Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
By Anna Pia Hudtloff. The kitchen in Lars Mikkel Johannessen’s house is filled with paintings and so is the rest of the house. A huge painting with lots of happy …
Danish Con-Fusion Creates Food In Vietnam Read MoreDenmark’s FLSmidth has signed a contract, worth US$71.5 million, with Vietnam National Cement Trading Company for a 3,300 ton per day cement clinker production line at the Hoang Thach cement …
Danish FLSmidth Wins Contract in Vietnam Read MoreBecause of their social and environmental initiatives the clothes producer recently received an award in Sweden, but here few weeks after the tune has changed, as H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) …
Conditions For H&M’s Workers In Cambodia Are Sub-standard Read MoreKapow Technologies just added another big Asian customer to its list, as the Malaysian Ministry of Technology awarded the Danish company a DKK 0.5 million test-contracts, Danish daily Børsen writes …
Kapow Technologies Wins Order In Malaysia Read MoreSawasdee Malaysia – Five Men and one Master – exhibition will take place at La Luna Gallery in Chiangmai, Thailand. The exhibition, which displays works of some Malaysia’s most exciting …
Sawasdee Malaysia Exhibits At La Luna Read MoreIn June the Nordic Investment Bank unveiled its new strategy. The bank is a multilateral financial institution, owned by eight member countries, that finances private and public projects in and …
Nordic Investment Bank Strengthens Activities In Asia Read MoreDenmark’s largest brewery group, Carlsberg, has dropped out of the race to buy the remaining Asian assets of their competitor, Foster’s Group. Carlsberg announced this decision on Friday, and later …
Carlsberg Drops Out of Race to Buy Foster’s Assets Read MoreLaying off more than 900 employees at their headquarters in Billund, Denmark, the Danish toymaker Lego Group has announced that it will outsource large parts of its production to the …
Singapore Firm to Take Over Lego Production Read MoreLet the lobbying begin. In light of recent suggestions from members of the Danish governing party Venstre to phase out the economically booming Vietnam from the list of Denmark’s aid …
Ambassador Praises Own Efforts in Vietnam Read MoreThe four Nordic Ambassador to Vitenam; Ambassador of Denmark Peter Lysholt Hansen, Ambassador of Sweden Anna Lindstedt, Ambassador of Finland Kari Alanko, and Ambassador of Norway Kjell Storlokken, have been …
Nordic Share Experiences In Fighting Corruption Read MoreDanish Embassy in Vietnam has provided a grant of DKK 486.000 to Vietnamese Department for Social Affairs, a specialist support unit under the Committee for Social Affairs of the National …
Danida Grants Vietnam To Stop Gender Based Violent Read MoreIn order to appeal to the beverage producers in Asia the Danish ingredients company has added new flavour profiles to its water-soluble range, for instance “more citrus” grapefruit profile.This process, …
Danish Company Adds Flavour to Asian Sports-Drinks Read MoreA few months ago the Danish shoemaker Ecco saw their production facility in Thailand burn to the ground. Now the company is preparing to spend 350 million Thai Baht on …
Ecco is Getting Back on Their Feet Read MoreA small, selected crowd turned up at the Ambassador’s residence including people from the Danish community and diplomatic circles. Thanks to rain earlier in the day, the traffic was horrendous …
Farewell… and hello! Read MoreThe Thai-Danish Club will go on a full day tour to Kaengkrachan National Park together on Satuday 15 June 2006. This one day trip is the first event organized by …
Thai-Danish trip to National Park Read MoreAfter an impressive fight in the final against Zhang Jun and Gao Ling from China, Denmark’s Jonas Rasmussen and Britta Andersen had to settle for second-place in the mixed double …
Danish Duo Finished Second in Malaysian Open Read MoreWhen this year’s Roskilde Festival kicks off on June 29, nearly 70,000 people will gather for four days to enjoy what has slowly become one of Europe’s most famous, annual, …
Vietnamese Musicians to Play at Roskilde Festival Read MoreAlthough being Denmark’s leading badminton player, Peter Gade was outplayed when he faced Chen Jin from China in the quarter-final of the Malaysian Open. The defeat came only three months …
Peter Gade Out of Malaysian Open Read MoreDanish Chamber trainee Mette Stanley Refnov was celebrated at the Networking evening on Thursday 16 June. The event was her last as a business trainee at the Danish-Thai Chamber of …
Trainee Leaving the Danish-Thai Chamber Read MorePernille Leschly Halle ,32, thought she was going to relax around the swimming pool or go shopping to pass time when she first arrived in Kuala Lumpur with her husband …
Fashion Is Fun! Read MoreThe newly started Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) Board held its first board meeting on May 24 and was pleased to bestow grants on a total of four applicants.CDEF …
Danish Founding Mixes Danish and Vietnamese Music Read MoreDanish Ambassador to Thailand, Ulrik Helweg-Larsen, on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has signed a trade agreement with a Thai palm oil producing company from Suratthani, southern …
Denmark Purchases Carbon Credits From Thailand Read MoreThe Danida project ‘Enhancing Community Resilience to Natural Disasters in Southeast Asia’ on Cambodia and Vietnam is contributed to increased preparedness capacity of communities and local government authorities to coastal …
Danida Enhances Community To Cope Natural Disasters Read MoreAccording to Danish daily Berlingske Tidende founder and major shareholder, Bøje Bendtzen, under suspicion for having Scancom pay bills for nonexistent serviced to companies related to himself, thus putting the …
Scancom Under Investigation for Fraud Read MoreNovozymes Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Southeast Asian Regional Headquarters for Danish Novozymes A/S, has been awarded the inaugural Malaysian Business Ethics Excellence Award for 2005, in the category of small international …
