Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
“In January we had approximately 45 travellers arriving per day. Half of them are Swedish, and the rest are Norwegian and Danish with a few Finnish and Dutch as well,” …
Kilroy Travels gets “ambassador” in Bangkok Read MoreThe Thai joint venture Carlsberg Brewery (Thailand), set up jointly by Carlsberg and Thai whisky tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, announced Friday that is has stopped all production of the Danish beer, …
Carlsberg production stopped in Thailand Read MoreIt’s a 10 year old dream which will come true: To drive one of the polluting, noisy and funny-looking tuk tuks all the way from Thailand to Denmark. “We have …
3-wheeling from Thailand to Denmark Read MoreNorwegian Ambassador to Thailand, Mrs. Ragne Birte Lund hosted this year’s Garden Party of the Scandinavian Society Siam. The party was very successful with more than 150 paying guests who …
Garden Party in Bangkok hosted by Norway Read MoreDanish and Norwegian tourists visiting Indonesia will now, among tourists from other 18 countries and one special territory, not be given the visa privilege of free 60-day short visit pass …
Entry to Indonesia now not free for Danish, Norwegian visitors Read MoreThe Danish government, through Danish Development Co-operation (Danida), on December 19, 2003 signed the letter of intent to support five emission reduction projects in Thailand as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) …
Danida supports clean development mechanism projects in Thailand Read MoreScandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is changing its contact numbers for Bangkok as the office is switching to new digital telephone lines, effective February 1, 2004. The Bangkok office at the …
SAS Changes Contact Numbers for Bangkok Read MoreJyske Bank (Schweiz) will be on a tour to meet with investors in four South East Asian countries again, this time starting on April 19 with Singapore, then Thailand, Malaysia …
Jyske Bank to visit South East Asia again in April, May Read MoreHis name is Frank C.S. Pedersen. He lives in Jakarta and feels great. So great that he has been living in the country as an expatriate for two years, even …
Great time in Jakarta for Frank C.S. Pedersen Read MoreWhen experts are stationed abroad it is often their first time in that particular country. They start from scratch. This however was not the case when the anthropologist Birgitte Bruun …
She helps women in her country Read MoreSingapore’s first Danish restaurant is called Akvavit, and is due to open in February. It is named after the famous snaps that is to find at almost every traditional Danish …
First Danish Restaurant Opens in Singapore Read MoreA. P. Jessen, a long-time top leader of Jebsen & Jessen Group (SEA), has stepped down as chairman after more than half a century of his active service in the …
Long-time chairman of J&J Group (SEA) gives way to next generation Read MoreAn agreement on a project in which Denmark will help Vietnam develop a national network of marine parks was signed in Hanoi mid of December last year. Under the agreement, …
Danish aid given to developing marine parks in Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Vietnam has funded a project to help Vietnamese children with harelip and palate problems in the southern province of Tien Giang improve their life. Under the …
Denmark helps Vietnamese children with harelip problems Read MoreAfter building up GPV Asia (Thailand) to a successful enterprise, Hans Danielsen left Thailand earlier this year and has now taken up the position of General Manager for Danish company …
Ex-leader of GPV Asia (Thailand) now with DentalMan A/S Read MoreDanfoss (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has announced that General Manager Prasansak Suwanpotitra has left the company as of January 1, 2004. The new Country Manager is Klaus Stove who also keeps …
Danfoss Thailand appoints new Country Manager Read MoreEight films from Denmark, Norway and Sweden were screened at the Nordic Film Festival 2004 organized between January 14 and 20 at GV Marina cinema, Marina Square shopping centre, Singapore. …
Scandinavian films at Nordic Film Fest in S’pore Read MoreMost people have experienced visiting a cemetery in a foreign land and there found a grave with the name of one of their own countrymen. You have no other information …
Johanne Christensen “- a most remarkable Danish woman” Read MoreSenator Pensak Howitz is excited with the coming revival of an active Thai-Danish Almuni. In fact, Mrs. Pensak Howitz has twice established associations like this, where Danes and Thai people …
Thai Senator pleased to see alumni revival Read MoreThe celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) will be a major cultural event in 2005 in Denmark as well as around the …
Hans Christian Andersen celebrations taking shape Read MoreBesides the benefit of reducing pesticide and toxic-chemical usage, which helps improve food safety of Thai farm products, the Danish funded “Integrated Pest Management” (IPM) project has also helped Thai …
Danida teaches Thai farmers to reduce chemical usage Read MoreOn Saturday 10 January, the funeral of one of the long time Danish residents of Thailand, Mejnert Lynge Badstue Lund took place at Wat Chaimongkol in Pattaya where a large …
Mejnert laid to rest off Koh Larn Read MoreBjorn Henriksen is one of only four Danes living in the Thai seaside resort of Bang Saen. A few months ago he and his wife Nuan expanded their restaurant and …
A Danish hang-out in Bang Saen Read MoreScandinavian Woodworking Machinery Co., Ltd. – an importer of woodworking machinery and tools from Europe to Thailand – has recently changed its name to Scanmach Asia Co., Ltd., effective January …
Scandinavian Woodworking Machinery becomes Scanmach Asia Read MoreThe National Danish Performance Team (NDPT) on December 18 arrived in Chiang Mai to entertain Thai schoolchildren, students and families, starting from the north to the south of the country, …
