Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norway has funded a 5 M USD poverty reduction project which has benefited seven disadvantaged villages in the coastal district of Trieu Phong, central Quang Tri province, Vietnam, reported on …
Norway Funded Project Benefits Vietnam Read MoreIn the Norwegian Grand Travel Awards 2007 held in Oslo, the capital city of Norway, on 8 January, 2007, Thailand was voted by more than 300 traveling companies as “The …
Norwegian Magazine Awards Thailand Read MoreTo help manage Thailand’s international reserves, like Norway, Thailand should form and independent unit, investing in private equity that provides high returns in the long term, which may entail hiring …
Thailand Like Norway Should Form an Independent Unit Read MoreChildren of Norwegian fathers and Thai mothers in Thailand often end up as social losers. In many cases the Norwegian father is 30 or 40 years older than the mother. …
Norwegian Children in Thailand Become Social Losers Read MoreTom Olafsen, a 47 years old man, who was staying at Thianthong Condominium on Jomthien Soi 7 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, Pattaya, Thailand, collapsed and died early on …
Norwegian Tourist Collapses and Dies in Pattaya Read MoreThe St. Regis Hotel, Singapore, which will open in December, now has its full management team in place, headed by the experienced Norwegian hotelier Yngvar Stray.Designed by internationally acclaimed architects …
St. Regis Hotel in Singapore to be Managed by a Norwegian Hotelier Read MoreIndonesian boat reconstruction projects in Probolinggo, which are under development and replica of a 1901 Norwegian lifeboat are a 12-meter twin-screw sport fishing which is also known as service vessel, …
Indonesian Projects Replicate 1901 Norwegian Lifeboat 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 MoreThe Legal Empowerment and Assistance for the Disadvantaged (LEAD) program, focused on West Kalimantan, Maluku, North Maluku, Central Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi, to improve legal literacy levels and provide free …
Norway and Sweden Help Finance Indonesia’s LEAD Program Read MoreWritten by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, Enemy of the People will be staged from August 4-12 at Pentas 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) in Jalan Stratchan during the Black …
Norwegian Play Will Be Shown in Malaysia During the Black Box Festival Read MoreKusmayanto Kadiman, Indonesia’s State Minister for Research and Technology has cited Norway as a good example for Indonesia to follow when it comes to allocation of funds for Research & …
Indonesia to Boost R&D Spending Like Norway Read MoreNorwegian Transport company, Harald Grieg Ltd., is investing 594.720 US dollars in the Vietnamese company Ha Tien Transport JSC, Hanoi. Ha Tien Transport plans in the third quarter to issue more …
Norwegian Transport Company Invests in Vietnam Read MoreNorwegian telecommunications company Telenor on July 24, 2007 reported higher net profit for second quarter 2007, and an increase in turnover. Net profit for Telenor was 3.25 billion kroner (568 million dollars), …
Telenor Gained Higher Second-Quarter Net Profit Read MoreTANDBERG, a global leader in visual communications with headquarter in Norway, will be conducting TANDBERG NOW Visual Communication Seminar in Singapore on August 22 and in Malaysia on September 18, …
TANBERG to Hold Seminars Promoting Video-Conferencing Read MoreNorway’s pension fund, which has a stated policy of ethical investments, is now under criticism due to its USD 145 million share in a Canadian mining company, Barrick Gold, that …
Norway’s Pension Fund Investment Under Criticisms Read MoreDiGi will be participating in the Edge-Bursa Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur Rat Race in the year 2007. Stefen Carlsson, the CFO said DiGi decided to have just the finance department …
DiGi Participates in Kuala Lumpur Rat Race 2007 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 MoreTelenor ASA’s Malaysian unit, DiGi, announced on July 20, 2007 that its second-quarter pretax profits came in at 344.52 million ringgit, up from 280.61 million the year before.DiGi said sales came in …
Telenor’s DiGi is Doing Well in Malaysia 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 MoreLate last year, Norconsult, a Norwegian consulting firm, won a US$1.5 million contract to supervise construction work of the Xeset 2 dam in the south of Laos. Norconsult won the …
Norwegian Aid Helps Dam the Xeset River Read MoreEffective 1 July 2007, the Norwegian embassy in the Philippines will not accept cash for visa fee payment. Only MANAGER’S CHECKS payable to “The Royal Norwegian Embassy” shall be accepted. It …
New Mode of Payment for Visa Applications of Norwegian Embassy in The Philippines Read MoreThe Norwegian government launches a plan to cut down greenhouse gas emissions both in Norway and abroad.The government’s white paper, presented in June 2007, includes the world’s most ambitious climate …
Norwegian Government Takes Actions to Reduce Gas Emissions Read MoreNorway aims to be the first country in the world to launch environmentally-friendly ships based on fuel cell technology. Eidesvik Offshore ASA is the architect behind the model of fuel …
