Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Tuesday Erik Solheim, the Norwegian minister of the Environment and International Development repeatet his statement of ending the international boycott against the military leaders of Burma in a commentary for …
Solheim: Stop the Burma-boycott Read MoreThe vacation-expenses on the trip to Thailand have lowered a bit this spring. An official statement from the Thai immigration office states that “All foreigners who apply for Tourist Visa …
Free tourist visa to Thailand Read MoreLars Lang, a partner at Thai Estate Scandinavia Company, said he regretted that a year of preparations had been undone by the recent unrest. “The global financial crisis has clearly …
Thai Estate Scandinavia Company regrets poor crises-preparation Read MoreThai Airways International Public Company Limited starts a new non-stop service between Oslo and Bangkok. The operation will start on 15th June, 2009 and there will be 5 weekly departures …
Thai Airways opens Oslo – Bangkok route Read MoreThe Norwegian government has pledged 1.8 million USD toward the building of the Green One UN House in Vietnam. The grant agreement was signed in Hanoi on Apr. 15 between …
Norway helps build Green One UN House in Vietnam Read MoreThe political crisis in Thailand is not ScandAsia news. It is not about us as Scandinavians. If, however you are looking for goods news link to follow the developments. I …
ScandAsia and the Political Crisis in Thailand Read MoreAn increasing number of Norwegian students travel to Bali as a part of their education. “As Norwegian ambassador, I am pleased with this development. It adds a new dimension between …
More and More Norwegians Studies in Bali Read MoreStudents at Singapore Management University is planning for a Business Study Mission to Scandinavia to provide students with the opportunity to learn firsthand about Scandinavian business culture and socio-political environment.Through …
Singaporean Master in Scandinavia Read MoreSandy Stuvik has only just become a teenager, but that minor fact does not stop him from having about nine years of racing-experience on his resume. “My secret is to …
Sandy is racing his way to the top Read MoreNorway and Bali may be geographically far apart, but the magic of Indonesia’s top tourist destination still lures thousands of Norwegians to its beaches. But there is a new dimension …
Norway-Bali friendship day Read MoreThe crew on MV Longchamp, a gas tanker on it way from Norway to Vietnam, who were hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa in January was released …
Pirate-Hijacked Filipinos and Indonesian on Norway-Vietnam Tanker Released Read MoreTwenty-seven ladies from various Nordic women’s networks in Bangkok on 19 March planted 70 trees in a government-owned semi-jungle setting in Samut Prakan. The initiative was organized by Scandinavian Airlines …
Scandinavian Airlines Plants Trees in Samut Prakan Read MoreThe Nordic countries continue to be the most “networked” economies in the world, but the US and Singapore are close behind, according to the latest rankings by the World Economic …
Scandinavia and Singapore: The most Networked Economies in the World Read MoreNorwegian Aker Yards and Singapore-based Amanda Group are establishing a shipyard in the form of a joint venture in Vung Tau in Vietnam, where Norway’s Aker Yards will own 70 …
Aker Yards goes to Vietnam Read MoreLe Tan Sitek, a Norwegian-based Vietnamese architect, has published a book on s book entitled Mot Minh Tren Duong (Alone on the road). Le Tan Sitek was born in 1939 …
Norwegian-Vietnamese Publishes Book on East Asian Culture Read MoreIt is not so often you see the old Nordic Vikings so far away from the Arctic Circle, but on March 14, 2009 they arrived in Saigon! Suddenly the Vietnamese …
Lively VIKING FEST 2009 in Saigon Read MoreFrode Teigen, who lives in Thailand and previously served as director of Naka Racha Ltd in Bangkok has been appointed Board director in the Swedish-based exploration and mining company, a …
Bangkok-Based Norwegian Appointed Board Director in Northland Resources Read MoreIn the current global economic crisis, if workers share the burden of responsibility with their employers and vice versa, every problem can be properly resolved. This is the conclusion from …
Norway and Vietnam build industrial relations Read MoreUsed dinosaurs, cartoons and videogames will now secure a better future for poor and marginalized children from the opposite side of the world. The Children’s Museum of Stavanger hosted …
Stavanger-Children Donate Toys to the Akha tribe Read MoreNorway has planned to build 6,000 houses for cyclone victims in the Laputta township in Burma, according to the local Weekly Eleven News. The organization will build 300 houses as well …
Norway Plans 6,000 Houses in Nargis-Hit Burma Read MoreAmnesty International in Stavanger celebrated the International Day of Freedom of Speech by realising hundreds for balloons into the air in memory of the many people around the world – …
Balloons for Vietnamese Political Prisoners Read MoreThe Philippine government has dropped its precondition of a prolonged ceasefire with the communists as it scheduled another round of informal talks with them in Norway this month, a Vietnamese …
Norway Host Philippine Rebel Meeting Read MoreNorwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Group will soon be inaugurating its Manila Office, the Department of Foreign Affairs of The Philippines said on their website. Accroding to this the Philippine Ambassador to …
Norwegian shipbuilder sets up Manila office Read MoreA Filipino farmer who discovered a new pest-resistant rice variety was honored by the Norwegian government on the first anniversary celebration of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Eulogio …
Norway Honours Late Filipino Farmer Read MoreThe Norwegian company Simtronics ASA has through its new office in Singapore, Simtronics Ptd Ltd, received an order for delivery of fire fighting equipment. The system should be delivered to …
Simtronic Lands Singaporean Fire Fighting Order Read MoreA 23-year old Vietnamese man is now reunited with his family after having experienced a rather brutal kidnapping.The young Norwegian citizen with Vietnamese roots was kidnapped in his own shop …
