Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Danish beer is a popular drink in Malaysian and Singaporean bars and households by the looks of it. By the end of June 2019 the Danish beer company Carlsberg Malaysia …
Singaporeans and Malaysians chug more Danish beer Read More
The Danish labour union 3F blames Amazon for the abuse of Chinese school kids who intern at Hengyang Foxconn manufacturing goods to be sold on Amazon. Hengyang Foxconn recruited 1581 …
Danish union blames Amazon for abuse of Chinese students Read More
About 185 Norwegians and Danes got a bit more than the trip they booked, when their Thai Airways flight TG 952 performed an emergency landing in Moscow on 11 August …
Scandinavians stuck after Thai aircraft emergency landing Read More
As global warming is upon us and the ice is melting in both the north and south, water areas in the Arctic which were previously inaccessible are now free to …
Concern about China’s presence in the Arctic Read More
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set up a project called “Bringing New Shades of Thailand to Nordic Travellers” which is targeting tourists from the Nordic countries, writes The …
Thai tourism to focus on Nordic visitors Read More
Despite having the right to government-paid paternity leave for two weeks, only 35 percent Singaporean fathers swapped the business suit for changing diapers in 2018. This is even a decline …
Singapore admires Nordic paternity leave levels Read More
An exhibition of pumps and pumping solutions of Danish manufacturer Grundfos was opened in Hanoi on August 2. The event, first of its kind in Hanoi according to VNA, is …
Grundfos at first pump-tech exhibition in Hanoi Read More
The online media TheArtsDesk.com carried on Friday 26 July 2019 an interview with Danish documentalist Karen Stokkendal Poulsen about her her film ‘On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship’. The …
What went wrong for Aung San Suu Kyi? Read More
The Royal Thai Embassy in Denmark issued 31 Multiple Entry Tourist Visas from January to June this year. Last year the embassy issued 59 Multiple Entry Tourist Visas during the …
Fewer Danes apply for multiple entry tourist visas (METV) Read More
Cambodia has seen a 23 percent decrease in tree cover since 2000 according to Global Forest Watch. As part of this, the country lost almost half of its dense old-growth forests: 3 million …
Danish App helps fight illegal logging in Cambodia Read More
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland signed on 8 July 2019, along with 17 other nations, a letter addressed to the president of the UN Human Rights Council and the …
Countries for and against China’s Xinjiang policies Read More
Thai tourists spend on average the highest amount per purchase in Denmark. The Chinese tourists who have flocked to Denmark in recent years are following suit. Denmark has become a …
Thai tourists highest spenders in Denmark Read More
China’s goals in developing its influence in the Artic region is examined in an article on the website of the Arctic Institute – an independent organization headquartered in Washington, D.C …
China’s Artic goals examined by Norwegian Scholars Read More
The Danish fashion brand Ganni is now available in Club 21 stores found all over Singapore. Ganni is the creation of the Danish couple Ditte Reffstrup (41) and Nikolaj Reffstrup …
Danish designer clothes sold in Singapore Read More
Russia’s has removed restrictions on transportation of perishable products via train through Russia to third countries, e.g. China, which may bring big savings to the way for instance salmon from …
Nordic perishable goods by train to China now possible: Saving up to 80 percent Read More
British inventor and engineer Sir James Dyson, Britain’s richest person, is the new owner of the most expensive home in Singapore. Dyson, 72, and his wife, Deirdre, bought one of …
Singapore’s most expensive residence named after Danish botanist Read More
Denmark’s BioMar, fish feed manufacturing company, signed an agreement with Minze Long Yang Xi, China’s largest trout farmer to supply high performance fish feed with almost half the environmental footprint …
Denmark’s BioMar worked with Chinese firm to supply sustainable fish feed Read More
Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines, posted on June 28 that it has awarded an 11-MW turbine supply contract in China making its first 4 …
Vestas to distribute wind energy for China’s distributed wind segment Read More
The Henley Passport Index revealed on July 2 that the world’s most powerful passports goes to Japan and Singapore with a visa-free or visa-on-arrival score of 189. The highest spot …
Singapore ranked world’s most powerful passports Read More
4 Nordic Embassies in Thailand: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland come together in co-hosting 2019 Nordic Films Festival in Bangkok for the third years in a roll since 2017. The …
8 films to watch at Nordic Film Festival Bangkok 2019 Read More
The number of Nordic businesspeople in Thailand and the number of Nordic people on retirement visa or visa linked to their Thai family have been declining during the first five …
Nordic people moving out of Thailand Read More
Scandinavian Society Siam (SSS) invites you to traditional Crayfish Party on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Landmark Ballroom located in the Landmark Bangkok, Sukhumvit, Bangkok. The guests will meet …
Invitation to Crayfish Party in Bangkok Read More
Two restaurants from Copenhagen, Denmark namely Noma and Geranium secured top five in World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards 2019 released on June 25, 2019. Noma came in the 2nd while …
Two Danish restaurants in top five of World’s 50 Best Restaurants Read More
On June 25, the Council of Ministers authorized the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements which are set to be signed by Swedish born EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and …
Green light for EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements Read More
On June, 21 2019 Ambassador of Denmark to Singapore Dorte Bech Vizard was present at the opening ceremony of Singapore’s new exhibition showcasing traces of green journey in Singapore. Titled …