Norway Aims to Launch Environmentally-Friendly Ships Read MoreSapura Industrial Bhd (SIB) expects its export revenue contribution to reach 20% to 30% in less than five years after it taps new markets such as Norway and Brazil. Chief …
Malaysia’s SIB Taps New Market in Norway Read MoreThe 3rd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Championship 2007 will take place in HCM City on July 20-21 at the Phu Tho Sports House with the participation of 215 athletes …
Vietnam to host World Vovinam Championship 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 MoreAn Oslo court on June 29, 2007 sentenced a Norwegian man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting six Thai children aged around 11 to 15 in 2004 and …
Norwegian Jailed for Sexual Assault of Thai Children 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 MoreA Doll’s House, the famous play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, was performed by Hanoi’s Tre (Youth) Theatre last week which was directed by Le Hung and the lead role, …
A Doll’s House by Norwegian Playwright Performed in Vietnam Read MoreThe Norway-based DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd is on an aggressive drive to grow its postpaid business, offering the lowest voice call rate to individuals and the business community in Malaysia.Customers …
DiGi in New Postpaid Drive Read MoreABB Norway has supplied control systems, equipment and services to two major bio-ethanol plants in Thailand, supporting the country’s efforts to reduce its reliance on oil imports and to mitigate …
ABB Control Systems Help Bio-Ethanol Production in Thailand Read MoreOil services group Seadrill Ltd said its West Larissa mobile drilling rig which engaged in positioning for a start-up of production operations off Indonesiahas been damaged and will be laid …
Seadrill’s West Larissa Rig to Undergo Repairs Cost Some Loss of Revenue Read MoreThe agreement is expected to promote bilateral cooperation in the fields of immigration, consular affairs and preventing illegal migration.The signatories were Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Phu Binh and …
VietNam and Norway Together Prevent Illegal Migration Read MoreThe Embassy will no longer accept cash for visa fee payments. This will effective from 1 July 2007. Only MANAGER”S CHECKS payable to “The Royal Norwegian Embassy” shall be accepted. …
New Mode of Visa Payment for Norwegian Embassy in Manila 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 MoreCebu-based SN Aboitiz Power Inc. (SNAP) has announced its multibillion-peso investment in a new hydroelectric plant, which is 60 percent Filipino-owned and 40 percent Norwegian-owned, to be set up in the Philippines as …
A New Hydroelectric Plant to Be Set Up in the Philippines Read MoreUMW Holdings Bhd will invest about US$90mil for Naga 3, a new generation jack-up drilling rig, Group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Dr Halim Harun announced on June …
Standard Drilling ASA to Build Rig with Malaysian Partner Read MoreThailand’s second largest mobile operator which is controlled by the Norwegian Telenor, DTAC, saw its listing on the local stock exhange on Friday three-times oversubscribed. The IPO price raised THB8.89 billion (USD278 …
DTAC Domestic Share Raises USD278 Million Read MoreA Norway-based PetroProd D&P I, a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroProd Ltd, has signed an EPC contract with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd of Singapore on June 22, 2007 for the construction …
Petropod to Build CJ70 Jack-Up in Singapore Read MoreNorway-based DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd announced on June 22, 2007 of its continued support to the SMI Association of Malaysia with the sponsorship of the annual Small Medium Business achievers …
DiGi Strengthens Partnerships with Small and Medium Business Read MoreThe Grand Opening of Skanem’s brand new 4,200 square metre factory at Amata Nakorn, Chonburi in Thailand, started at ten in the morning on 20 June 2007 with Mr. Alf Moller, …
Skanem in Bangkok – Ready to Roll 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 MoreNorway-based DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (“DiGi”) was named the 2007 Wireless Service Provider of the Year in Asia-Pacific by a leading market reasearch firm, Frost & Sullivan, in Singapore on …
DiGi Awarded 2007 Wireless Service Provider of the Year Read MoreThe Norwegian conductor Arild Remmereit will appear as guest conductor in the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Malaysia from June 15-17.The music of the Malaysian Philharmonic …
Norwegian Flavour to Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Read MoreThe Danish Marine Group, a part of the Danish Export Association, is participating with 41 members in the big Nordic Marine promotion, Norshipping, in Norway starting June 14 which was …
Danish Marine Group Met Vinashin CEO at Norshipping Read MoreBasken, born to a Filipino mother and Norwegian father, was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas last year. In April this year, she bagged the Miss Norway crown making her the European …
Filipino-Norwegian Beauty Queen Helps Promote Philippines’ Tourism Read MoreNorway’s DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd is rewarding its customers with a concert and party, the “DiGi-988 A Party 2007”, to entertain Malaysian customers on 21 July 2007 at 7pm …
DiGi-988 A Party 2007 Read More