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On August 27, 2007 the children’s readers club in Hanoi celebrated the presentation of new books sponsored by the Danish embassy. There are now four readers clubs in Vietnam, where …
Danish Embassy Supported Readers Clubs in Vietnam Read MoreThe first meeting of the mixed committee will take place in Denmark in the period 16-19 September 2007. The delegation of Vietnam is led by Mr. Cao Viet Sinh, Vice …
Danish-Vietnamese Mixed Committee Set Up to Tackle Bilateral Trade and Investment Barriers Read MoreSingaporean-based, SembCorp Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has won a contract from Egyptian Drilling Co. (EDC), 50% owned by Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group to build a US$201 million Baker Marine Pacific …
SembCorp Marine Won a Contract From 50% Owned Danish Company Read MoreTo strengthen Vietnam’s agriculture policies, Danida supports comprehensive surveys of rural households. The surveys reveal interesting knowledge about the poor farmers. Through a new programme for Agriculture and Rural Development, …
Danida Supports Vietnam’s Agriculture Policies Through Surveys Read MoreThe Swedish director, Lukas Moodysson who directed the $10 million production of upcoming drama “Mammoth”, begins shooting in November in Thailand, Sweden, Philippines, and New York.The picture is co-produced by Stockholm-based Memfis Film, …
The Swedish Director’s Drama Shoot in Thailand, Sweden And Philippine Read MoreThe company Babylon Ltd has recently completed a Danish English/ English-English set of dictionaries. The dictionary works as a search-box and provide translation as well as a short explanation of …
No Trombones, Bumblebees, Dustmen, or Drug Dealers Read MoreThai dedicationAlthough this is only her third trip to Thailand Malene Mortensen popularity in this part of the world is evident from the way her songs were received by her …
Interview with Malene Mortensen – A Danish jazz star live in Bangkok Read MoreTen picture books written by Danish authors, edited and illustrated by Vietnamese ones, and reviewed by young readers have been recently published as part of the Danish Culture Promotion project …
Danish Culture Promotion Project in Vietnam Read MoreDenmark and Indonesia have offered to contribute to a joint United Nations-African Union mission for Darfur, a 26,000-strong force expected to be made up mostly of peacekeepers from Africa with …
Denmark and Indonesia Taking Part in Darfur Peacekeeping Effort Read MoreThe objective of the Agricultural and Rural Development Programme 2007-2012 funded by Danida with a total value of 230 million DKK is to reduce rural poverty through agricultural and rural development in which environmental considerations …
Danida Integrates Environmental Considerations in Its Programmes Read MoreDanida’s Board recently approved a grant of DKK 70 million (USD 12.7 mill.) to a programme for Good Governance that will assist Vietnamese provinces and institutions in implementing public administrative …
Danida’s Board Approves Grant to Good Governance in Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish retailer Zone Company delivering chic, quality homeware at affordable prices is about to open its first franchise store in Asia. On September 5, the company will launch a …
Danish Retailer to Open Franchise Store in Singapore Read MoreThe Scandinavian Church in Bangkok was Tuesday morning 4 September invaded by 120 active and curious Grade 5 students from New International School of Thailand (NIST) interested in getting to …
NIST Students At Scandinavian Church Read MoreThe Scandinavian investment in the Thai real estate market has been plunging in the year 2007 due to its attempts to amend the Foreign Business Act, says Lars Lang, a …
Solution to The Scandinavian Investment in The Thai Real Estate Market Read MoreFunded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), a survey into attitudes towards the use of wild animal products amongst residents of Ha Noi, Viet Nam has been carried out …
DANIDA Funded Survey on Wildlife Consumption in Vietnam Read MoreWith support from the B2B programme, a Danish firm Esoft Systems A/S and Vietnam Graphics JSC have established a joint venture, Esoftflow, which recently hosted an open house event for …
