Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Finnish greenhouses are increasingly relying on foreign labour. Employers say that they cannot find Finns who want to do this hot, strenuous work.Within the past few years, the proportion of foreigners …
At Finnish Greenhouses Many Workers Speak Thai Read MoreINTERPOL is requesting the public’s assistance to identify this man, assumed to be a Scandinavian, pictured in a series of child sexual abuse images posted on the Internet. The man …
Help find this man in child sex abuse images Read MoreBy Hans Henrik Melchior 15 Adults and 3 children joined the Viking Wheelers weekend arrangement in Khao Yai on May 3 and 4, out of which 12.5 participated in the …
Viking Wheelers in Khao Yai Read MoreWith a shortage of healthcare professionals amid an aging population, Finland is open to having Filipinos fill the gap, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday May, 2 2008.Philippine …
Philippine Ambassador: Finland Open To Filipino Nurses Read MoreThis report was by mistake re-published in 2011 on this page.For latest reports on the Thai property market, follow this link:http://www.colliers.co.th/market-reports/index.asp?cat_id=21
Scandinavian Investment in Thailand’s Property Remains Strong Read MoreScandinavian Society Siam on April 29 elected Bente Sustmann as the new Chairman for 2008-2009 succeeding outgoing Chairman Gregers Møller. Also an entirely new Board was elected with only one …
New Chairman and Board of Scandinavian Society Siam Read MoreGlobal warming and economic exploitation destabilise key lake’s ecosystem. The Great Lake of Tonle Sap has always been Cambodia’s spring of life. Abundant fish stock and seasonal flooding to fertilise …
Thai And Finnish Scientists Will Soon Begin Examine Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake Read MoreThe Finnish government reject to grant more visas to seasonal berry-pickers from Thailand despite an increased demand for their labour. The newspaper Kaleva reports that 1,900 visas are being granted to …
No Increase In Thai Berry-Picker Visas Read MoreAn exhibition of unique work by Finnish world renowned architect and designer Alvar Aalto was opened 23. April 2008 in Hanoi. The show, titled ‘Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions’, …
Alvar Aalto’s Works Displayed In Hanoi Read MoreAbout 138.332 Finnish tourists arrived in Thailand last year. And in the first quarter of this year, the number increased 24 %. Finland delivers the second biggest group of Scandinavian …
Finnish Tourist To Thailand Up 24 % Read More60 Acehnese power women, supported by a delegation of their “sisters” from Finland, took part in a seminar on political participation of women in Banda Aceh recently. The project funded …
UNIFEM Finland Supporting The Political Participation Of Women In Aceh Read MoreIn the Philippines they are highly regarded nurses, but in Finland, they are just unskilled workers. Marla Takama started the hard way, once again from zero, and went trough the …
Filipino Nurse Started From Zero In Finland Read MoreAlleged killer, Finn Paul Nicklos Bernhard Gagneur, who was picked up by the police in a park in HCMC, is already deported back to Finland. Interpol Vietnam Monday arrested a Finnish …
Globally Hunted Finnish Wife-killer Nabbed In Vietnam Read More“We are not too positive on the situation in Thailand, though more upbeat on Thailand on a relative basis,” says Alex Klein Tank, adviser to the Elite Fund, which is …
Finnish Investment Fund Not Too Positive On Thailand Read MoreThe Honorary Consulate of Finland and Sweden in Medan will be closed temporarily as of 15 April 2008 as the Honorary Consul Mr. Steven Leonardi will move away from Indonesia.Details …
Finnish and Swedish Honorary Consulate in Medan Temporarily Closed Read MoreTwo of the finalist in the Finnish “Ourvision Immigrant Contest” to go on stage on Saturday 26 April in the Finlandia Hall are from Indonesia. Adi Subari is working at …
Two Indonesians in Finnish Song Contest Read MoreThai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce will from 1 July 2008 discontinue the current office sharing agreement with the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce. The current sharing agreement is as old as the …
Thai-Norwegian Chamber Cancels Office Sharing with Thai-Swedish Chamber Read MoreA 64-year-old Finnish man, Mr. Erkki Aaltonen, was stabbed to death in Pattaya, Thailand, late on Monday night. As reported in the local daily Pattaya Daily News, Mr. Aaltonen was found assaulted in his …
