Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The DTCC network on February 15th was not with the participation of SAS and Samitivej Hospital as previously announced. Anyway, more than 30 people turned up at The Admiral Restaurant …
DTCC Network Without Pilots and Doctors Read MoreThe Vietnamese team of artists – which includes the popular girl band “5 Lines” as well as traditional music artist Truong Quy Hai – will perform for the Vietnamese communities …
Vietnamese Artists to Perform in Scandinavia Read MoreWisma Denmark, which houses the The Danish Royal Embassy and Kuala Lumpur civil courts, is back on the market after a deal to sell the property to a Singaporean insurer …
Wisma Denmark for sale… again Read MoreScandinavian residents in Thailand with work permits rose sharply during 2006. According to figures obtained by ScandAsia, the total number went up from 2045 Scandinavians holding a work permit in …
Scandinavian Work Permit Holders Up 15% Read MoreConfusion and uncertainty of the future legal situation of the companies, they represent, drove almost one hundred Scandinavian businessmen out of their homes in the early morning of February 6 …
Jittery Business Climate in Thailand Read MoreThe Annual general meeting of SSM was held at the Tropicana Golf & Country Club on Friday the 9th of February 2007. It was supposed to start at 7.30pm, but …
President of SSM Re-elected Read MoreDisappointedly only 20 players turned up for the Puerto Azul golf challenge on February 10 2007, which is the lowest number in many years. The event was held by The …
Low Turnout for Puerto Azul Golf Event Read MoreRestaurant Akvavit in Singapore will host their traditional Martha Night for the third year in a row on February 22, 2007. “It is called Martha Night, because the menu is …
Martha Night at Restaurant Akvavit in Singapore Read MoreScandinavian Airlines will launch a new route flying non-stop Stockholm to Bangkok by the end of October 2007. This route will be operated three times a week in both directions …
SAS to fly Stockholm-Bangkok End of October Read MoreFebruary 1st was the beginning of the internships for three new faces at the Danish embassy. Until the Bangkok summer heat gets to rough, Tanja Thorsen, 27, and Henriette la …
New Trainees at The Danish Embassy in Bangkok Read MoreSurely a submarine is designed for staying underwater, but it was certainly not a part of the plan when a Cold War-era Soviet submarine went to bottom of the ocean …
Submarine Headed for Thailand Sinks near Denmark Read MoreCarlsberg’s shuffle of national directors seems to continue in 2007. In November last year, Carlsberg decided to put fresh faces in charge of their operations in Denmark and Turkey – …
New Carlsberg Director in Malaysia Read MoreTired of having your charter vacations to Thailand get off to a bad start due to crying babies and beeping gameboys? If so, a remedy now seems to be on …
Child-free Flights from Scandinavia to Thailand and Malaysia Read MoreThe Danish experts are helping Thai police forces analyze various surveillance camera tapes, confirms Anupong Paochinda from the Department of Special Investigation in Bangkok in an interview with the Thai …
Denmark Helps Thailand Investigate Bangkok Bomb Attacks Read MoreThe state-owned brewery Hanoi Beer Company (Habeco) is facing privatization, and Carlsberg is hoping to get a considerable share of the company. However, the government in Hanoi recently decided that …
Carlsberg’s Plans for Vietnam Delayed Read MoreSigurd Hamgaard received the “Pattaya Pojke” award of the year 2006 at the Scandinavian Expats Annual Party held at Green Tree Restaurant and Pub on Beach Road in Pattaya.Chairman John …
Sigurd Hamgaard “Pattaya Pojke 2006” Read MoreOn the top floor of a townhouse building in a Bangkok suburb, a group of Thai women are keenly practicing a language spoken by only five million people in a …
Language of Love Read MoreVisiting Hanoi with the purpose of promoting the use of mixed credits in Vietnam’s private sector, a delegation from the Danish Mixed Credit Secretariat held a press conference at the …
Mixed Credits Now Available for Private Companies in Vietnam Read MoreDanish artist Marianne Hvass Kure will present exhibition titled ‘Zen-erQi’ during the month of love at Hof Art Gallery in Bangkok. The opening of the exhibition will be on Friday …
Danish Artist Exhibits ‘Zen-erQi’ in Bangkok Read MoreDr. Ammundsen’s Memorial Cup Tournament was on January 20 kicked off as the first tournament of the Scandinavian Society Siam Golf Section in the year 2007 at Windsor Park & …
January SSS Golf Kicks Off Read MoreDenmark is set to enhance its relations with Malaysia in all areas, particularly in environment and energy cooperation, following the visit of its Foreign Minister Dr Per Stig Moller here.Despite …
Denmark Set To Boost Relations With Malaysia Read MoreSince January 3 this year, the Hesseldahl family has been held in Thailand in what has become a vacation nightmare for the Danish family of three. Their misfortunes began when the …
Stranded Danish Family Free to Leave Thailand Read MoreThe visit to Malaysia of Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Per Stig Moller and Danish Minister of Environment, Connie Hedegaard kicked off this morning in Kuala Lumpur with a busy …
Danish Double Ministerial Visit Kicks Off Read MoreThe successful 2nd Joint Nordic Golf Tournament was held during a long sunny day at Bangkok Golf Club on January 19 with a total of 86 participated golfers.The winner of …
A Successful Nordic Chambers Golf Trophy Read More”The Butterfly”, ”Did you fall?”, ”The Thief of Books”, ”When Toad got tired”, and ”The Day Leopold got Evil”. Those are the five books, which have now been translated into …
