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Tesar Jazz Band from Finland will perform in Bangkok on Wednesday, 24th of October. The concert will be held at the Thailand Cultural Centre, Small Hall. The programme includes timeless …
Tesar Jazz Band from Finland Will Perform in Bangkok 24th October Read MoreThe Finland-based world market leader, Nokia expects strong sales growth up to nine million new handsets to be sold in the Thai market in the year 2007, driven by high …
Nokia Strong Sales in Thai Market Read MoreThe new Finnish ambassador to Vietnam, Pekka Hyvonen, presented his credentials to State President Nguyen Minh Triet on August 8, 2007 to mark the beginning of his mission in Vietnam.At these …
The New Finnish Ambassador in Vietnam Read MoreOver 1.5 million tourists flocked to the Philippines’ tourist spots in the first six months of this year, official figures from the Philippine Department of Tourism has revealed.Scandinavian and Nordic …
Scandinavian Tourism Continues to Increase in Philippines Read MoreMalaysian shipbuilder, Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd, expects to increase its contracts, mostly commercial, by another RM1 billion during the 2008 financial year as it has secured a RM50 million contract from …
Finnish Luxury Cruise to be Constructed by Malaysian Shipbuilder Read MoreWith the more charter flights from Scandinavian countries, the tourism in Phuket enjoys strong tourist ‘low-season’ and has been gradually improving since the tsunami, and will be even better in …
Phuket’s Charter Flights From Scandinavia Read MoreThe administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has yet to transmit the JPEPA ( Japan-Phillipines Economic Partnership Agreement) to the Senate since the trade deal was signed in Helsinki, Finland in …
Phillippine to Ratify JPEPA Signed in Finland Read MoreAs of December 3, Finnair’s flights to Bangkok will operate twice daily in response to Thailand’s guaranteed warm weather and swimming waters which are attractive to tourists throughout the year, …
Finnair’s Strong Demand in Bangkok Read MoreThe Bangkok Flying Farangs Ice Hockey Club will be hosting its 4th annual charity golf tournament on Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at the Phoenix Golf & Country Club in Pattaya. …
The 4rd Annual Flying Farangs Open Charity Golf Tournament Read MoreF-Secure Corporation achieved accelerated 11% quarter over quarter growth rate in its strategic Internet Service Provider (ISP) business during Q2, compared to a 6% growth in the first quarter, representing …
F-Secure With ISP Accelerates Strong Growth in Q2 Read MoreThe popularity of Thailand as a holiday destination has exploded in Finland, a Statistics Finland (SF) statement revealed on July 27, 2007.According to SF figures, Finns have had some 90,000 …
More Finnish Holidaymakers Travel to Thailand Read MoreThe state-owned one-member Haiphong Water Supply Ltd., Co. has commissioned a water treatment plant, VND 17.4 billion water plant financed by loans from the Finnish Development Agency (FINIDA) designed to …
Finland Financed Vietnam’s Haiphong Water Plant Read MoreFinnish consulting and engineering group Poyry Plc has been awarded an engineering contract valued at US$15.09 million for the Vung Ang power plant project, a 2 x 600 MW coal-fired …
Finland’s Poyry Plc Wins Engineering Contract in Vietnam Read MoreFinland has donated about 2 million US dollars for Cambodia to improve its land registration, officials said to the Chinese news agency Xinhua on 21 July. Mean Chanvanny, chief of Cabinet …
Finland Provides 2 M USD For Cambodia to Improve Its Land Registration Read MoreF-Secure, a leading Finland-based Internet security service company, announced on July 25, 2007 a partnership with SingNet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), Asia’s leading telecommunications company. “We …
Finland-Based F-Secure and Singapore’s Leading ISP SingNet Announced Partnership Read MoreFinnish engineering and consulting group Pöyry said on July 23, 2007 it had won an €11-million (US$15 million) deal to design a coal power plant for the Vietnam Machinery Erection …
Finns to Build Coal Plant in Vietnam Read MoreIn a newly developed ranking system, PriceWaterHouseCoopers rates Vietnam as the World’s currently most attractive investment country for manufacturing businesses, surpassing China, Poland, Chile and Malaysia. The report suggests that …
