Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Dantherm Filtration – the new name for the DISA Air Group – has formed a new commercial partnership with the Vietnamese cleaning equipment producer Tuong Minh. Together the two partners …
Dantherm Filtration joins local partner to ventilate Vietnam Read MoreThe DISA Air Group, a leading supplier of dust extraction equipment – with the well known Airmaster, Cattinair, BMD-Garant and Nordfab product brands – has a new name. From July …
DISA Air Group changes name to Dantherm Filtration Read MoreIt’s rare that a businessman in the windmill industry finds himself being stopped by random tourists, asking him for an autograph and if they can have their picture taken with …
Danish Windmill Park Leaves the Philippines Amazed Read MoreAt a ceremony that took place yesterday in Madrid, Jorgen Lindegaard,president and CEO of the SAS Group, received the Spanish Golden Master Award. The award, that is dealt out by …
Jorgen Lindegaard receiver of the Golden Master Award in Spain Read MoreOn June 15, several months of thorough search for the perfect cruise ship came to end for C&C Travel, as they signed the purchase agreement to buy what has already …
C&C Travel Buys New Cruise Ship Read MoreIf you ever happen to pass through a remote village in the Malaysian Cameron Highlands, the Philippino Bagio Highlands, or a village north of Adelaide in Australia, and you stop …
Planting Danish Seeds in Asia Read MoreIn September 2004, Gitte Svarrer and Lone Thier decided to go out on a limb. Armed with Gitte’s marketing experience and the connections of her buying agency in Vietnam, they …
Importing the Tasteful Touch to Homes in Singapore Read MoreMuch has happened since that eventful birthday, and as Chris Petersen sits on the balcony of the Danish Seaman’s Church in Singapore, telling one incredible story after another, it strikes …
Adventurous Sailor Settles Down in Singapore Read MoreExecutive director Hanne Poulsen and her Malaysian husband have been running a moving company, Atlas Worldwide Movers, in Kuala Lumpur for 13 years. Initially, they had no intentions of branching …
Closer to the Grocery Shop, Please! Read MoreThe Danish football team in Kuala Lumpur, the KL Vikings, has had a successful season recently ending up in the finals of The SSL Cup for the first time. The …
KL Vikings in The SSL Cup final for the first time Read MoreA long discussion about the future direction of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam was the dominating subject of the Annual General Meeting of the Hanoi branch held on …
Nordcham to work closely with EuroCham Read MoreThe 14th EU Film Festival is held in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket, Thailand, between May 26th to June 26th. Nordic movies this year paraded into the 2005 festival. Stared …
Nordic movies joined EU Film Festival Read MoreDanish shipping company MAERSK A/S’s Vietnam agent became the first foreign owned business operating in marine shipping services in Vietnam. The 20 year licensed was granted by Vietnamese government. the …
MAERSK A/S is the first foreign-owned shipping agent in Vietnam Read MoreIt is rather unusual for a Danish communication company to expand towards the East and a first that a Danish PR agency opens offices in places like Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, …
Danish Spin Doctors in Asia Read MoreThe only thing to keep Thomas Raldorf out of Formula 1 racing was Grand Prix racer Jan Magnusson! Tom and Jan joined the same Go-Kart club in Denmark as teenagers. …
A Danish Champion in Thailand Read MoreSeveral well known Danish companies – including Maersk, Aalborg Industries, Lyngsø Marine and MAN B&W – are already active in Vietnam, and several other companies are showing a strong interest …
Shipbuilding in Vietnam Attracts Danish Companies Read MoreCopenhagen-based airline Sterling continues its constant growth in number of passengers, will double its number of flights in the near future in 2005, and is considering starting low-cost flights to …
Icelanders purchase Sterling – might start flights to Thailand shortly Read MoreTommy Hansen, Managing Director of Viking Life Saving Equipment (Thailand) Ltd. has resigned from his position with Viking Thailand and the Danish Headquarters is currently looking for his successor. …
Tommy Hansen leaving Viking Thailand Read MoreDenmark’s largest travel agency, Star Tour, has sold about 20 pct. less winter trips to Phuket than they did in the same period last year, Sales Director Stig Elling tells …
Less Danes Travel to Southern Thailand Read MoreImpressively clean and oozing with sanitary care – and the smell of fish – 44 year-old Truong Thi Le Khanh’s new fish factory lies in the outer proximity of Ho …
Danish Aid behind Vietnamese Fishing Adventure Read MoreThe asphalt runs out and the tires instead find their grip in the mountains’ iron-red dust after about an hour’s drive south from Buon Ma Thuot, the biggest city in …
Danida Provides the Flush in Rural Vietnam Read MoreThe five-day visit to Vietnam May 16-20 was meant to give her a taste of Danida’s frontline work, and so it did. Since being named Denmark’s new Minister for Development …
Danida Delegation Satisfied After Vietnam Tour Read MoreThe smiles were wide and the faces full of relief, when Carlsberg’s executive delegation received their new partners from the North Vietnamese brewery, Habeco, at Hotel Sheraton in Hanoi late …
Carlsberg Wins the Beer Battle of North Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, ms. Ulla Tørnæs will visit Vietnam on May 16-20. During her stay the Minister will get a first hand impression of the fisheries sector …
Danish Development Minister to Visit Vietnam Read MoreGrethe and Allan Juel Jensen will start working as local staff and assistant at the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore on August 1, 2005 and for the next two years. …
