Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Participating in the PISA test (Programme for International Student Assessment) since 2000, Finland has ranked consistently near the top in all PISA listings. There are many factors explaining the good …
China Learns from Finnish Education System Read MoreThe Consulate General of Finland in Guangzhou is due to a closure by 1 August 2012. The Consulate will move to a temporary location on 1 July 2012 having all …
Guangzhou Consulate General of Finland Customer Service Closing Read MoreThai ombudsmen are drafting a carrot-and-stick law to protect Thai lands from illegal foreign nominee ownership, while developers and consultants suggest more legal transparency, a longer leasehold period and higher foreigner …
Ombudsmen Urge New Law Protecting Thai Lands Read MorePrefer a paper-less environment? Well, here’s good news! All four ScandAsia June issues are available online on a publishing platform. If you wish to check them out here are the …
ScandAsia Available Online Read MoreIn a press release on 27 June 2012, Finnish Escalator experts Kone has been selected to deliver and install 82 escalators to the second phase of the future Wuxi metro …
KONE to Provide Escalators to New Wuxi Metro China Read MoreOn Tuesday June 19th 2012, The Finnish Business Council together with the Danish Chamber of Commerce Shanghai hosted a breakfast seminar on the 5th Plenary of the 11th National People’s …
Member’s of FBCS and DCCC Gained Insight on Upcoming Leadership Transition Read MoreWould Nokia really commit to what they have said when applying for investment license in Vietnam if it is facing big difficulties in home country Finland? That is the question running through people’s …
Nokia Factory in Vietnam Read MoreFollowing up with the news reported by ScandAsia last month, Finland-based Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the Angry Birds, has made a concrete plan to expand in China on Thursday. …
Finnish Angry Birds to Lay Eggs in China Read MoreDue to a significant increase in development when it comes to the importance of sourcing, the Finnish Business Council Shanghai (FBCS) held a seminar on Wednesday June 13th and invited …
FBCS Gained Insight on Everyday Sourcing Practice Read MoreSAS has recently launched a crowd sourcing portal, My SAS Idea (flysas.com/mysasidea), where customers are invited to share their ideas of how the airline can improve their service or do …
SAS Invites Customers to Share Ideas Read MoreThe Nordic Chambers in Thailand gathered Thursday June 14 for a breakfast seminar on Corperate Social Responsibility (CSR) and invited a guest speaker Mr. Thomas H. Nyborg, Managing Director for …
Nordic Chambers Host CSR Event Read MoreThe Consulates General of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, in cooperation with Nordic Centre, the Foreign Languages and Literature department at Fudan University, presented the best movies the respective countries’ cinema …
Nordic Mini Film Festival held at Fudan University in Shanghai Read MoreIn close collaboration with co-sponsoring ASEM partners, the European Commission, Finland, France, Japan and Korea, Singapore is hosting the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) seminar on nuclear safety from today to June …
Singapore Hosts Meeting on Nuclear Safety Read MoreSingapore’s Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong talked with Economic Society of Singapore president Euston Quah on Friday night about why Singapore is unlikely to pursue the Nordic welfare benefits model. …
Singapore Unlikely to Pursue Nordic Model Read MoreNokia officially released the Nokia PureView 808, a smart-phone that features a large, high-resolution 41 megapixel sensor with high-performance Carl Zeiss optics, to the Indonesian market on Thursday, 7 June. …
Nokia launches 808 PureView in Indonesia Read MoreThe George Town Festival in the state of Penang, Malaysia is back with music, dance, film, arts, food and visual works from local and international artistes. The month-long event kicks …
Choreographer Susanna Leinonen at George Town Festival Read MoreFilipino ultra-marathoner Cesar Guarin is heading to Stockholm in June 2012 to start his 13-day run in Sweden as leg of the second part of his England to Sweden Run, …
Filipino Ultra-Marathoner Heads to Stockholm Read MoreThe Swedish Chamber of Commerce Shanghai (SCCC) in good fashioned kicked off the summer with the Nordic Summer Mixer. On Saturday 2nd of June the Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Norweigian …
Nordic Summer Mixer in the Heart of Shanghai Read MoreFinnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong held an Extraordinary General Meeting in the 31st of May 2012 with a purpose of making amendments to the Chamber constitution and electing …
Finnish Chamber held Extraordinary General Meeting Read MoreFinnair has adjusted its flight schedules to Asia this summer due to delays of scheduled heavy maintenance work and a shortage of over flight rights during the busy summer season. …
Finnair Altered Flights to Asia This Summer Read MoreNordic Industrial Park, in cooperation with the Norwegian Consulate General in Shanghai and Utvikling.org on Friday June 1st held a whole day seminar and workshop on (Corperate Social Responsibility (CSR) …
Nordic Companies Gained Insight on Implementing Nordic Values in China Read More
The EU Film Festival in Bangkok opened Wednesday evening 30 May 2012 with a reception at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). Ambassador of Denmark, H.E. Mikael Hemniti Winther …
Danish Opening of EU Film Festival Read MoreThe Finnish Business Council Shanghai (FBCS) organized a ‘members only’ visit to the Shanghai General Motors factory on 25th of May. The visit was followed by a cheerful dinner and …
FBCS Visited Shanghai General Motors Read MoreHere’s good news for Angry Birds fans in Asia. From June to December this year, you can experience the Angry Birds Adventure from the Singapore’s iconic Cable Car Ride atop …
Finnish Angry Birds Adventure atop Singapore’s Mount Faber Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pumping up the volume of its celebrity marketing strategy by using multi-platinum selling Nordic recording artist Marko Kristian Lehtosalo, best known by his …