Vietnamese Kidnapped in Oslo Read MoreThe Norwegian wholesaler of pipes and pipe components for sanitation systems Brødrene Dahl A/S (The Dahl brothers) are now in the planning phase of constructing two new subsidiaries in Vietnam, …
Brødrene Dahl Plans Vietnamese Branches Read MoreNorway-based Intex Resources Phils., Inc. plans to produce ammonium fertilizer totaling to 200,000 metric tons yearly as a by-product in its nickel production. The company will help displace Philippines fertilizer …
INTEX Plans Philippines Biggest Fertilizer Plant. Read MoreThe Norwegian handball team from Kragerø has massive financial problems because of the loss of former sponsor Nordic Group of Thailand. None of the players have received salary for three …
No Nordic Group-sponsorship can lead to Kragerø Handball-bankruptcy Read MoreFlexmodul AS from the Norwegian city of Grimstad have sign a major contract worth the sum of 80 millions in Singapore with Master Marine ASA on designing the living areas …
Flexmodul Designs Indonesian Tanker Read MoreThe Philippines should take advantages on the increasing interest from Scandinavian youngsters and focus on youth tourism and intra-Asian travel programs according to ASEAN, tourism Undersecretary of Oscar Palabyab said …
ASEAN Requests Philippines to Focus on Youth Travel Read MoreNorwegian salmon is the most exquisite and delicate fish in the world – At least if you ask the people of Singapore. In the newest addition of the official Japanese …
Salmon From Norway Sought After on Singaporean Menus Read MoreSingapore offers the world’s lowest rates for making mobile phone calls and surfing the Web, according to a new study by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Released Monday, the report …
ITU: Singapore Mobile Net is the World’s Cheapest Read MoreThe NGO Health Worker Migration Initiative (HWMI), a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Health Workforce Alliance, and Realizing Rights, recently lauded the Philippines for its migration …
Philippine Health Migration Policy Recognized in Norway Read MoreThe Children’s Museum of Stavanger hosted a toy auction Saturday to raise money to children from the Akha-minority, who lives in the mountains of Laos. The money will go to …
Norwegian Children Donate Toys to Laos Read MoreThe controversial visit to Burma by the ministers of development from Denmark and Norway, Ulla Tørnæs and Erik Solheim, is supported by the secretary general of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan.“Their …
Scandinavian Burma-Dialog Praised by ASEAN Read MoreNorwegian oilfield services firm Nexus Floating Production, located in Singapore, informs that its first production vessel upon delivery in June is delayed because of a lack of projects. According to …
Nexus delays vessel Read MoreChristian children from Adventkirken in Nedre Eiker, Øvre Eiker and Drammen municipalities have donated about 150.000 kroner to NGOs, who fight against human trafficking in Cambodia and the Northern part …
Norwegian Children Against Trafficking in Thailand and Cambodia Read MoreAccording to the NGO “Framtiden I våre hender” (The future is in our hands) the Norwegian mining and exploration company Intex Resources breaks OECD’s regulations for multinational companies if they carry …
Norwegian NGO Criticises Intex Resouces in the Phillipines Read MoreThe Norwegian insurance companies state that they now pay more for cases of illness during vacation than ever before. In the last two years the payment for medical treatment in …
Norwegian Illness in Thailand and Vietnam Sets Record Read MorePictures of the fog on the cloudy rice fields of Laos and among the raw cliffs on the arctic Norwegian islands of Senja and Lofonten, this is the subject of …
Norwegian Photographer Exhibits Lao Fog Read MoreChristian Wolther, a 44-year-old Norwegian who is artist in residence of Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, is launching a multi-genre exhibition “Reflections” at the Museum of …
Norwegian Artist’s Exhibition in Khon Kaen Read MoreNorwegian oil service company PetroMena has agreed with its Singaporean rig-builder to postpone for a year a payment of 105 million dollars instalment that originally was due on January the …
PetroMena Pushes Back $105 Million Yard Instalment Read MoreThe war crimes tribunal in Cambodia against five of the leaders of Khmer Rouge regime that has finally started, is supported among others by all the Nordic countries. The Nordic …
Nordic Support for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Trial Read MoreBecause of the global economic crisis, last year’s airport closures and continued local political uncertainty have combined to reduce the numbers of tourists in Thailand. The travel industry has asked …
80000 Thai Travel Workers Faces Unemployment Due To Financial Crises Read MoreTrue Corporation has asked the parliament of Thailand to clarify the ratio of foreign shareholdings in telecommunications companies – after receiving queries from investors and fund managers expressing interest in …
Thai Telecom Firm: Clarity in Foreign Shareholding Read MoreClimate changes could affect the distribution of ocean species. A new study from the University of East Anglia, Princeton University and the University of British Columbia predicts that by 2050, …
Norway Wins and Malaysia Looses the Climate Effects on Fishing Industry Read MoreA massive effort from local salmon distributors have now resulted in a weekly express flight with about 60 ton of fish directly to Asia. The salmon cooperation from Troms in …
Norwegian Salmon – From the North Sea to Asia on Less Than 24 hours Read MoreThe Norwegian owned Thai mobile phone Company Total Access Communication (TAC) aims to generate more cash flow this year when the overall mobile phone market would grow at a slower …
TAC Expects 40 % of the marked Read MoreThe Canadian shipping company Teekay plans to replace about 200 of their Norwegian employees with sailors from the Philippines, apparently because of the wages, which is about a 10th of …
Norwegian Sailors Replaced with Filipinos Read More