Danish gymnasts on tour in Southeast Asia Read MoreMr. Per Vransøe, Danish, has been appointed leader of SAS Cargo’s new regional sales organization for Asia recently established in Bangkok. Mr. Per Vransøe comes from a position as SAS …
Regional SAS Cargo Head Office in Bangkok Read MoreRamboll, the leading Nordic consulting group, on 11 December, 2003 opened a regional head office for South East Asia in Bangkok. The Grand Opening was held at Dusit Thani Hotel …
Ramboll opens regional office Read MoreDanish envoy Lasse Reimann ended his posting as Danish Ambassador to Malaysia in December 2003, after six successful years of strengthening ties between the two countries. Reimann, whose six year …
Lasse Reimann’s KL posting ends Read MoreThe Danish food ingredients company Palsgaard on Monday 8 December opened its new state-of-the-art Application Centre at their regional Asia headquarters in Singapore, equipped with an impressive range of food …
Palsgaard opens new Application Centre in Singapore Read MoreTranslated by Nana Christiansen Kaj Andersen arrived Singapore twelve years ago with a couple of suitcases and a briefcase full of brochures on industrial washing machines. His assignment was to …
Bringing Bornholm’s industrial pride to SE Asia Read MoreMalaysia will enhance economic and trade relations with Denmark, Second Finance Minister Datuk Dr. Jamaludin Jarjis told reporters on December 3, after witnessing the signing of the protocol to amend …
Malaysia to enhance trade, economic ties with Denmark Read MoreA financial support of DKK 44 million (USD 6.7 million) from Denmark will assist efficient and effective solid waste management in Thai Nguyen city in Thai Nguyen Province and Vinh …
Denmark supports urban environs management in Vietnam Read MoreDanish suppliers of medicine and hospital supplies Missionpharma on July 3 this year signed a cooperation agreement with Danish biotech company ViroGates ApS to obtain the exclusive rights to distribute …
Missionpharma to distribute ViroGates’ new, low-cost HIV-test next year Read MoreDanish pump manufacturer Grundfos has been listed as one of “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” in a survey conducted by the renowned US business magazine, Fortune. To …
Grundfos listed in “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” Read MoreBy Robert Kronberg “I will not go back to Denmark,” says five year old Mathilde. “Only for Christmas…,” she adds by second thought. Mathilde is the eldest daughter of Rikke …
Danish volunteers enjoy life in Thailand Read More“I think it’s a brilliant idea to have a Thai Danish alumni,” says Peter Sontidech, vice chairman of Thai-Danish Association in Denmark and probably the most respected Thais living in …
Prominent Thai in Denmark supports alumni initiative Read MoreTo build a subway in a city like Bangkok which is flooded several days per year, doesn’t seem like such a brilliant idea. But it’s there now. Three years after …
The Tube Read MoreCharlotte Fung Korff arrived in Bangkok this February together with her husband, Kim Korff, who holds a position as Supply Chain Manager with the East Asiatic Company. But she is …
Charlotte Fung Korff – a Scandinavian coordinator at BNH Hospital Read MoreResponsive IT Solutions Ltd. has recently been awarded two Danish deals – a major network upgrade and maintenance contract with a Thai-based Danish maritime service provider in Sri Racha and …
Responsive IT getting more Danish deals in Thailand Read MoreJail House, reads the sign. Denmark, shouts the building. Next to the entrance there is one Danish flag and on first floor two more big Danish flags wave in the …
Danish Jail House in Hua Hin Read MoreVietnam’s water puppeteers have just ended their performance tour of European countries where they received a warm welcome from audiences, writes the news agency VNA. The Central Water Puppetry Theatre …
Water puppeteers back after tour to Denmark and Sweden Read MoreAfter Singapore’s Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong first mooted the idea to erect a Nordic Centre in the island state during a round trip to the Nordic countries in June …
Nordic European Centre up and running Read MoreDanish National Rugby Sevens Team will be participating in the 2nd King’s Cup International Rugby Sevens Tournament at the Army Stadium in Bangkok on November 29-30, 2003. Grouped in pool …
Danish rugby team to compete for King’s Cup in Bangkok Read MoreThe Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce has taken an initiative to establish a Danish-Thai Alumi – an alumni of Thai people who have at one time worked, studied or lived in …
Danish-Thai Alumni to be launched Jan 2004 Read MoreFormer Danish Ambassador to Thailand, Niels Kaas Dyrlund, who is currently Chief of Protocol at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, has published a new guide book for expatriate …
Guide for expat diplomats in Denmark Read MoreVietnam Environment Monitor 2003 was published recently by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, World Bank and Danida – the Danish International Development Assistance – represented in Vietnam …
Denmark paid for Vietnamese environment report Read MoreDanisco enters into a joint venture with one of the largest xanthan gum suppliers in China, the Henan Tianguan group. Xanthan is used in the food industry as a stabilising …
Danisco expands with xanthan gum Read MoreAbout 225 members and guests of the Danish Business Association of Singapore (DABS) celebrated DABS’ 20th anniversary at the 3rd Annual Ball held at Singapore’s prestigious Raffles Hotel on October …
DABS celebrates 20th Anniversary at Annual Ball Read MoreWith support from the Danish government, 700 specially constructed tanks are expected to be made by Xuan Kien commune in Vietnam’s Nam Dinh Province within the end of this year …
Denmark helps solve pig manure problem in Nam Dinh Read MoreThe Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) has recently co-sponsored an international seminar on water supply, drainage and urban sanitation organized by Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association and the Ministry …
DANIDA sponsors seminar on water supply in Vietnam Read More