Esoftflow Limited Hosted Open House Event in Vietnam Read MoreMyWorld phone, a new mobile phone service provided by Next Mobile, Inc. (NMI), the Philippines’ only provider of digital wireless two-way radio communication expanded its services in Scandinavian countries. NMI …
Next Mobile Expanded Its Services in Scandinavian Countries Read MoreNine hospitals and 24 health care centres in Bangkok are currently being equipped with Danish medical appliances. The equipment worth 117 million Danish kroner is being installed by Danish Medical …
Danish Equipment to Bangkok Hospitals Read MoreThailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) plans to stage another 11 roads show during the rest of the year2007 in Denmark and Finland according to The Nation reported on August 29, …
Thailand’s BOI Stage Another Road Shows in Denmark and Finland Read MoreA dance adaptation of a story by the famous Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, Paradise Garden, is to take the stage at the capital’s Youth Theatre mid September.The play Paradise …
A Play Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s Story to Be Performed in Vietnam Read MoreA group of Danish folk dancers – in all 30 dancers – will visit Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Jomtien from mid-November until mid-December this year to show traditional …
Danish Folk Dancers To Stage Shows In Thailand Read MoreThree Danish students have commenced their internship period at The Embassy of Denmark Bangkok. Until the end of January 2008 Huseyin Taus Solakoglu (30) and Maria Bruun Andersen (24) will …
New trainees at the Embassy of Denmark Read MoreVolvo will be at the 1st Phillippine International Motor Show, which to be held at the World Trade Center, Pasay City on August 9, 2007 until August 12, 2007.Scandinavian Motor Corporation …
Volvo at Philippine International Motor Show Read MoreThe Linux based One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) collaborated with several leading designers on the XO Laptop, which Thailand committed to buy for their schoolchildren, and the first laptops will …
Low Cost Laptop To Be Bought By Thais Won Award in Denmark Read MoreThrough new forms of cooperation between different business actors Lam Dong Province in Vietnam, supported by Danish aid, is now launching an Employer’s Council, which will serve as a forum where …
Danida Supports Establishment of the Employer’s Council in Lam Dong Province Read MoreCiting Danish cartoons portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad as an example, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said seeds of world peace could start with cultural exchange programs …
Danish Cartoons Cited by Indonesian President Read MoreDanish assistance to the fisheries sector emphasises local ownership and participation and Quy Huong Commune in Son La will be the first to try out new approaches to local co-management …
Danida Supports Co-Management Initiatives in Vietnam’s Fisheries Sector Read MoreThe theme of the annual and well-established ”EU Music Festival” has until 2007 been jazz. This year however it has been decided to welcome all kinds of music. Denmark will …
Refreshing Danish Rock Band at ”EU Music Festival” in Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish support to Vietnam’s National Target Programme II for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation is widely based on a demand-driven approach which will directly reflect the needs of the …
Danish Water and Sanitation Programme in Vietnam Employs Demand-Driven Approach Read MoreA new award launched recently by the Danish Ambassador to Singapore, Klavs A Holm, called the Green Denmark Award, has been included in this year’s National Junior Robotics Competition held …
Green Denmark Award Included in the National Junior Robotics Competition Read MoreVietnam’s Deputy PM Khiem approved a project which is being funded with 98,750 USD in Danish non-refundable aid on building eco-metric models for appraisal of the Law on Vietnam on …
Danish Facilitate Vietnam’s Project Read MoreTour operators in Vietnam has been organizing high-power motorbike tours which attract tourists from Norway and Denmark, preferring to hit the road on their own terms, exploring Vietnam’s must-see sights …
Trans-Viet Motorbike Tours Turn on Norwegian and Danish Travellers Read MoreFemale Vietnamese entrepreneurs will play a key role in many future projects supported by the Danish Business-to-Business Programme (B2B) in Vietnam. The Danish Embassy in Hanoi has just signed a …
