysia and Singapore. Omar will be responsible for the development and execution of strategy …
Maersk Line Appoints New Country Manager For Malaysia And Singapore Cluster Read MoreIndonesia and Denmark called for climate negotiators gathered in Africa to speed up talks to clinch an agreement by next year on how to curb the output of greenhouse gases …
Indonesia and Denmark Cooperate During Climate Negotiations Read MoreYesterday was the monthly evening of Danish networking hosted by the Danish Chamber of Commerce. About seventy Danes showed up. The balcony at Sukhumvit House nr. 1 was crowded and …
Seventy Danes Showed Up at a Networking Event in Bangkok Read MoreThe mosquitoes carried virus dengue fever, is raging with massive force in Thailand and Southeast Asia. In Thailand especially Koh Samet, Koh Mun and Koh Kodi devastated by dengue fever …
Deadly Dengue Fever Raging In Thailand Read MoreDenmark has reached agreement on the purchase of CO2 credits from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Malaysia with the Malaysian company Brite-Tech Ventures Sdn. Bhd. and technology from …
Denmark Agree On New Climate Project In Malaysia Read MoreEstablished in 1834, Danish Selection has distinguished itself as the premier manufacturer of fruit spreads in Denmark, produced only from the finest fruits and berries. Unlike most jams, Danish Selection …
DANISH SELECTION is coming to Singapore Read MoreWe want YOU to do more than just switch on your TV and do a wave on your couch! We invite you toenjoy a full day of Soccer and fun. …
GOAL! 4th ECCP Soccer Cup 2008 Read MoreCare Danmark, the Danish branch of the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere humanitarian agency, and Dong Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement on the development of energy projects, …
Dong Energy, Care To Collaborate On Climate Projects In Vietnam Read MoreA television team from Singapore pay a visit to the Danish town Hjørring to make a feature on design and architecture. The show will be about libraries, and Hjørrings library …
TV Team From Singapore Visit “Different” Danish Library Read MoreThe Danish Education Minister Bertel Haarder will have hairdressers and lawyers to teach in primary school. “We need to attract hairdressers or lawyers, who may have an old dream …
Learn From Singapore: Hairdressers And Engineers Can Teach Read MoreJoanna Phermchai-Nielsen is the new trainee at the Danish Chamber of Commerce. She was born in Roskilde 25 years ago by a Danish father and a Thai mom. Today she …
New Trainee at the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok. Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy welcomes two new trainees, Ida Sophie Tancula Plum and Elaheh Peyman Tabar, who will work at the Embassy until the end of January , 2009.Ida Sophie …
New Trainees at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok. Read MoreAll the transfer gossip is over, as the new cosmoleague season kicked off this weekend. The Vikings managed to sign highly rated Naoki Fukushima on a free transfer to bolster …
Great Ambitions Got A Blow In The Season Opener Read MoreSAS Scandinavian Airlines has noted a growing interest for its upcoming winter program, which offers a new route to Delhi and the return of two popular seasonal routes: Copenhagen-Dubai and …
Strong Demand For SAS’ Asian Routes Read MoreFor now, the quiet seaside town of Rayong is probably known as much, perhaps not always fairly, for pollution as it is for property. However, its flourishing real estate market …
Danish Real Estate: Rayong Market Picking Up Read MoreMaersk Contractors has named the latest addition of high efficiency jack-up rigs to the fleet. The new rig is the second in a series of four identical rigs currently under …
New High Efficiency Jack-up Named In Singapore Read MoreIFU, The Industrial Fund for Developing countries, recently signed one more agreement with a Danish company, to set up the production of alternative energy in southern Vietnam. In addition, the …
Huge Increase In Danish Investments In Vietnam Read MoreVietnamese man charged in large narco trail by the court in the Danish town Odense. The Plant that is on the agenda when the court in Odense in the …
A Danish And A Vietnamese Man Is Indicted For Hashish Nurseries And Hard Drugs Read MoreThe travel agency Exotissimo Travel has made a group on Facebook. The purpose is to make a forum, where Exotissimo travelers can connect and exchange experiences. There will also be …
Exotissimo Travel on Facebook Read MoreThe Danish International Development Agency launched their US$1.7 million Development of Ethnic Groups Community programme in Vietnam in 2006. The project takes sustainable farm methods to ethnic communities. Hoa Binh, …
Danish Project Brings Success to Vietnamese Farmers Read MoreThe red and white colours of the Viking Wheelers, the DTCC and SSS cycling team, again dominated the landscape near Pattaya during the weekend of August 9 and 10. Four …
Viking Wheelers In Pattaya. Read MoreSwiss oil trader Projector SA will likely sell its half stake in shipping firm FR8 to co-owner D/S Torm, in a deal that will allow the Danish shipper full control …
Rumours Rife About Torm Takeover Of FR8 Read MoreShip Finance International Limited has employed Peter Lund as Commercial Director. He is expected to take up his position with Ship Finance in September 2008, and will be based in …
Ship Finance Has Employed Peter Lund As Commercial Director Read MoreDanish Software Company manages the production of giant cranes for the offshore industry in Kristiansand (Norway), Singapore, China and Malaysia. Hans Tørsleff management systems has developed a solution that manages …