New Danish Church Assistant in Singapore Read MoreSAS Ground Services (Thailand) Ltd. is a wholly owned company in the SAS Group to be established in 2005 incorporating SAS’s Central Departure Control Centre in Bangkok, SAS EuroBonus Retro-Registration …
Axel Blom appointed Managing Director of SAS Ground Services Thailand Read MoreRamboll have sigend a contract with SIEMENS to supply 300 telecom towers to support the mobile network license owned by TELENOR in Pakistan. The agreement was confirmed on April 7, …
Ramboll have signed a contract for supply of 300 telecom towers to Pakistan Read MoreThe background for the Vietnamese decision to drop the demand for visas in connection with shorter stays in Vietnam has to do with the improving bilateral relationship between Vietnam and …
Danes No Longer Need Visa For Vietnam Read MoreHaving flown up to Bangkok following the memorial weekend in Khao Lak, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen had two official meetings lined up on Monday. At 11 AM, he arrived …
Fogh: “Thank You, Thailand” Read MoreDeres Kongelige Højheder, Kære pårørende og efterladte, Vi er samlet her i dag for at mindes ofrene for den tragiske flodbølgekatastrofe anden juledag 2004. Flodbølgen ramte uden varsel og med …
“Every Life is Precious” Read MoreVi er samlede her på stranden i Khao Lak for at mindes vores kære, de døde og de savnede efter flodbølgekatastrofen den 26. december – 2. juledag – 2004. Det …
“I Leave You With Peace…” Read MoreThe waves hit softly and continuously against the shore. As the little over 200 bereaved relatives and loved ones slowly found their seats, these waves provided such a soft and …
Beautiful Danish Memorial in Thailand Read MoreShe claims she has the best job in the world. But actually, she has two. Still in her thirties, Charlotte Nors daily juggles the demanding duties of being both Executive …
No Time for Stage Fright Read MoreJohannes Lundby is no longer retired, and it is not hard to understand why. It was difficult for him to slow down after almost 25 years as a business owner …
Semi-retired After a Life with Badges and Pins… and a lot of challenges! Read MoreHaving arrived in March, 3F representative Bjarne Harder Larsen is still in the process of creating contacts to Danish businesses in Vietnam and the surrounding region. “The whole purpose of …
3F Opens New Office in Vietnam Read MoreWhile Hans Christian Andersen’s bicentennial on 2 April 2005 was officially celebrated in some of the most important metropolises across the world, La Luna Gallery and the restaurant The House …
H C Andersen Celebrated In Chiang Mai Read MoreThe Viking Cup has become the most significant and prestigious tournament in Asia. Forget about Tiger Cup, ASEAN Games and Asian World Cup qualifying. The Viking Cup is the place …
Kuala Lumpur Vikings Triumph in this Year’s Viking Cup Read MoreIt may not be the Oval Office, but this newly elected president will settle for the imperial view from his office on the 19th floor in downtown Bangkok. Yet, only …
A New President Reports for Duty Read MoreRita Sofia, head of tourism promotion affairs for West and East European countries at the Office of State Minister of Culture and Tourism in Indonesia, told The Jakarta Post that …
More Danes, Finns and Norwegians expected to visit Indonesia Read MoreThe center of the earthquake was located off the western coast of Sumatra and about 870 miles northwest of Jakarta – close to the rugged island of Nias, well known …
Tsunami Warning After Midnight Quake Read MoreAt 11:30pm local time, the population in Phuket started receiving the first reports that a potential Tsunami could be coming their way. Karsten Bo Andersen, who has lived and worked …
The Panic in Phuket Read MoreAs part of the airline’s cost-cutting measures which started last year in the head office, SAS has now decided to consolidate its Southeast-Asian functions served by the Bangkok and Singapore …
SAS Consolidates Asian Operations Read MoreDanish home electronics brand Bang & Olufsen is famous for its attention to form and function and the newly released flat 32 inch TV and home entertainment system Beo Vision …
Bang & Olufsen introduces BeoVision 7 in Thailand Read MoreIn early March, a group of Danish policemen with specially trained dogs were sent to Thailand, where investigators and forensic medical officers have been working overtime to try and find …
Danish Search for Tsunami Victims is Ceased Read MoreOn a press conference in Hanoi on March 18th , the Danish Ambassador Peter Lysholt Hansen announced that a huge show will be held in Hanoi on April 2nd to …
Big event for Andersen’s 200th birthday in Vietnam Read More10 minutes after the aircraft has released its grip of the Bangkok runway, the seatbelt signs turn off. Bound for Singapore, this means that the passengers on board SAS Flight …
Surfing the Wireless Wonder at 40,000 Feet Read More“Noi khong voi tham nhung!” (No to Corruption). That’s the bold message on the posters, which are now being distributed all over Vietnam from the Danish Embassy in Hanoi as …
No More Corruption in Vietnam? Read MoreFor Danes to avoid getting fed up by the Bangkok traffic and the crowded beaches in Southern Thailand, the influential Danish daily newspaper Politiken now exhorts future Thailand-based travelers to …
Danish Daily Sings Chiang Mai’s Praises Read MoreA Joint Venture of high quality rainwear and textiles production between Vietnamese Vitexco Garment and Viking Rubber Company from Denmark will bring more jobs to Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh …
Rainwear Production Brings More Jobs To Vietnam Read MoreOn the evening of March 8, the Danish Business Association of Singapore (DABS) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Hollandse Club in downtown Singapore, and it was an …
Satisfaction in Singapore at DABS’ Annual General Meeting Read More