Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norway will take part in the EU monitoring group in the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) in Aceh province of Indonesia. The AMM will begin on 15 September. The monitors’ first …
Norway to Send Representatives to Aceh Monitoring Mission Read MoreNorwegian offshore drilling company Smedvig has been awarded an about US$ 66 million contract extension for The tender rig T-9, in which Smedvig owns 49 percent, by ExxonMobil in Malaysia, …
Smedvig gets contract for T-9 in Malaysia Read MoreNordic Power 2005 is a joint Nordic Energy exhibition and a special Nordic energy seminar which will take place in Manila 21 – 27 September 2005 during the Power Trends …
Nordic Power to the Philippines Read MoreMalaysia Norway Business Council (MNBC) in association with Malaysian Swedish Business Assosiation (MASBA) hosted the Sixth Annual Malaysian-Scandinavian Business Golf Tournament Mines Golf Club on 22 May. Over 60 golfers …
The Sixth Annual Malaysian-Scandinavian Business Golf Tournament Read MoreThe Nordic Development Fund (NDF) has approved a EUR 8.3 million credit to Vietnam in support of the Central Region Transport Network Project. The credit will be extended in co-financing …
Nordic Council Approved Building More Roads in Central Vietnam. Read MoreThe European Young Professional Group is officially launched on 13 July at V9, Sofitel Silom, Thailand. There were more than 150 people from 20 different countries attended the event. The …
Launch of the European Young Professional Group Read MoreOn 22 July the Norwegian drilling company entered an agreements to purchase between 32% and 37% of the enlarged share capital of PT Apexindo Pratama Duta Tbk, Indonesia’s largest national …
SeaDrill Purchased Share in Indonesian Drilling Contractor Apexindo Read MoreThe Norwegian supplier of pulp and paper machines and process systems Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with the Indonesian company Asia Pulp & Paper. The contract is to renovate …
Indonesia’s Pulp Mill Extension by Aker Kvaerner Read MoreA total of 84 Norwegians, most of them vacationing in Thailand over the Christmas holidays, were killed in the catastrophe. On Monday, the body of Victoria Kjær Romslo, age five, …
Last Norwegian tsunami victim identified Read MoreAker Kvaerner Subsea has been awarded a contract with Murphy Sabah Oil Co. Ltd for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning assistance of the subsea production systems for the Kikeh …
Aker Kvaerner Subsea contract in Malyasia Read MoreKari Aamodt has been appointed new Executive Director of Malaysia Norway Business Council. She replaces Inger Meyer, who is leaving Malaysia due to her husband’s relocation to Norway. Inger Meyer’s …
Kari Aamodt New MNBC Executive Director Read MoreSmedvig, the Norwegian offshore drilling company, has annouced the purchase of a 72 percent ownership interest in West Setia, a semi-submersible tender rig, from Keppel FELS. The tender rig is …
Smedvig Purchases Tender Rig West Setia Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy in Thailand together with Thavibu Gallery will present a Norwegian art exhibition in Bangkok from 18 June – 10 July, 2005. Kjell Pahr-Iversen, Alfred Vaagsvold and Berit …
Norwegian Art Exhibition at Thavibu Gallery Read MoreDon’t let your kids lose touch with their mother tongue when you move abroad. Children who stop reading, speaking and writing their native language are more likely to face problems …
Don’t Let Your Kids Forget Their Norwegian Read MoreThe success of Jotun in relocating expatriates to managerial positions in South East Asia is no coincidence. The ‘secret’ is the company’s high level of awareness and attention to the …
Jotun’s Successful Relocation Read MoreAt a ceremony that took place yesterday in Madrid, Jorgen Lindegaard,president and CEO of the SAS Group, received the Spanish Golden Master Award. The award, that is dealt out by …
Jorgen Lindegaard receiver of the Golden Master Award in Spain Read MoreNorwegian Government pledged US$1.4 million to increase the quality of Vietnamese vegetables farmers. The fund is signed by the Government of Norway and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation …
Funds for Mekong vegetable farmers Read MoreThe opening ceremony of Roxar’s new office was held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 6th with number of honorary guests such as His Excellency Mr Arild Haugan, Norwegian …