Finnish Man Murdered In Pattaya Read MoreFinnish telecomms infrastructure company, Nokia Siemens Networks, said on Monday (24 March) that it has signed a contract with PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications to strengthen HCPT’s GSM/WCDMA network coverage in …
Nokia Siemens Networks wins contract in Sumatra Read MoreToday (March 14th) Nokia Siemens Networks announced that Indonesia’s biggest mobile service provider, Telkomsel, will be using the company’s market-leading location based services (LBS) solution in its mobile network.The new solution …
Indonesian Telkomsel To Use Nokia Siemens Network Services Read MoreThe Philippines will host this year’s International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development: Seizing Opportunities, Upholding Women Migrant Workers’ Rights” that will tackle the impact of migration on developing countries …
Philippines To Host 2-day International Conference On Women’s Rights Read MoreInformation technology security company F-Secure Corp has received a research grant in the total amount of 6.5 million Malaysian ringet from Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC) to the Malaysian branch of …
Finnish Company Receives Malaysian Grant Read MoreScandinavian residents in Singapore will have a unique opportunity to witness the first ever Youth Olympics, when the country will host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010. In a close competition …
Singapore To Host First Ever Youth Olympics In 2010 Read MoreThe Annual General Meeting 2008 of the Scandinavian Society Malaysia took place on the 29 February 2008 at 7.30 pm at The Royal Lake Club, on a side road to …
New Board of Scandinavian Society Malaysia Read MoreScandinavian tourists get more for their money in Malaysia than anywhere else in the world. If Denmark is set to index 100, living costs for tourists in Malaysia is only …
Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand Among Cheapest Vacation Destinations for Scandinavian World Wide Read MoreThe Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, is currently attending a series of state visits in Southeast Asia. Starting her tour in Indonesia on the 19th of February, President Halonen visited Banda …
Finnish President Touring South East Asia Read MoreThe Scandinavian Tourism Board held the first in a series of workshops promoting Scandinavian destinations to Asian tourists on Wednesday 20th of this month. The Norwegian ‘fjorde’ and ‘Wonderful Copenhagen’ …
Scandinavian destinations promoted in Thailand Read MorePresident Tarja Halonen began a state visit to Southeast Asia on Saturday. During the week-long trip, Halonen and her husband, Pentti Arajärvi, will travel to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. Minister …
Halonen Begins State Visit to Southeast Asia Read MoreFinland is looking to the Philippines to help fill growing gaps in the Finnish health care system. However, a Finnish news agency YLE has learned that nurses applying for jobs …
Filipino Nurses Coming to Finland are Asked to Pay Illegal Fees Read MorePromoting Indonesia as a special and unique destination for foreign tourists was one of the main tasks of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki. In order to …
Inodonesia Promotion Campaign in the “MATKA NORDIC TRAVEL FAIR 2008” Held in Helsinki, Finland Read MoreMalaysia came out as South East Asis’s fastest rising star in a report from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), comparing 124 countries in various ways. In education, Malaysia is now …
Malaysia Compares Favourably to Nordic Countries Read MoreFinnish Nokia Siemens Networks, together with Global Mediacom, announced on January 27, 2008 a joint collaboration to launch a commercial broadcast mobile TV service, based on Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) …
Nokia Siemens Networks Will Deliver its Biggest DVB-H Agreement Worldwide Starting in Indonesia Read MoreTarja Halonen, the Finnish president, is to start the official visit of a three-country tour of southeast Asia on 18 February, her office said in a statement on January 24, 2007.The …
Finnish President Has Confirmed the Visit to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam Read MoreDeputy chief executive of Neste Oil, Jarmo Honkamaa, announced on January 15, 2008 that the Finnish oil refiner’s biodiesel plant in Singapore, its largest, will be operational 2010 and initially cater to …