Danish Ambassador attended eco exhibition in Singapore Read More
The Danish Film Week will be held once again in the central cities of Hue and Danang from July 5 to 11. Co-sponsored by Calsberg Vietnam, the event is arranged …
Danish Film Week in Vietnam Read More
Nordic Day 2019 was held on June 16 at Royal Danish Consulate General as a part of ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, an annual LGBT film festival, organized to support the local …
Nordic Day 2019 in Shanghai held to support LGBTQ community Read More
Myanmar and two international media support institutes from Denmark and Sweden signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on media cooperation to extend the duration of existing agreement. The signing ceremony …
Myanmar and two media institutes from Denmark and Sweden extend MoU Read More
Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam Kim Højlund Christensen paid a courtesy visit to Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on Tuesday June 11. The topic discussed during …
Danish Envoy met with Chairman of the HCM City Read More
Embassy of Denmark in Singapore hosted a Lifelong Living Conference on May 30 to bring together experienced researchers, policy makers and pioneer practitioners in healthcare and innovation from Singapore and …
Denmark and Singapore exchanged ideas on eldercare Read More
Telenor group declared on May 28, 2019 that the new mobile application offering the solution to reduce inequalities in Myanmar’s rice industry was awarded at Telenor Youth Forum where a …
New app helping Myanmar’s Farmers won Telenor Youth Forum Read More
Four Nordic Chambers (Thai-Swedish Chamber, Danish-Thai Chamber, Thai-Norwegian Chamber and Thai-Finnish Chamber) came together in co-hosting the “Nordic Seaboard Networking Evening” for the first time ever in Thailand on Friday, …
“Nordic Seaboard Networking Evening” first time ever in Thailand Read More
Ambassador of Denmark to Myanmar John Nielsen attended the discussion, a part of Youth Integrity camp, at the invitation of the Myanmar Anti-Corruption Comission to share his Danish experiences in …
Danish envoy helped Myanmar youth to fight against corruption Read More
As everyone knows that the sun does not always shine in Scandinavian countries where in the winter, the days start to get shorter and the nights probably last for twenty …
Brightly Burning at “Sankt Hans Party” in Bangkok Read More
Swedish singer-songwriters José González and Danish rising star Nicklas Sahl will have their concerts in Singapore. Only three days left for a chance to see the first concert of Nicklas …
2 Nordic singers are coming to Singapore very soon! Read More
On June 4, BB Electronics, Denmark’s electronics manufacturing company, released the plan to move its factory located in Suzhou to a new site where there will be more space and …
BB Electronics to have a bigger plant in China Read More
Denmark’s Albatros Adventure Marathons will host Bagan Temple Marathon scheduled to take place on 23 November 2019. Distances of the marathon come in three competitive categories namely a full marathon, …
Albatros to host Bagan Temple Marathon in Myanmar Read More
Danish artist Marianne Klerk will have her solo show for the first time in Penang, Malaysia. Entitled “House Dialogues in our space”, Klerk’s exhibition will be showcased for FREE at …
Danish artist Marianne Klerk’s first exhibition in Penang Read More
For the first time since 2010, Singapore has ranked first in the world’s most competitive economy in 2019, according to an announcement by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) …
Singapore jumped at the top of world’s competitive economy Read More
Danish Christmas Bazar will be held again this year, on Sunday 24. November 2019 from 11.00 until 18.00, according to an agreement signed between the main orrganisers, Dansk Kirke Thailand …
Danish Christmas Bazar again this year Read More
Lukas Graham, a pop and soul band from Denmark is scheduled to perform in Indonesia for the first time ever. The band is bringing their smash hits “7 Years” and …
Lukas Graham’s first concert in Indonesia! Read More
Danish Business Association Singapore (DABS) held its Annual DABS Gala Dinner on Saturday the 11th of May at Sheraton, 39 Scotts Rd, Singapore. The Gala this year run from 7 …
“Absolutely Amazing” DABS Gala Dinner 2019 Read More
The second-round field trip of Integrated Coastal Management Training, supported by Denmark together with the Forest Department in Myanmar, was launched on May 13, 2019 at the Forest Department located …
Denmark supported training on planting mangrove Read More
Business for Peace organized “the Business for Peace Summit” in Oslo, Norway on May 15, 2019 to call for all global capital flows to advance the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 …
Global investment summit on SDG Impact initiative Read More
The Royal Danish Embassy in China hosted “Panda Day” event on May 10, 2019 at the Royal Danish Embassy to celebrate the successful landing of China’s two pandas arriving at …
“Panda Day” celebration in Beijing Read More
“EU Comes to Your School” launching event was organized on May 13, 2019 at the Ministry of Education Language Centre in Bishan, Singapore. The project was presented to promote 21st …
EU Comes to Singapore’s School Read More
Organized by the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population and ILO, the two days forum on Safety and Health Forum was held from May 6 to 7 at Nay Pyi …
Danish envoy attended occupational safety forum in Myanmar Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development co-presented a workshop on food safety management functions held on Tuesday, May 7. Sponsored by …
Danish Embassy co-hosted food management workshop Read More
On May 9 of each year, the EU representatives across the world will celebrate the Europe Day to mark the presentation of the Schuman Declaration in 1950, a pioneer to …
The celebrations of Europe Day in Myanmar and Malaysia Read More
Danish Ambassador Jan Top Christensen, Norwegian Ambassador Bjørn Jahnsen and Swedish Ambassador Harald Fries jointly opened the first Scandinavian Film Festival 2019 at SM Lanang Premier, Davao City, Philippines. Held …
Philippines’ first Scandinavian Film Festival officially launched Read More