Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Foreign Ministry of Vietnam held a political consultation with its Norwegian counterpart in Hanoi on April 17 to boost relations between the two countries. The event, co-chaired by Deputy …
Foreign Ministry Of Vietnam Holds Consultation With Norway Read MoreNorwegian related Thai-Scandic Steel has over several years successfully established itself as Thailand’s number one manufacturer of telecommunication towers, having delivered more than 6,300 towers for both the export and …
Thai-Scandic Steel remains SEA market leader Read MoreTunisian oud player and vocalist Dhafer Youssef and his Norwegian backing band received massive praise for their performance at the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival on Sunday 10 March. An …
Praise to Dhafer Youssef and his Norwegian band Read MoreThe Indonesia Norway Business Council (INBC) and the Danish Business Association (DBA) have decided to join forces and cooperate. The first joint event will be to invite all Nordic business …
Norwegian And Danish Business Communities In Indonesia Join Forces Read MoreTwo leading employers associations in Indonesia and Norway will conduct brand leadership training for small and medium scale entrepreneurs and facilitate exports of their products to Scandinavian countries.The Indonesian Employers …
Indonesian, Norwegian employers to train local entrepreneurs Read MoreAn annual bilateral dialogue on human rights will be held in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. At this 7th Dialogue, the Indonesian and Norwegian delegation will respectively be represented by officials …
Indonesia – Norway to hold its 7th Dialogue on Human Rights Read MoreIn a statement prepared for publishing on the website of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (http://www.norcham.com/) President Axel Blom explains the reasons behind the decision to cancel the current office …
Thai Norwegian Chamber Seeking New Executive Director 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 MoreOil could turn Cambodia into Asia’s Norway. That was the word in a UN-sponsored conference to discuss strategies to deal with the country’s expected offshore petroleum reserves held this Wednesday.Bangkok-based Norwegian …
Combodia as Asia’s Norway? Read MoreA two week vacation turned into currently nine months of separation from her mother for six year old Swedish girl, Alicia Elfversson.The mother of Alicia, Maria Elfversson, held a press conference …
Missing: Six Year Old Swedish Girl Abducted To Asia By Father Read MoreThe Norwegian Maritime Business Delegation (NMBD) was in Hanoi this week to attend the 4th international exhibition on shipbuilding, marine technology and transportation, Vietship.Viet Nam News’ reporter, Tran Phuong Hoa, …
Norwegian Maritime Business Delegation Visits ‘Vietship’ Exhibition 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 MoreCommunist guerrillas raided a large gold mine in Mindanao, burning equipment and stealing firearms, the military said Friday. The New People’s Army attacked the Masara mine, jointly operated by Crew …
Norwegian Gold Mine In The Philippines Subjected To Guerrilla Raid Read MoreThe Asian Institute of Technology has joined with Vietnam Electricity and Norwegian Electricity Cooperation to establish a three-year cooperative program for MBA graduate education, research, training, and consultancy activities designed …
Norwegian NEC Funds Scholarships In Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian manufacturer of solar panel components, NorSun, will start building a wafer plant in Singapore this year, the company said Tuesday.“Solar energy will be the dominant source of energy …
NorSun To Build 300 Million Dollar Singapore Plant Read MoreA campaign aimed at raising awareness among young people about condom use is underway in Hanoi, part of a 20 million USD project funded by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
Norway Funds Safe Sex Awareness Campaign in Vietnam Read MoreSingapore-based artist, Oistein Kristiansen from Norway, is spreading his love for drawing to children in China.His hands-on exhibition in Shanghai has proved to be such a hit that it is …
Norwegian Artist Big Success In China Read MoreIn a Business-to-business exchange, the Department of Tourism (DoT) in the Philippines is set to present the country’s culture, natural attractions, tropical beach and diving destinations during a selling mission …
Philippines Approach Scandinavian Tourists 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 Norwegian Peace Facilitator, Ambassador Hans Brattskar visited former President Fidel Ramos during a recent visit to the Philippines. According to newspublished by the Royal Norwegian Embassi in Manila, the …
Norwegian Peace Facilitator Visited Former President Fidel Ramos 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 MoreThe Makassar Strait Explorers Consortium, including StatoilHydro, has leased Transocean’s ultra deep-water drill ship GSF Explorer to conduct a drilling campaign on the Karama block off west Sulawesi in Indonesia.The …
Transocean to drill Indonesia wells Read MoreNorway has agreed to contribute NOK60 million for 2007-2009 to two special funds set up under the Asan Development Bank, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. One trust fund finances water projects …
Norway Gives 60 Million NOK to Asian Development Bank Projects Read MoreDigi.Com Bhd. Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal stepped down after quadrupling profit at the Malaysian mobile-phone operator and overseeing a sixfold jump in its stock price. Lundal, who became CEO …
DiGi’s Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal Leaves for Vodafone Group Plc Read MoreBaan Sabaijai, the Norwegian nursing facility in Pattaya, celebrated on the Sunday the 10th of February its fourth anniversary. About a hundred people, mainly Scandinavian residents in Pattaya, gathered in …
Baan Sabaijai Celebrates 4 Year Anniversary Read MoreThe European Commission plans to spend 5 million kronor to bring the Nordic site-blocking technique to other EU member states. The move was met with enthusiasm by ECPAT, an anti-child …