Markoolio promotes Thai Tourism Read MoreAs the number of airlines opening their new air routes to and from Vietnam has continuously increasing, a Finnish carrier ‘Finnair’ made its official presence in the Vietnamese market by …
Finnair Expanded in Vietnam Read MoreDue to the cancellation of this year’s Spring Ball that should have been held on the 18th of May the Scandinavian Society Malaysia (SSM) used their free night to gather …
SSM Gathered before Summer Break Read MoreFinland-based Rovio Entertainment, the world’s leading provider of mobile entertainment and creator of the Angry Birds, will expand its value-added chain to capture more business opportunities in China. Mr. Peter …
Finnish Angry Birds to Expand in China Read MoreIt is no secret that foreign men, including Scandinavians, have been looking to find perfect wives in Asia. In this Springtime, however, Shanghai’s matchmaking operators are inviting foreigners to the …
Shanghai Matchmaking Party Welcomes Foreigners Read MoreFollowing up with the news reported by ScandAsia earlier this year regarding the risk of Philippines Embassies and consulates closure, the Department of Foreign Affairs is now pushing through the …
Philippines to Close Embassies in Sweden and Finland Read MoreSingapore is the top logistics performer, according to the World Bank’s latest survey on global trade logistics released on Tuesday. Hong Kong, Finland and Denmark are on the top-ten list.Based …
Singapore, China, Finland and Denmark Top Logistics Performers Read MoreThe Finnish Business Council Shanghai (FBCS) presented a luncheon seminar on Wednesday 16 May featured a special speaker from the successful Finnish company, Rovio Entertainment – Mr. Paul Chen, General …
Rovio Shared their Story with FBCS Read MoreTo increase awareness of climate change impact on humans and environment, European Eco Film Festival will be held on 24-27 May at SF Cinema Terminal 21 Shopping Centre. Quality Eco …
Scandinavian Films at EU Eco Film Festival in Bangkok Read MoreA Finnish Corporation, Neste Oil, has expanded the range of renewable raw materials it uses by beginning to produce NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing …
Finnish Corporation Produces Renewable Diesel from Waste Fish Fat from Vietnam and Thailand Read MoreAround 60 Nordic Young Professionals gathered at China’ at O’Malley’s bar in Shanghai on Thursday 10 May to gain better insight on China’s rapidly growing and dynamic internet market. With some 500 million users …
Young Professionals Gained Social Network Insight Read MoreAccording to the Gallup Surveys on water and air satisfaction, 96 percent of Danes and Swedes, and 94 percent of Finns are satisfied with quality of their water. Singapore is …
Scandinavians and Singaporeans Satisfied with Quality of Water Read MoreManaged by Finpro and China-Finland Golden Bridge, Zhongguancun Zparks Software Park in Beijing, the FinChi Innovation Center, will cooperate with Finland by establishing a Chinese Science and Technology park in …
China’s Science and Technology Park to Establish in Finland Read MoreThe Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) recently traded three G222 aircrafts, a medium sized transport aircraft, with a Saab 340B, a Swedish two-engine turbopop aircraft with ERIEYE Airborne Early Warning …
Royal Thai Air Force Trades Airplanes with Sweden Read MoreThe Nordic Chamber Golf Tournament in China this year was a tremendous success in all aspects of the event. The tournament held on Saturday 11 May was opened to all …
Successful Nordic Chamber Golf Tournament Read MoreIn cooperation with Complete-Pharma, a Finnish-Thai food supplements producer in Helsinki Finland, Herotic Life Company recently introduced a food supplement product for men’s sexual health called X-Back to the Thai …
Finnish Herb for Sexual Health Introduced in Thailand Read MoreIt was an evening for speed talkers as the Nordic Young Professionals threw a speed networking event on Friday 11 May, which has never been organized in Bangkok before. The …
Networking in High Speed for Young Professionals Read MoreA Finnish Electro Music Band “Husky Rescue” will headline the upcoming 2012 China Music Valley International Music Festival to be held on May 18-20 at Yuyang International Ski Resort in …
Finnish Band to Headline China Music Festival Read MoreAccording to Save the Children’s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report, Scandinavian countries are among the top six best places to be a mum while China ranked 14th place …
Scandinavia Ranked the Best Place to be a Mum Read MoreA recent report ranks Indonesia as one of the top ten countries with the highest rates of preterm births, with 15.5 percent or over 675,000 babies born too early each …
Indonesia’s Preterm Birth Rate is Among the Highest in Contrast with Finland and Sweden Read MoreIt was with great enthusiasm and anxiety Bangkok Vikings in the beginning of April 2012 arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, for the annual Viking Cup. Viking Cup has been held every …
Close but no Cigars for Bangkok Vikings in Jakarta Read MoreOn Friday 27 April 2012, some 30 Finnish Young Professionals gathered at Stampede Carting, Asia’s largest indoor go-kart track with 5000 square meters, located in the basement of the Bai …
Young Professionals Fast & Furious with Angry Birds Read MoreAre you looking for ways for your children to have fun and learn during the summer holidays? If so, you’ll be happy to hear that KIS is running its 14th …
KIS International School Offers Exciting Summer Programmes Read MoreThe American-Finnish celebrity chef Sara La Fountain will be cooking up a storm for the fourth edition of the Celebrity Chef Series, jointly presented by American Express and the Asian Food …
Chef Sara La Fountain to Visit Singapore Read MoreThe ladies of the Scandinavian Women’s Association had another great walk on the morning of 25 April. The walk started from Harbour Front Centre towards Henderson waves to Labrador Park. …
SWA Walk n’ Talk Read MoreThe Finnish Business Council in Shanghai invited on Wednesday 18 April Mr. Martin Stenberg, Country Manager of the Swedish Company, Rewir, to share his thoughts on how a solid brand …
FBCS Luncheon Seminar with Rewir Read More