Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) to Laos on 20 August signed a memorandum of understanding with Borkeo province’s Committee for Planing and Cooperation to continue phase 3 of the Rural …
Norwegian Church Aid continues rural development support in Laos Read MoreSweden will not introduce any dramatic changes in its aid policy for Laos, says Ms. Lott Jansson at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm to ScandAsia. “Aid to Laos is currently …
No radical changes of Swedish aid to Laos 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 MoreNorwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), supported a four-day training course under the theme “Gender Role and Mass Media” in Vientiane …
Laos’ media training on gender role supported by NORAD Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction 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 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 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 MoreThe Swedish priest Ulf Claesson visited Vientiane for the last time on 23 May before leaving for Sweden this July. In Vientiane, a farewell get-together was held in the Swedish …
Swedish priest’s farewell to Laos Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on May 16 provided technical assistance to radio stations of Savannakhet and Luang Prabang provinces as part of the local radio station improvement project. …
Lao radio stations receive SIDA’s assistance Read MoreThe Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) will provide NOK 15 million to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok as its assistance in human resources development for the …
NORAD to give AIT 15 million NOK for human resources development Read MoreLaos’ Tax Department on May 27 received 214 computer sets from the National Tax Board of Sweden to computerize tax administration in the country. The hand-over ceremony took place at …
Sweden helps computerize Laos’ taxation system Read MoreThe Swedish government has taken part in supporting Laos’ Ministry of Education with a donation of USD 12 million in the latter’s second phase of educational improvement project. The second …
Laos’ educational improvement phase 2 launched with Swedish support 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 MoreViking Cup, the annual encounter of all Viking football teams from Asia, has been postponed this year to 25-28 September 2003 due to the uncertainties surrounding the SARS virus. …
Viking Cup moved to September due to SARS Read MoreTwenty young professionals within environmental journalism, fishfarming and seismic studies from nine Asian countries – including Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR – participated in an introductory course in Bangkok to …
Fredskorpset kickstarts first south–south exchange programme Read More45 primary school children volunteers and their teachers from Xoat, Boungkouang and Pakkading-neua villages attended a six-day child labor prevention workshop organized in Pakkading district, Bolikhamxay province by Lao People’s …
Norway supports child labor prevention in Laos Read MoreThe Nordic diplomatic representations and the Nordic business associations in South East Asia were almost unanimous in their evaluation of the impact of SARS on the economic relations between their …
SARS impact: key factor is time it takes Read MoreSex industry in Thailand was largely run by small and informal cross-border networks, a Norwegian NGO in Laos said at a recent symposium on human trafficking. According to the United …
Human trafficking victims mostly from Thailand’s neighbours Read MoreNorwegian government has supported a setup of rubbish disposal site in Pakse to help the city avoid future waste crisis. The Lao PDR has not had the pollution experienced in …
Norway supports waste disposal project in Laos Read MoreLaos’s National Statistical Centre (NSC) is planning to increase its capability in order to improve the quality of data collected on the population’s household expenditure under the project funded by …
Laos to improve SIDA-funded statistical project Read MoreThe quality of life of ethnic minority tribes in remote Khoa district, Phongsaly province is being strengthened by the Primary Health Care Program of the Lao Red Cross supported by …
Danish Red Cross strengthens primary health care in Laos Read MoreLaotian Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office Bountieng Phisamay recently visted Sweden to study Swedish education and environmental protection. Upon his return, Mr. Bountieng Phisamay urged the development industry not …
Swedish inspiration for environmental protection Read MoreNorwegian and Lao officials recently discussed ways to disseminate anti drug information and improve the criminal law in a high calibre meeting. The gathering was part of a visit to …
Norway, Lao find ways to fight drugs, criminals Read MoreBolikhamsay province in Laos has received over 7.8 billion kip (75,000 USD) in non-refundable aid from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for repairing roads that link district centres to …
Swedish Govt helps rebuild roads in Laos Read MoreThree local telecom companies has been offering fixed and mobile phones in Laos, but now the fourth competitor, a Swedish, has entered the mobile business with some trendy new services. …
Millicom to tango in Lao mobile market Read MoreSave the Children Norway has provided US$ 91,400 to produce magazines for children, in order to encourage them to read from an early age. The memorandum was inked on 17 …
Norway encourages lao kids to read Read MoreJesper Bjorn Madsen has been appointed Senior Vice President of Carlsberg Breweries A/S with primary responsibility for the Asian activities as of 1 August 2003 and will return to Copenhagen …
Carlsberg Breweries strengthens its focus on Asia Read MoreThe conference takes place again this year at Beaufort Hotel on Singapore’s Sentosa Island on 13th and 14th March 2003, organised jointly by the Norwegian Business Association in Singapore, the …
Norway in Asia seminar in March 2003 Read MoreCarlsberg Asia has acquired through its subsidiary Carlsberg Brewery Hong Kong Ltd. the entire share capital of the Chinese brewery Kunming Huashi Brewery Company Ltd. from the Zhejiang K.K. Group.The …
Carlsberg Asia acquires brewery in China Read MoreSweden is a leading IT-nation and a longtime user of computers and software in public as well as private education. And now comes the first virtual school for Swedish children, …
Sweden’s first virtual primary school opens Read More