Vietnam is a Hot Piece of Cake for Investment Read MoreThe summer of 2007 marks the halfway point between the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs’) creation in 2000 and the deadlines in 2015. This survey was part of an awareness campaign …
Vietnamese More Aware on Survey about Poverty than Nordics Read MoreAs from Friday, 15 June 2007, a new EC Regulation on controls of cash movements became effective in all EU Member States. In accordance with the Regulation, travellers entering or …
Passengers Carrying 10,000 Euros or More in Cash Must Declare the Cash at External Border of the EU Read More”Where were you last Wednesday? Are you having an affair?”. This is not marital problems, but the conversation in the ‘locker room’ of The Flying Farangs – Bangkok’s very own …
Flying Farangs – Expat Ice Hockey in Bangkok Read MoreThe Finnish Nokia giant is making Skype, software that lets you use your computer and internet connection to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world, available on the N800 Internet …
Now There’s Skype on Nokia N800 Internet Tablet Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand has come up with the marketing strategies for 2008 with wedding couples and young travellers as the target groups from places like Japan, Scandinavia and …
Thailand Looks to Quality, Trendy Tourists to Boost Tourism Revenue Read MoreInternational conference on poverty reduction and forests tenure, market and policy reforms will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-7 September, 2007 which is organized by the Regional Community Forestry …
International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms Read MoreMika has been working in telecommunications and IT filed for more than 20 years. He started in Ascom Fintel in Finland responsible for the sales of telecommunication products and systems. …
Comptel’s New Managing Director in Malaysia Read MoreThe donors are the World Bank, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the Irish Agency for International Development (IrishAid), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the International Fund …
Finland and SIDA Donate to Vietnam’s Development Programme Read MoreThailand will charge a unit of Finnish Poyry with colluding on bids for work at Bangkok’s new multi-billion dollar Suvarnabhumi airport, a Thai official said on June 27, 2007. The head of …
Finnish Poyry Faces Thai Airport Charges Read MoreVietnam will lift visa requirements for citizens from Scandinavian countries starting May 1, 2007 to help boost tourism, investment and business, a Foreign Ministry official said. Citizens from Sweden, Norway, …
Vietnam Gives Visa Exemption to the Scandinavians Read MoreOne of my first surprises doing business in Thailand was when a prominent Scandinavian company here announced that they had changed their supplier policy. “As of today, our company will …
Weird accounting ways Read MoreAn excursion for members of the Scandinavian Society Siam to visit the Ko Kret island in the Chao Phraya river took place on Saturday 30o June, despite a heavy downpour …
Scandinavian Excursion to Ko Kret Read MoreNokia introduced a new technology called Near Field Communications (NFC) which will allow mobile phones to replace keys and credit cards at the Nokia Connection 2007 conference in Singapore from …
Nokia Introduced Near Field Communications Technology Read MoreMonthly Breakfast Meeting organized by the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce was held on June 5th, 2007 at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit and the topic for the Breakfast Meeting was “Changing …
Breakfast Meeting With Swedish Trade Council from Taiwan Read MoreThe Finnish phone giant, Nokia, has come up with a different marketing approach to reach out to the tech-savvy Singaporeans using interactive outdoor medium.With aim to educate and raise consumer …
Nokia Employed Interactive Advertisements Read MoreNORDIC Heavy Lift subsidiary Avonway has ordered a crane vessel with a record 5,000 ton single mast lifting capacity from Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard for 2010 delivery. Sea of Solutions, part …