Danish Embassy Supports Vietnamese Women to Run B2B Projects Read MoreThe innovative dancing group of two Danish men, “Åben Dans” (“Open Dance”) will do several performances in Vietnam and conduct a workshop with young Vietnamese dancers during the week “Denmark …
Two Danish Male Dancers to Perform in Vietnam Read More153 weddings and 21 deaths so far. Yet Tove Wihlborg-Andersen (56) is not to scare away by this year’s statistics, which indicates that the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok is …
From Denmark to Thailand and somewhere in between Read MoreOle Søvsø Nielsen has been appointed General Manager Marketing at Carlsberg Malaysia. In Kuala Lumpur he will be responsible for the brewery’s brand portfolio. Ole Søvsø Nielsen is coming from …
New Danish General Manager Marketing at Carlsberg Malaysia Read MoreProf Azyumardi Azra, a Muslim intellectual and former rector of the Islamic State University in South Jakarta, who spoke about a mass Islamic rally that was held on August 12 …
Hisbut Tahrir Tolerated in Denmark Held in Jakarta Read MoreOver 1.5 million tourists flocked to the Philippines’ tourist spots in the first six months of this year, official figures from the Philippine Department of Tourism has revealed.Scandinavian and Nordic …
Scandinavian Tourism Continues to Increase in Philippines Read MoreThe Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Axis Research Ltd., Vietnam has concluded in a sector study prepared for Danida that the Vietnamese government is opening up for …
Vietnam is Set to Become a Strong ICT Player Read MoreWith the more charter flights from Scandinavian countries, the tourism in Phuket enjoys strong tourist ‘low-season’ and has been gradually improving since the tsunami, and will be even better in …
Phuket’s Charter Flights From Scandinavia Read MoreDanish brewer Carlsberg posted higher-than-expected operating profit on August 9, 2007 boosted by growth in Eastern Europe and Asia and raised its outlook for the year, sending its shares up …
Carlsberg Gains Higher Profit in Vietnam Read MoreMalene Mortensen, young Danish Jazz singer will be accompanied by one of Denmark’s leading young talents, the pianist Kasper Villiaume who has won several prizes in Denmark and internationally with his …
Malene Mortensen Performs Live in Bangkok Read MoreTeam Precision, a contract electronics manufacturer headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, has established a presence in Sønderborg in southern Jutland. It is the first time that the company has located premises …
Thai electronics manufacturer Team Precision sets up in Denmark Read MoreSaxo Capital Markets, the Singapore subsidiary of Saxo Bank A/S Denmark, has formalized a data feed arrangement with the exchange regarding the issue that stock listed on the Singapore Exchange …
Saxo Clients Can Trade Online on Singapore Stock Exchange Read MoreDanish’s government would continue to support Vietnam in its national development on the basis of the Denmark-Vietnam Cooperation Development Strategy for the year 2006 until the year 2010, which Denmark’s …
Danish Supports Vietnam in National Development Read MoreThe leading Danish container shipping company, A.P. Moller – Maersk announced the appointment of Thomas Gullacksen as Thailand Country Manager, effective 1 August 2007. As Country Manager for Thailand, Thomas …
Maersk Announced Thomas Gullacksen as New Country Manager for Thailand Read MoreAre you tired of dark, cold Scandinavia? Or merely lonely? Then why not go to Thailand and enjoy your self with the young beautiful Thai woman?This is what the Norwegian …
Love Sex and Fidelity in the Country of Smiles Read MoreIn January 2008 a Danish school will open in Koh Lah in the Andaman See in Thailand. The school follows the Danish curriculum and is open for children from 1st …
Danish School Opens in Koh Lanta Read MoreWithin the last couple of years Vietnam has experienced a tremendous economic growth. This has lifted a great part of the population out of poverty. As a part of Denmark’s …
Vietnam too Rich for Development Assistance Read MoreThe defectors had initially requested help from the South Korean Embassy, which was allegedly rejected. After their entry into the Danish Embassy in Vietnam on July 11 compound, the Vietnamese …
North Korean Defectors Left Danish Embassy in Vietnam Read More