Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
With support from the Danish embassy, the Vietnamese pharmaceutical Mediplantex has obtained the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) Certificate that meets the standards set by World Health Organisation (WHO) to sell …
Danish Embassy Helped Mediplantex to Obtain GMP Certificate Read MoreFollowing the acquisition, EAC Industrial Ingredients is expected to achieve annual sales of around 110 mln dkr in Malaysia, which will make the country the business’s fourth-largest market after Thailand, …
Acquisition Strengthens Danish EAC in Malaysia Read MoreThe second phase of the Danish supported Agricultural and Rural Development Sector Programme Support aims to support and improve the women’s position in the agriculture as well as in the …
Denmark Supports Female Farmers in Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish government has pledged nearly 9 million Krone (almost 1.5 million USD) in aid to help Vietnam assess the impacts of environmental sanitation on the health of the local …
Denmark to Help Northern Vietnam Assess Environmental Sanitation Read MoreNorwegian telecommunications company Telenor on July 24, 2007 reported higher net profit for second quarter 2007, and an increase in turnover. Net profit for Telenor was 3.25 billion kroner (568 million dollars), …
Telenor Gained Higher Second-Quarter Net Profit Read MoreThe Credit component in the Danida supported agricultural sector programme has successfully provided loan facilities for rural households which are valuable for the agricultural and rural development in Vietnam.Limited access …
Danida’s Loan Program Pays Off Read MoreA joint-venture project named Kieler Vietnam between Kieler Architecture Denmark and Nha Vui Architect supporting the architectural services in Ho Chi Minh City has been granted with a new Joint Venture …
Kieler Architecture Denmark Recieved Joint Venture License Read MoreVietnamese consumers are among the most confident in the world, surpassed only by India, Norway, Denmark and New Zealand. In a survey conducted by AC Nielsen, the global market research …
Consumer Optimism Could Benefit Danish Retailers In Vietnam Read MoreIn a newly developed ranking system, PriceWaterHouseCoopers rates Vietnam as the World’s currently most attractive investment country for manufacturing businesses, surpassing China, Poland, Chile and Malaysia. The report suggests that …
Vietnam is a Hot Piece of Cake for Investment Read MoreThe summer of 2007 marks the halfway point between the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs’) creation in 2000 and the deadlines in 2015. This survey was part of an awareness campaign …
Vietnamese More Aware on Survey about Poverty than Nordics Read MoreECCO shoes, international brand from Denmark, has opened its first “Arena” shop, a global concept shop in Thailand in July 2007 at Central City Bangna. The interior design of the …
ECCO Opened Its First “Arena” Shop in Bangkok Read MoreA new trade policy strategy from the Government of Denmark called “An Assertive Trade Policy Strategy – Danish Trade Policy in a Globalised World” aims at supporting international trade liberalisation …
New Danish Strategy Targets Free Trade With Asia’s Markets Read MoreImpact and lessons learned from the Danish supported Agricultural Sector Programme shows overall good results for thousands of Vietnamese farmers and stress the importance of Vietnamese ownership and institutional capacity …
Danish Agricultural Programme Achieved Good Results Read MoreThe training kits are published by the small livestock component in the agricultural sector programme, supported by Danish Embassy. Copies are available from the National Agricultural Extension Center (NAEC). 14,500 …
Danish Supported Training Kits Help Vietnamese Farmers Read MoreDanida supports Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (VCCI) work to make arbitration and legal contracts more used in the business sector all over Vietnam. In the traditionally less developed …
Danida Supported the Arbitration and Contract Writing Courses Read MoreThe 3rd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Championship 2007 will take place in HCM City on July 20-21 at the Phu Tho Sports House with the participation of 215 athletes …
Vietnam to host World Vovinam Championship Read MorePilot projects are to be carried out on having integrated river basin management systems for Sungai Kedah and Sungai Selangor. The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) will help with the …
DANIDA Helps River Management Project in Malaysia Read MoreWith the help from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) , pilot projects are to be carried out on having integrated river basin management systems for Sungai Kedah and Sungai …
Danida to Aid Project on River Management in Malaysia Read MoreVietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) which is part of Danida’s Business Sector Program Support collects used children’s clothes among their staff in order to support children living with …
Business Association Helps Danida Supports Children With HIV/AIDS Read MoreSeveral Danish companies see the potential in Vietnam’s metal industry and are already doing business here and the Embassy expects that the sector will continue to attract interest from Danish …
Danish Firms See Potential in Vietnam’s Metal Industry Read MoreFor the second time this year, the Danish rock band Sasha Bach Band has been selected to give a concert at one of Singapore’s biggest music festivals, the SingFest music …
Sasha Bach Band Visits Singapore Read MoreAs from Friday, 15 June 2007, a new EC Regulation on controls of cash movements became effective in all EU Member States. In accordance with the Regulation, travellers entering or …
Passengers Carrying 10,000 Euros or More in Cash Must Declare the Cash at External Border of the EU Read MoreThe famous actor and billionaire Klaus Pagh has marries a Thai woman by the name Nancy. The fact that Klaus Pagh was already 44 years old when Nancy was born, …
Klaus Pagh Marries Young Thai Woman Read MoreThe sun, the beach and a tighter stomach. That is what Health Care Denmark (HCD) offers in a combined solution. Plastic surgery and a luxury holiday in one convenient package. …
Thai Plastic Surgery Hospital Critical of Its Danish Agent Read MoreFour people believed to be North Koreans have sought refuge in the Danish embassy in Vietnam, a Danish diplomat said on 11 July 2007.“Three women and one man entered the …