Nordic Site-Blocking Technique Favoured by Thailand-based Anti-Child Pornography Organization Read MoreThe Vietnam Selection Committee recently introduced the 2008 United World Colleges (UWC) Scholarship competition for Vietnamese pupils to study at top universities around the world including Norway. The UWC Scholarship …
Vietnam Kicks off 2008 Colleges Scholarship Competition Including One to Norway Read MoreSubmarine cables from Norway will provide a number of islands in Krabi Province in southern Thailand, on the shore of the Andaman Sea with new power interconnections. The 33.3 km …
Norwegian Cables to Power Thai Islands Read MoreBjorn Hojgaard, a Danish national, has been appointed managing director of the Norwegian company Thome Ship Management, one of Singapore’s leading mangers specialising in oil and gas (LNG and Lpg) …
Norwegian Thome Appoints Danish Managing Director Read MoreSingapore has concluded three bilateral Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) with the Scandinavian countries, comprising Denmark, Norway and Sweden. With these OSAs, airlines of both Singapore and the Scandinavian countries will …
Singapore and Scandinavian Countries Conclude Three Open Skies Agreements Read MoreFirst Secretary Birgitte Hygen from the Norwegian Embassy together with Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, H.E. John Holmes, and Mr. M. Fakhruddin, Head of Legal Bureau of the Indonesian Department of …
Norway co-sponsors Human Rights Workshops in Banda Aceh Read MoreAt the invitation of the International Peace Foundation’s “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”, Professor Finn Erling Kydland of Norway, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2004 for …
Norwegian Winner of Nobel Prize in 2004 to Deliver a Speech in a Thai University Read MoreNorwegian Ambassador, Stale Torstein Risa was a keynote speaker of the the two-day International Maritime Conference hosted by John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JLFMU) in the Philippines which started …
Norwegian Ambassador Attended International Maritime Conference in the Philippines Read MorePresident of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has accepted the offer of the Norwegian government on January 23, 2008 to host the talks on restarting peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the …
Norwegian Government is Welcomed to Host Peace Talks Between the Philippine Government and the Communist Read MoreFrom August 2008 Sweden is closing down its embassy in Laos. Because Norway does not have a representation in Laos, Sweden has so far been taking care of daily visa …
Norway is Looking for New Contact in Laos Read MoreIndonesia participated in the recent Reiseliv tourism fair, Norway‘s biggest annual international travel and tourism trade fair, which was held in the town of Lillestorm from January 10-13, 2008 to …
Indonesia Participated in Norway’s Biggest Annual Tourism Fair Read MoreEnding on Febuary 29, 2008 Malaysian seafood lovers will be drooling over the Norwegian seafood promotion held in Malaysia by the Norwegian Seafood Export Council, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and …
Norwegian Seafood Promotion Attracts Seafood Lovers in Malaysia Read MoreThe Travel News magazine in Norway named Thailand “the Best Tourist Country in the World,” Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Jarungwat said on January 9, 2008. Thailand had received the …
Norway’s Travel News Magazine Named Thailand As Best Tourist Country in the World Read MoreA Norwegian advocacy group, FIVAS, made a report claiming that the Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Project co-owned by the Lao government, a Thai company and Statkraft, Norway’s state-owned power utility which holds …
Norway’s Statkraft is Claimed by FIVAS to Have Ruined Rivers in Laos Through Its Hydropower Project Read MoreA Norwegian man, Mr. Sorgard Terje Andreas, 71, was found dead in Pattaya’s Ping Pong Beer Bar on January 5, 2008 after he had two bottles of beer. Cause of …
Norwegian Man Died in a Beer Bar in Pattaya, Thailand Read MoreVietnamese conservatory students will be awarded with Norwegian scholarships provided by the Norwegian music organization, Ultima Oslo, which will also sponsor contemporary music festivals, and build international standard recording studios …
Norway’s Transposition Project Will Introduce Vietnam’s Music to the World Read MoreThe three-year plan, titled An Exchange, will draw together musical organizations and academies of two countries to boost exchanges in musical traditions and skills between the two countries. Taking part …
Vietnam Shares Tunes with Norway Read MoreTwenty eight new primary school buildings in the six districts of Pursat province were officially inaugurated on Dec. 17, with the total cost of more than 400,000 U.S. dollars funded …
Save the Children Norway-Cambodia to Build More Schools in Pursat District Read MoreDanish architect firm C.P. Møller has been elected to design the world’s largest solar cell factory by the Norwegian solar energy company REC (Renewable Energy Corporation) in Singapore.It is a …
Denmark’s C.P. Moller to Design Solar Cell Plant for EUR 3 Billion in Singapore Read MoreIndustrial conglomerate Keppel Corp said Keppel Verolme BV, a unit of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has secured two contracts worth 75 million euros from Norway’s Sevan Marine and another …
Singapore’s Keppel Unit Wins Two Contracts Worth 75 Mln Euros from Norway’s Sevan Marine SA Read MoreIn the attempt to help reduce deforestation in developing countries, Norway has committed $5 million U.S. dollars to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) which was launched at the UN …
Norway Committed US$5M to Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Launched in Indonesia Read MoreOn December 4, 2007 Norwegian Ambassador Kjell Magne Storlokken signed a project agreement with Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh to carry out health and safety measures …
Norway Financially Aid Vietnam to Control Environmental Pollution Read MoreNorway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will attend the climate conference held in Bali, Indonesia from December 3-14, 2007 together with the newly appointed Minister of Environment and Development Cooperation, Mr …
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to Attend Climate Conference in Bali Read More