Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Three companies from Vietnam participated in last week’s TechChange arrangement organized by the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs during the exhibition HI-Messen in Herning in Denmark 9 -12 september 2003. …
Three VN companies at TechChange in Denmark Read MoreThey moved abroad because of the adventure: How would it be to live and work somewhere else? They are mostly well educated and thought it might strengthen their skills and …
Danes of no return Read MoreLuxcare Co., Ltd. is a new Thai-Danish joint venture set up this year between Loxley Utilities Services Co., Ltd., Thailand and Envicare Aps., Denmark. The main objective of the new …
New Danish-Thai joint venture within waste water Read MoreJanus Kortsen is a 24 year old suburban Copenhagen-kid with a quick remark and a teasing smile. Early August he arrived Bangkok to take over the job as post graduate …
New Danish Chamber trainee in Bangkok Read MoreTrade consellors and export advisors from the Danish embassies in Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australien, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand will jointly visit five Danish cities from 10 -14 November this …
Asean/Oceania export counsellors on tour Read MoreSweden and Denmark have contributed in renovating Vietnam’s legal system by financing an almost US$5 million, seven-year legal reform project with respectively US$1,760,000 and US$460,000, a report on Viet Nam …
Sweden, Denmark help finance Vietnam’s legal reform Read MoreThree Danish Concerts will be held in Vietnam during the visit of a Danish business delegation, with the participation of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, from 15-19 September 2003. …
Danish Concerts in Vietnam Read MoreA Danish business delegation, with the participation of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, will 15-19 September 2003 visit Hanoi as well as Ho Chi Minh City under the heading …
‘Denmark meets Vietnam’ 15-19 September Read MoreMost Thai’s know who Peter Corp. Dyrendal is. If they don’t remember all his hits, at least they remember that the young half-Thai singer was three years in a row …
Peter Corp. Dyrendal Read MoreDanfoss has increased its profitability in Thailand every year since Mr. Prasansak Suwanpotipra five years ago was handpicked for the job as General Manager of the prominent Danish company in …
Danfoss Thailand increasingly profitable Read MoreElleven families gathered on Monday 23 June at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok on the invitation of Margretheklubben – Danish Women’s Network – to celebrate a traditional Danish Sct. Hans …
Sct. Hans Feast in Bangkok Read MoreMargretheklubben – the Danish Women’s Network in Thailand – is considering a change of its name. The decission will be made on an extraordinary general meeting which will take place …
Margretheklubben considers name change Read MoreMr. Yian Cheng Gan has taken over as Vice President for Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. in Singapore. Mr. Yian Cheng Gan succeeded by the end of June Mr. …
New VP for Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Read MoreCarlsberg Breweries A/S has a tentative deal to acquire the Danish Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries’ (IFU) shareholdings of 25 percent in South-East Asia Brewery Ltd. and 15 percent in …
Carlsberg Breweries increases shareholding in Vietnam Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read MoreBangkok’s new international airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport, which is scheduled to commence its operations in 2005, will feature a monorail system from MHE-Demag in Thailand (MDT), as part of the facade …
MDT secures maintenance deal for Suvarnabhumi Airport Read MoreThe recent dispute between Carlsberg Breweries A/S and Singapore-based Chang Beverages Pte. Ltd. over Carlsberg Asia Pte Ltd., which is the joint venture of the two companies, will have no …
Carlsberg production in Thailand continues Read More“If an outsider had looked in on us, he would have seen 5 overgrown boys with huge smiles on their faces as they explained with arms and legs,” says Thomas …
Racing dream comes true in Pattaya Read MoreDenmark has extended an interest-free credit scheme to development projects selected by the Vietnamese government and implemented by Danish exporters, said a Viet Nam News report. The new agreement, signed …
Denmark renews interest free-loan scheme for Vietnam Read MoreCharlotte Donvang Parks, one of the most high-profile Danish women in Thailand, is in September leaving for Malaysia, where she and her husband David lived before moving to Thailand six …
Charlotte Donvang Parks moving to Malaysia Read MoreWindow panels in Rajali Tower, where the embassy of Denmark is located on the 25th floor, were shattered when a car bomb early August ripped through the American-run JW Marriott …
Jakarta bomb near Danish embassy Read MoreCarlsberg Breweries A/S has decided not to continue its joint venture with its Thai partner, Chang Beverages Pte. Ltd., after the two sides failed to resolve their disagreement regarding the …
Carlsberg Breweries ends joint venture with Chang Beverages Read MoreAsian Workers’ Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Institute (OHSEI), which was set up three years ago with support from the Danish workers’ union LO-FTF, will organize a Theme Conference 3-5 …
Danish support for regional union’s meeting Read MoreDenmark this year strengthen its cultural ties with Asia through a major festival of art and culture Images of Asia, which will takes place from August 8 to September 26 …
Thai veteran artist gets big honour at Images of Asia Read MoreThe ASEM meeting of foreign ministers from Asia and Europe opened Thursday 24 Juli, 2003 in Bali. From Sweden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hans Dahlgren and from Denmark, …
Denmark, Sweden at ASEM meeting Read MoreMogens Poulsen, Counsellor and Head of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSD) at the Royal Danish Embassy in Hanoi has launched a new website – – dedicated to help Danish …