Nordic Orders Giant Crane Vessel From Singapore Read MoreA Finnish telephone manufacturer, Benefon, has entered the Philippines’ mobile communications market on June 15, 2007 by introducing its first GSM (Global Standard for Mobile Communications) cellular phone equipped with …
Finland-Based GPS Phone Supplier Enters Philippines Read MoreA Finnish-Swiss micro-optics manufacturer, Heptagon, announced on June 12 that it is building a 20,000 square-feet manufacturing facility and regional headquarters in Singapore with support from the Singapore Economic Development …
Finnish-Swiss Micro-Optics Expert Settles in Singapore Read MoreNokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker from Finland, on June 18 introduced three new mobile handsets and said their launch would help boost its global market share from the current …
Nokia Introduced New Handsets and Service Read MoreSix experts, including a senior Swedish police officer, a German diplomat and prosecutor, a Finnish professor of international humanitarian law and a British prosecutor and expert in international cooperation, will …
Swedish and Finnish Experts to Help Philippines Solve Extra-Judicial Killing Read MoreThailand has implemented new aviation security measures for hand-carry bag on all flights departing Bangkok‘s Suvarnabhumi Airport from 1 June 2007. These measures also apply to passengers making transit/transfer connections …
Thailand’s New Security Measures for Hand-Carry Luggage Read MoreSince 2004, Mattila has served as Minister Counsellor in Finland’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. She entered the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1983. She has been …
New Finland’s Ambassador Appointed to Singapore Read MoreEU-Thailand-Malaysia Matchmaking Conference 2007 Between European And Asian Companies And Experts Active In Prevention And Care Of Lifestyle-Related, Non-Communicable Diseases.Finpro and the European Union has started a project to foster …
EU-Thailand-Malaysia Matchmaking Conference 2007 Read MoreTuesday morning at 7.30 the members of the Scandinavian chambers of commerce were invited to a breakfast meeting on Taiwan and its role in China and Asia. The meeting took …
Low Turnout for Breakfast Meeting on Taiwan Read MoreBased on The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)’s 2006 statistics, the number of tourists from the new target markets has increased by more than 20% from 2005. Arrivals from Eastern Europe …
Finnish Tourism to Increased 29 % Read MoreOn 31 May 2007 Finland Ambassador to Maldives Asko Numminen and Vietnam Ambassador to Maldives Vu Quang Diem presented Letters of Credence at President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s Office. The President …
Finland and Vietnam Ambassadors to Maldives Present Credentials to PM Read MoreOn 29 May 2007 a Singapore court ordered a 36 years old Finnish man, Antti Kristian Waroma to pay 331 dollars in compensation to his wife for cutting off her …
Singapore Court Fines a Finn for Cutting Cheating Wife’s Hair Read MoreThe Malaysian mobile operator Maxis has commissioned Nokia Siemens Networks to integrate, deliver and host the interactive mobile game “Master of Maya”. The game, which will be launched by Maxis …
Nokia to Supply Interactive Mobile Game for Maxis Malaysia Read MoreAs more and more Finns are finding their way to Thailand the demand for a priest has increased proportionally. Five years ago Jyrki Markkanen was appointed by the Finnish state …
The Finnish Priest in Bangkok Read MoreThe service will become possible on satellite telephones provided at each seat of the airline’s new Airbus A340 aircraft, to be delivered in June. It will first be available on …
Finnair to Provide Messaging on Flights Read MoreThis year marks the century and half-century of Edvard Grieg’s and Jean Sibelius’s deaths. Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist during the romantic period and was best known for his Piano Concerto in …
Great Nordic Composers at the Esplanade Read MoreThe first unit of Nokia E90 Communicator sold in an auction on 16 May 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia. A businessman, Hartono Gunawan, won the auction by offering the amount of Rp45, 000,000 …
First Nokia E90 Sold in Indonesia Read MoreAfter dropping out of a master’s degree program at the Helsinki School of Economics, Petri Deryng left Finland for Thailand in 1998 to set up PYN Fund Management Ltd. with …
The Finn Who Stay With Asia’s Worst Market Read More