Finland’s Neste Oil to Have Singapore Biodiesel Plant Operatioal in 2010 Read MoreFinnish President Tarja Halonen is expected to visit Indonesia’s province of Aceh in Febuary 2008 to monitor progress in the peace building and reconciliation process in which her predecessor Martti Ahtisaari …
Finnish President Tarja Halonen to Visit Indonesia in Febuary 2008 Read MoreThe Philippines will set up embassy in Helsinki of Finland this year as reported on January 7, 2008.Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo described the new post as leeway for …
The Philippines Will Set Up Embassy in Helsinki of Finland This Year Read MoreWith funding from Finland and World Bank’s loans, the northern port city of Haiphong in Vietnam on January 4, 2008 put into use a US $41 million drainage and sanitation …
Finnish Government Praised Vietnam for Wise Loan Usage Read MoreThe first charter flight from Tallinn in the Republic of Estonia to Phuket touched down at Phuket International Airport on December 19. At 8 pm, a group of 220 Finnish …
Phuket Welcomes Finnish Tourists From 1st Estonia Charter Flight Read MoreOn December 19, 2007 Nokia Philippines country general manager William Hamilton Whyte said the popularity of the Nokia brand cell phone in the country, especially their high-end products, has pushed …
Nokia to Open More Retail Outlets in the Philippines Read MoreWife of the Finnish Ambassador to Thailand, Brigitta Backstrom, attended the 3rd Festive Tables 2007 jointly organized by The Thai Red Cross Society and the diplomatic wives in Bangkok on …
Wife of Finnish Ambassador Participated in Festive Tables 2007 Held in Bangkok Read MoreFinland-based Loparex, manufacturer of siliconised release liners and speciality papers, strengthens its sales in Asia Pacific and opens a new sales office in Vietnam in December 2007. This sales office …
Finland’s Loparex Opened New Sales Office in Vietnam Read MoreFinland-based global provider of container and heavy duty materials handling equipment, automation applications and related services Kalmar has received order for more than 200 terminal tractors from PSA Singapore Terminals, the …
Finland’s Kalmar Won Order for Tractors from PSA Singapore Terminals Read MoreFinland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and ASTAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research from Singapore have developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally regardless of time, …
Research Institutes from Finland and Singapore Develop Remote Healthcare Services Read MoreNeste Oil, the Finnish oil refinery with also a 40 % share of gasoline stations in Finland, has been under attack by environment activists since the company in late November …
Will Finnish Bio Fuel Plant Cause Deforestation? Read MoreOn November 29, 2007 in Vietnam, about 80 companies from Viet Nam and Finland gathered to discuss business cooperation opportunities. The “Business cooperation opportunities with Finland ” forum provided local …
Finnish and Vietnamese Firms Discussed Business Cooperation Opportunities Read MoreFinland’s Neste Oil to build the world’s largest bio-diesel plant in Singapore to convert palm oil into fuel for cars, trucks and other vehicles. The cost for Neste Oil will amount …
Finland’s Neste Oil to Build the World’s Largest Bio-Diesel Plant in Singapore Read MoreOn November 27, 2007 Thailand’s 191 Special Branch Police and Interpol cooperated to arrest a Finnish robber, Juha Pekka, who was on a Finnish police most-wanted list as part of …
Finnish Man Arrested on Robbery Charge in Thailand Read MoreVietnamese businesses will have the chance to meet with their Finnish counterparts and develop cooperative business partnerships at a workshop on November 29, 2007.The workshop has been organised by the …
Workshop for Vietnamese and Finnish Business Partners Read MoreThe Finnish government plans to fund a total of 2 million euros (US$2.87 million) over four years to help develop a hydropower programme in the Mekong River Basin which will …
Finland Funds Mekong Hydropower Projects Read MoreOn 7 November the Mekong River Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland have signed an agreement worth Euro 2 million to support development of a hydropower programme …
Finland Funds Hydropower Development in Mekong Region Read More