Danish Children’s Books Translated Into Vietnamese Read MoreThe visit to Indonesia of Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Per Stig Moller and Danish Minister of Environment, Connie Hedegaard ended Tuesday night after an adventurous day for the two …
Danish Double Ministerial Visit Ends Read MoreGrundfos A/S, the Danish pump manufacturing company, in collaboration with the Thai solar cell manufacturer Solartron on January 22 introduced cost efficient solar pump solutions to water problems in non-electrified …
Danish-Thai Solutions for Water Problem in Thai Rural Areas Read MoreHe arrived in Kuala Lumpur last week on a stretcher, spending the first few days in a hospital bed. This week, Peter Gade leaves Malaysia’s capitol as the new-crowned champion …
Sick Badminton Star Took the Championship Read MoreEvery day 100 people are newly infected with HIV in Vietnam, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Now Denmark is about to increase its support to the fight against …
Denmark Puts HIV/AIDS on the Vietnamese Radio Waves Read More“The seminar is very interesting and successful with lot of participants from both sides, and also some interested companies from Philippines” said Kim Kjaer, chairman of the Danish Fishing Equipment …
Successful Danish-Thai Fishing Equipment Seminar in Mahachai Read MoreManaging Director of Dynatest Asia-Pacific Sdn. Bhd. based in Malaysia, Mr. Alauddin Mustafa, is expecting the alliance to pay off well already in 2007, the first year of the alliance. …
Danish COWI and Dynatest in strategic alliance Read MoreThe Danish top player made his decision Tuesday evening, which means he will face the Dutch player Eric Pang in his first Super Series match on Wednesday. The match will …
Peter Gade Will Play Super Series in Malaysia Read MoreAt Gleneagles Hospital in Ampang, doctors are still trying to find out, what the Danish badminton star Peter Gade is suffering from following an extremely uncomfortable flight to Kuala Lumpur. …
Danish Badminton Star Still Stuck in Hospital Bed Read MorePeter Gade was supposed to play his first match at the Super Series badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, yet his poor condition following his heavy migraine on the …
Peter Gade Released from the Hospital Read MoreFor reasons still unknown to Danish police, a man from the Danish city of Elsinore (Helsingor) decided to call in a bomb threat on Saturday morning to the Thai embassy …
Bomb Threat Against Thai Embassy in Copenhagen Read MoreThe night before Saturday, Danish badminton star Peter Gade fell ill during a flight to Kuala Lumpur, where he is to play in the Super Series tournament next week. The …
Danish Badminton Star Hospitalized in Malaysia Read MoreThe blooming aid assistance – which Denmark is giving through the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) – will be channeled through a program to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s), …
Denmark Hopes to Make Vietnamese City Blossom Read MoreThe religious rite for Ole Preben Wissing, the Commercial Director and DTCC representative of EAC who diagnosed with leukemia and passed away peacefully on January 4 in Copenhagen, was held …
In the Memory of Ole Wissing Read MorePham Tuan Hung went from glory to shame when his recently bestowed Talent Prize 2006 was revoked by the Danish embassy in Vietnam on Wednesday. Denmark’s ambassador to Vietnam and …
Denmark Strips Vietnamese Artist of Talent Award Read MoreTwo Danish teams, as well as one Norwegian boat participated in the increasingly popular Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, held for the 20th time in Phuket in early December 2006.Inaugurated in …
Danes Racing the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Read MoreThere are (at least) two Danish companies active in Vietnam with the word “Viking” as part of their name. One is Viking Rubber Company A/S. The other is Viking Life-Saving …
A Tale of Two Vikings Read MoreWhen Bangkok was hit by a series of bombs on New Year’s Eve, which killed three people and wounded 42, Thailand’s booming tourist industry feared the immediate repercausions. However, the …
Danish Travelers Not Scared by Terror Threat in Thailand Read MoreAn extra order worth US$ 525,000 is always welcome. Especially when it is placed by a new customer from the huge Chinese market. No wonder the people at Scanmach Asia …
New Scam: In It for the Gifts Read MoreClaus Wann, a 35 year old Dane, opened in june 2006 the first Scandinavian owned golf shop in Hua Hin. With the rising number of Scandinavian coming to Thailand to …
Golf business with a Dane Read MoreMartin Damslund Jensen, a 30 year old Dane, was on Wednesday arrested by Thai police and placed in the custody of the immigration police in Suan Plu. The Dane was …
Dane Arrested in Thailand Read More(Note: To ensure you are reading the latest updated version of this news, please press Ctrl + F5 on your keyboard or click “refresh” in your browser.)Around 18:00 on Sunday …
Series of Bombs Kills and Injures Several People in Bangkok Read MoreThe Danish Government sponsors the Cu Lao Cham marine reserve this year with US$4million, aiming to help local residents to find better ways to make a living besides fishing which …
$4mln Fund From Denmark Read MoreOne of the two Danish owners of Copenhagen Bar in Pattaya, Soren ‘Strygejern’ was robbed in his home on Friday morning 22 December by unknown assailants. He was hit unconscious …
Dane Robbed in Pattaya Read More‘We want to put you behind bars’ was the theme of the launch party organized by Carlsberg for Tuborg Green, one of Europe’s fastest growing premium beers for the 18-29 …
Tuborg Green Launch Party at dbl 0 on 15th December Read MorePham Tuan Hung, a Vietnamese composer along with his composition “Summer Night”, on December 08 won the Talent Prize 2006 of Danish-Vietnamese Culture Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) which is …
Vietnamese CDEF Winner Awarded Trip to Denmark Read More