New Danish website in Vietnam Read MoreA Danish mind combined with an Indonesian heart. This is how the Danish businessman Michael (a.k.a. Mike among friends) Mantzius Andersen describes himself. You could call it my “curse …
Danish-Indonesian Pottery Industrialist Read MoreDanish bakeries. You can find them all over the world. So why write about this guy, Kai, who together with his Thai wife over the past eight years has established …
Kai’s Danish Bakery in Nongkhai Read MoreThe largest Nordic travel insurance company, SOS International a/s warns of a dramatic increase in Nordic tourists injured in motorcycle accidents when on vacation in South East Asia. For Thailand, …
Don’t rent a motorcycle! Read MoreOne year after the implementation of a new Danish immigration law, pressure is mounting on Danish Minister for Integration, Mr. Bertel Haarder to revise parts of a law approved by …
Danes should not marry non-Danes Read MoreVietnam’s Culture and Information Minister Pham Quang Nghi has strengthened cooperation and cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark during his 10-day working visit to Europe in May. In Stockholm, Minister …
Vietnam’s cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark boosted Read MoreMr. Karsten Holst Thomsen has since July 1, 2003 assumed the responsibilities as manager of the International Seamen’s Centre, Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. A reception was held by …
Danish Manager of Seamen’s Centre in Malaysia Read MoreBangkok Vikings, the football team of Scandinavian expatriates in Bangkok, will the end of August play against the national football team of Laos. The match will take place in afternoon …
Vikings to fight the National Team of Laos Read MorePreparations took one year, but finally the daily Danish Kingergarten “Mariehønen” could open its doors to the first children earlier this year. Mariehoenen is primarily meant for children 2-5 years …
New Danish Kindergarten opened in Singapore Read MoreAsian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific, will administer a new DKK20 million (US$3.2 million) cooperation fund financed by …
Denmark provides second technical assistance fund Read MoreManaging Director Mr. Jan G. Vistisen, Ferrosan Asia Pacific, on Tuesday 10th June 2003 briefed Members of DABS – Danish Business Association of Singapore – about the activities of Ferrosan …
Ferrosan expects high growth rates in Asia Pacific Read MoreDFDS Transport is about to deliver the last equipment from Danbrew A/S to Lao Brewery Co., Ltd. in Vientiane, Laos. DFDS Transport last year secured the contract from Carlsberg’s …
DFDS delivers Danbrew equipment to Lao Brewery Read MoreDanish hotel executive Jan Bundgaard has recently been appointed the general manager of The Westin Kuala Lumpur, which is due to open on September 6 this year. In this role …
Danish executive appointed GM of Westin KL Read MoreDenmark’s international consumer healthcare and medical devices company, Ferrosan A/S, in April 2003 acquired its Singapore-based distribution partner Bionax Holdings Pte. Ltd., which has for many years handled the marketing …
Ferrosan Asia Pacific established via acquisition of Singaporean distribution partner Read MoreChang Beverages Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based subsidiary of Beer Thai (1991) Co., on June 23 threatened to sue Danish firm Carlsberg Breweries A/S for dropping Chang Beverages’ representatives from Carlsberg …
Thailand’s Chang Beverages may sue Danish partner Carlsberg Read MoreL.V. Technology, Thailand, on Tuesday 17 June celebrated its move into bigger and better offices on 9th floor in the KPN Tower on Rama 9 in Bangkok with a reception …
L.V. Technology celebrated opening Read MoreFive new members were elected to the Church Committee of the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore. The new board members are Heine Askær-Jensen, Peter Borup, Søren Kjær Mortensen, Helle Mørup …
New Danish Church Committee in Singapore Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has already removed Singapore from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and no longer recommends exit screening …
Singapore removed from WHO’s list of SARS-hit areas Read MoreThe website of DABS – Danish Business Association of Singapore – was recently re-designed by CAPS Media, the head office in Johor Bahru of the original creator of the website, …
New design of DABS website Read MoreFinance minister Keat Chhon of Cambodia and WTO’s Secretary General Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, former finance minister of Thailand, met on 27 May with Denmarks’s minister for foreign affairs Per Stig …
’Making Trade Work for the Poor’ Read MoreIn 2004, Scandinavian Airlines plans to become the first airline to offer Internet connection on board intercontinental flights. “Our home market is the world’s most IT-dense region, so it …
Internet on SAS flight Read MoreWithin the next two years, Danish systems solutions company Intertec A/S will be operational in Thailand as its Southeast Asian headquarters. The company eyes primarily at food and beverage processing …
Intertec Southeast Asia to be headquartered in Bangkok Read MoreThe East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S (EAC) is setting up a new, shared IT platform to serve the group’s head office in Singapore and Denmark and Nutrition companies in Malaysia, …
EAC’s shared IT platform to optimize group’s operations Read More“The risk was minimal. If it didn’t work out I could just hop on the plane and go back to Denmark,” says Ole Petersen about his “big step” almost ten …
Tapping draught beer world wide Read MoreDanish Interior decoration company Great Outdoors headquartered in Aarhus Denmark has decided to postpone their plans for establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur. Among others because Vietnam has demanded a …
Great Outdoors postpones Malaysia office Read More