Refugees at Danish Embassy in Vietnam Read MoreWith over DKK 4 million supported by Danida, a B2B project in the Tay Ho District in Hanoi owned by the Danish company Julie Sandlau and their Vietnamese joint venture …
Danish Jewellery Company Works Towards Better Enviroment and Safety Conditions Read MoreTen Vietnamese children’s books are now published; all are result of a new approach to children’s literature and are written and illustrated by Vietnamese authors and illustrator, supported by the …
Vietnamese Children’s Books Published Read MoreMaersk Logistics announced on July 9, 2007 that they have integrated the Dutch freight forwarding company Damco Sea & Air with Maersk Logistics forwarding activities. The combined business will trade …
Maersk Logistics Damco and Sea & Airforwarding Services Integrate to Form Damco Read MoreInternational conference on poverty reduction and forests tenure, market and policy reforms will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-7 September, 2007 which is organized by the Regional Community Forestry …
International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms Read MoreJoining 21 countries including Denmark, Japan and Singapore, Thai cabinet has approved ban on motorists using mobile phones on July 10, 2007 with aim to reduce traffic accidents.“The cabinet banned …
Using Mobile Phones While Driving to Be Banned on Thai Motorists Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand has come up with the marketing strategies for 2008 with wedding couples and young travellers as the target groups from places like Japan, Scandinavia and …
Thailand Looks to Quality, Trendy Tourists to Boost Tourism Revenue Read MoreWith the help of Malaysian partner ProNetOp Sdn Bhd, Danware aims to increase the distribution of its NetOp software products to government schools and institutions of higher learning.Danware and ProNetOp …
Denmark’s Danware Plans to Strengthen its Presence in Malaysia Read MoreArla is following the competitors into the Vietnamese market as it launches the milk powder brand Milex to the 84 million strong market. “In view of the enormous growth, we …
Arla Launches Milk Powder in Vietnamese Market Read MoreThe working culture is taken very seriously in eSoft – Vietnam Graphics. So is the employee involvement, and therefore the partnership has with success established a company cooperation council (CCC), …
Healthy Working Environment in Danish-Vietnamese IT Company Read MoreDanish embassy in Vietnam has funded the nationwide campaign promoting helmet use among motorcyclists which will be aired as television announcements on on local channels in all 64 provinces and …
Danish Embassy Funded Campaign Promoting Helmet Use in Vietnam Read MoreCarlsberg A/S chief executive officer, Nils Andersen, revealed on Wednesday July 4, 2007 that sales and profits in Malaysia were not up to standard, and so the Danish brewery will …
Carlsberg Fights to Improve Market Share Read MoreTG Building System has launched a two-years project to develop advanced low-energy housing in close collaboration with EnergiMidt and Esbensen in Denmark. Energy savings of more than 30% and advanced use …
Low Energy Housing Soon Available on the Thai Market with Danish Help Read MoreIt was just another Wednesday night in Bangkok, but if you were invited to Dream Hotel at Sukhumvit, you had the pleasure of experiencing a true diva. Caroline Henderson, who …
Interview with Caroline Henderson: Swedish-Danish Jazz Diva Visiting Thailand Read MoreDanida has been funding Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Organisation (VYEO) to improve its member-organisations which are the province based Young Business Associations (YBA) through training on management and administration, member support …
Danida Helps Train Vietnam Businesspeople Read MoreOne of my first surprises doing business in Thailand was when a prominent Scandinavian company here announced that they had changed their supplier policy. “As of today, our company will …
Weird accounting ways Read MoreVietnam will lift visa requirements for citizens from Scandinavian countries starting May 1, 2007 to help boost tourism, investment and business, a Foreign Ministry official said. Citizens from Sweden, Norway, …
Vietnam Gives Visa Exemption to the Scandinavians Read MoreAn excursion for members of the Scandinavian Society Siam to visit the Ko Kret island in the Chao Phraya river took place on Saturday 30o June, despite a heavy downpour …
Scandinavian Excursion to Ko Kret Read MoreStarting in 1994, Mangrove forests cultivated in a project sponsored by the Danish Red Cross have proven their great value in protecting lives and property of thousands of people in …
Mangrove Forests Sponsored by Danish Red Cross Pays Off Read MoreThe Danish supplier of M2M tailored clothes for men, Alsinger, visited a lot of garment factories in Vietnam during it’s B2B study visit supported by the Danish Embassy.“I didn’t think …
Alsinger in Vietnam for B2B Study Visit Read MoreDanida organized a two-day training workshop on how to communicate news about pollution and environment to nearly 40 journalists in Vietnam.The overall objective of the training was to give the …
Danida Trained Journalists About Reporting Pollution Control Read MoreStefan van der Sluys and his team from DSV swept clean all the prizes at the 2nd Thai-Danish Club Bowling Tournament played on Saturday 23 June at Major Bowl, Central …
DSV Winner of Thai-Danish Bowling Tournament Read MoreA press conference was held in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi on Tuesday June 19, 2007 to launch this year’s talent prize sponsored by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund. …
Launch of Modern Dance Talent Prize 2007 in Vietnam Read MoreA number of Danish men have married Thai prostitutes, who need a husband in order to legally stay in the country. And in a number of these cases, the men have …
Pedophiles Marry Thai Prostitutes to get to their Children Read MoreNORDIC Heavy Lift subsidiary Avonway has ordered a crane vessel with a record 5,000 ton single mast lifting capacity from Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard for 2010 delivery. Sea of Solutions, part …
Nordic Orders Giant Crane Vessel From Singapore Read MoreThe Danish Government has presented a strategy constituting the Governments proposals for prioritisation of the ways in which Denmark can contribute to tackling the opportunities and challenges in Asia. Asia …
Denmark in Asia – Opportunities for the Future Read More