Novozymes Malaysia Receives Business Ethics Award Read MoreThe Danish grant of US$10.4 million is for a project on Pollution Control in Densely Populated Areas (PCDA) in four provinces of Vietnam; Ha Nam, Thai Binh, Quang Nam and …
Denmark Grants Vietnam’s Pollution Project Read MoreTuesday morning the air around the Ecco factory half an hour away from Ayuthaya was thick with tension, as managers and employees awaited a special visit from the Danish Prince …
Prince Consort Henrik Visits Ecco Thailand Read MoreEver tried calling someone in Thailand just to get disconnected before you even get through? That annoyance might be about to disappear as Mach, an international company with Danish roots, …
Danish Help Connects Thai Telephones Read MoreBy Mogens Rasmussen Photos Gregers Moller HRH Prince Henrik was celebrated with a reception on his 72 year birthday on June 11, 2006 at the Royal Danish Embassy. HRH was in Bangkok …
HRH Prince Henrik Celebrated Birthday in Bangkok Read MoreAs expected, Sunday’s final in the Singapore Open will feature two Danish players. Seeded first and second before the tournament started earlier this week, Peter Gade and Kenneth Jonassen each …
All Danish Final in Singapore Open Read MoreThe Danish-funded project on Vietnamese ethnic minority development was signed by the Agricultural Development Denmark – Asia organization (ADDA) and the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) on June 1 in Hanoi.This …
Denmark Grants Vietnam For Ethnic Minority Development Read MoreThe stage has been set for another foreign beer battle in Southeast Asia. This time around, Laos is the battlefield of choice for Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) – partly owned …
Carlsberg Faces Tough Competition in Laos Read MoreDuring the first weekend of June the moonlit white sanded beaches in Hua Hin hosted a great display of jazz.Two big stages placed with a few hundred metres of beach-sand …
Danish Jazz on The Beaches Of Hua Hin Read MoreThe Royal Embassy of Denmark, Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce and Danish companies in Thailand have joined hands to feature on a double page in The Nation, English language newspaper …
Danish Supplement In The Nation Read MoreThe Danish Hempel Group, a global producer of protective coatings for marine and industrial applications, officially inaugurated its new paint production plant in the Vietnamese-Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong …
Danish Hempel Establishes Factory In Vietnam Read MoreThis year’s Singapore Open got off to an expected start on Wednesday, when the two Danish top players Peter Gade and Kenneth Jonassen each won their first round matches.Both of …
Danes Advance in Singapore Open Read MoreDanish investment in VietnamThe Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, Peter Lysholt Hansen, says that even if Danish investments in Vietnam are modest, there is a steadily growing and rather strong interest …
Denmark – Vietnam Bilateral Ties Closer Read MoreDenmark and other five countries including Ireland, Belgium, England, France, and Holland oppose the anti-dumping tariff on Vietnamese leather shoes which is increased on June 02 by the European Commission …
Denmark Opposes EU Sanction On Vietnamese Shoes Read MoreScandinavian Airlines recently held its annual SAS EuroBonus Golf Tour for Region Asia & Pacific at Lamlukka Golf Club. More than 50 SAS EuroBonus Gold members in the Asia Pacific …
SAS EuroBonus Golf Tour 2006 Read MoreWith a narrow defeat to the host nation’s Taufik Hidayat – who is also the defending Olympic champion – Denmark’s Kenneth Jonassen went out of this year’s Indonesian Open. Jonassen …
Jonassen Knocked Out of Indonesian Open Read More“A 44-year-old Dane has been imprisoned in Southern-Thailand for 15 months charged with arson. The Dane, James Christensen, says he is innocent, but he is still waiting to go to …
Imprisoned Dane Waiting For Trial Read MoreCarlsberg may soon find its way back unto the beer shelves in Thailand. After last year’s legal agreement with multi-billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi from Thai Beverage, the Danish-owned beer giant considers …
Possible Comeback for Carlsberg in Thailand Read MoreYesterday Danish daily Jyllands-Posten ran a story explaining how Danida-councillors had brought spouses and children to a seminar on a five-star hotel in Vietnam on the Danish tax-payers expense. The …
Minister: No Families On Danida Seminars Read MoreThe Danes in the cold north seems to be unable to get enough of Thailand and this makes airlines and travel agencies set up extra flights for the Danes looking …
Danes Can’t Get Enough of Thailand Read MoreNormally chloramfenikol is used to treat various deceases in fish, but leftovers of the antibiotic seems to have found its way into a bag of pangasius fish with mushrooms and …
Medicine Leftovers Found in Danish Food from Vietnam Read MoreWhen you travel from Denmark to Thailand, Indonesia or any other long distance flight with SAS the drinks are free. After the 1st of October this will change, but only …
Drinks Are No Longer Free on Economy Class Read MoreThe Vietnamese partner Bac Ninh Company makes handicrafts for foreign markets whereas the Danish partner company Prodex develops, manufactures and markets a range of garden products in Europe. The cooperation, …
Vietnamese Bamboo Fences To Enter Europe Read MoreFour Danish badminton players have arrived in Surabaya, Indonesia – about 300 kilometers from the earthquake-hit city of Yogykarta – to take part in this week’s Indonesian Open. The tournament …
Badminton Players Defy Unrest in Indonesia Read MoreFor the second consequetive time, Roskilde Thaiboxing Club will send a fighter to the World Cup in Thaiboxing. The defending Danish champion in the 67-kilo class, the only 18 year-old …
Danish Thaiboxer Ready for World Cup in Thailand Read MoreSince Saturday hundreds of international relief workers and doctors from the Indonesian Red Cross have been working in the catastrophe area – but language problems makes the corporation difficult. Monday …
Danish Red Cross Sends Catastrophe Team To Indonesia Read More