New Danish Software For Giant Cranes In The Offshore Industry Read MoreGold may just be another colour for most of us but for Carlsberg Malaysia, it is a name they have chosen for their new permanent product, Carlsberg Gold. The new …
Carlsberg Introduce New Brew In Malaysia Read MoreThailand Elite, a subsidiary of Tourism Authority of Thailand. Specially designed for friends of Thailand, the members can enjoy unprecedented access to benefits including expedited immigration, privilege on Visa (life …
Invitation To Join Thailand Elite Read MoreIn an organizational restructuring of its top management, Saxo Bank has appointed Eric Rylberg and Karsten Poulsen to two new positions as Chief Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Director. …
Saxo Bank Announces New Top Leadership Team Read MoreDanske Bank is hosting a seminar about Vietnam at the Copenhagen Admiral Hotel on 7 October 2008. The purpose is to give an insight in the Vietnamese market to companies …
Danske Bank Hosts Seminar about Vietnam Read MoreIn the link below you will find the programme and the registration sheet along with other information for the official Danish business delegation to Bangkok headed by Their Royal Highnesses …
Invitation To Official Danish Export promotion In Thailand Read MoreThe Ha Long Shipbuilding Company launched a 53,000-tonne ship in northern Quang Ninh province on July 30. The ship, called AP-DRZIC-HL05, is one of a series of 53,000-tonne ships that …
Vietnam’s Ha Long Shipbuilding Launches New Danish Designed Vessel Read MoreThe Singapore Symphony Orchestra will perform Carl Nielsen’s most popular symphony in Esplanade Theatres on 30 August 2008. “Music is life, and like life, inextinguishable”. The famous Danish composer Carl …
Carl Nielsen´s ”The Inextinguishable” To Be Performed In Singapore Read MoreBI Norwegian School of Management is launching a new Executive MBA in Shipping, Offshore and Finance. Former President of both the International Institute for Management in Switzerland and BI Norwegian …
Executive MBA Programme In Shipping, Offshore And Finance Read MoreWhen Micks Guesthouse on Friday 1 August opened in Cha Am, many friends and colleagues from other guesthouses and bars dropped by to enjoy the buffet, play pool and congratulate …
Danish Guesthouse Opened in Cha Am Read MoreDeavy lift specialist Dockwise says logistical flexibility were the keywords in the recent delivery of flexible flowline and umbilical reels to Technip’s/Subsea 7’s offshore construction vessel CSO Venturer. Six 300 …
Dockwise Delivers Danish Flowlines And umbilicals To Technip Read MoreThe global container shipping traffic is expected to grow by five to six percent while the traffic between Asia and Europe is expected to grow by eight percent. Maersk …
Maersk Line Will Deploy Larger Vessels Read MoreDanish-foreign couples, who have received incorrect or unclear guidance on family reunification, could get compensation for the economic losses they have suffered following the wrong advice on EU laws. …
Family Reunification: Rejected Couples May Get Compensation Read MoreA Soviet-trained female brewmaster is trying to turn an obscure Laotian lager, owned by Danish Carlsberg, into the world’s next great cult beer, largely by tapping into the buzz about …
Carlsberg´s Beer Lao In The Footsteps Of Mexico’s Corona Extra Read MoreWaraporn was visiting Denmark for the third time when in 2005 she met Martin van der Muts in Copenhagen. Soon their relationship became more serious and before Waraporn returned to …
Denied Wedding in Denmark Read MoreThe Danish Immigration Service is trying to get an overview of the impact of an EU Court ruling this past Friday which might make it easier for families to seek reunification …
Danish Immigration Puts All Cases On Hold Read MoreBy Patcharee Lae-ya Thai tourists going to Scandinavia has dropped 20 percent this year. But the decline is mostly due to the increasing prices on airplane tickets and the cost …
Thai Tourists Drop Scandinavia Read MoreAugust 3, 2008 the go-kart people from Kartthai will drive around them self´s once again. The great event will be held at Pattaya’s Bira circuit, wich is situated beside the …
Go-kart Race At Pattaya´s Bira Circuit Read MoreDenmark-based electronics firm GN Netcom, which used to make wireless headsets for offices and call centers under its own corporate name, has reintroduced its products in the Philippines but this …
Danish Headset Maker Introduces Jabra Brand To RP Enterprise Market Read MoreOMD Malaysia has been awarded the media planning and buying account for Carlsberg Malaysia estimated to be worth of RM15 million. According to a statement, the change was part of …
OMD Malaysia Wins Carlsberg Account Read MoreThe owner of the brothel property with Thai girls at Ribevej in the Danish town Vejle, the 42-year-old Keld Wulff, is still enjoying his life in Thailand with the five …
Enjoying His Millions In Thailand Read MoreNo wonder if the Pattaya´s media king Niels Colov has problems with his hand, after having greeted at least one thousand welcomed guests. The reason was that the Dane turned …
Pattaya Media King Turn 60 Read MoreWhen a 42 year old Dane fresh out of a prison got away with cashing in a check of 5,6 million kroner and quickly moved the cash – and himself …
Got Away With 5,6 Million Kroner Read MoreIt is easier to obtain a visa to North Korea than to Denmark, says Danish consul in Pattaya, Thailand, Stig Vagt-Andersen, to TV 2 Nyhederne. It is his experience that …
Danish Consul: It Is Easier To Get A Visa To North Korea Than To Denmark Read MoreSembcorp Marine said on Monday that its unit PPL Shipyard has won a contract to build a $220 million jack-up rig for the Egyptian Drilling Company. This is the …
Maersk: Singapore’s SembMarine Wins $220 Mln Rig Contract Read More