Roxar’s new office in Vietnam Read More“Vietnam has big potential for mobile telephone market development” says Ola Ree, Chief Representative of Telenor in Vietnam, which recently opened a representative office in Hanoi on April 20. Arve …
Vietnam – promising mobile phone market Read MoreShell in Brunei awarded Smedvig for the new self-erecting semi-tender rig West Setia. The West Setia is designed for both shallow and deepwater drilling operations in combination with dry well …
Smedvig obtained contracts in SEA Read MoreNokia and Thai mobile operator Total Access Communications PLC (DTAC), co-owned by Telenor of Norway, have extended their frame agreement to expand DTAC’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in Thailand. For an approximate …
DTAC expands rural network in Thailand Read MoreThe Disaster Victim Identification Center set up in Phuket, Thailand, has been delivered and managed by the Norwegian company Normeca a/s, which is specialized in establishing emergency field hospitals on …
NORMECA’S DVI CENTER Read MoreJotun (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has launched Jotashield Flex, the first tintable and strechable exterior paint for surface cracks. Jotashield Flex is the result of five years of research and development …
Jotun’s new products developed by Jotun Malaysia Read MoreA long discussion about the future direction of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam was the dominating subject of the Annual General Meeting of the Hanoi branch held on …
Nordcham to work closely with EuroCham Read MoreUsing business cards bearing a remarkable resemblance to those of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, a civilian Norwegian man has been offering consular services to Norwegian citizens in Thailand for over …
Norwegians in Thailand Warned Against “Fake Consul” Read MoreLike in a similar report from Sweden recently where the Thai embassy warned Thai women of Swedish men, increasing numbers of women from Thailand marrying Norwegians and moving to Norway, …
Thai women exploited and dumped in Norway Read MoreNorway has cancelled all of Vietnam’s NOK 35 million debt to Norway. In return, the Government of Vietnam has agreed to mobilise an equivalent amount for development and poverty reduction. …
Norway Erases Vietnam’s Debt Read MoreTo the average Norwegian APL (Advanced Production and Loading) is not among the most well known companies. But to anybody in the oil and gas business APL is a name …
APL opens new office in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreSAS Ground Services (Thailand) Ltd. is a wholly owned company in the SAS Group to be established in 2005 incorporating SAS’s Central Departure Control Centre in Bangkok, SAS EuroBonus Retro-Registration …
Axel Blom appointed Managing Director of SAS Ground Services Thailand Read MoreEffective May 1, 2005, Vietnam skips the visa requirement for all citizens holding passports from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. All travelers from those countries …
Vietnam skips visas for Nordic citizens Read MoreKing Harald V was admitted to the national hospital on Tuesday March 15th for planned heart surgery to replace a clogged valve later in the week, the palace said. …
King Harald Admitted to Hospital for Heart Operation Read MoreA conference on peaceful conflict resolution is being organised on 12-13 April, 2005, as part of the activities to mark the centenary of the peaceful dissolution of the union between …
Swedish-Norwegian conference on peaceful conflict resolution Read MoreFour Scandinavian countries are the latest set to receive visa exemptions for travel to Vietnam beginning May 1st, announced Vietnam’s authorities April 19th. Citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland …
Vietnam to waive visas for Scandinavians Read More“The new bakery outlet is the first of many if all goes according to plans. It is starting its days softly simply by opening its doors to ensure proper training …
Norwegian bakery just opened in KL Read MoreThe Viking Cup has become the most significant and prestigious tournament in Asia. Forget about Tiger Cup, ASEAN Games and Asian World Cup qualifying. The Viking Cup is the place …
Kuala Lumpur Vikings Triumph in this Year’s Viking Cup Read MoreRita Sofia, head of tourism promotion affairs for West and East European countries at the Office of State Minister of Culture and Tourism in Indonesia, told The Jakarta Post that …
More Danes, Finns and Norwegians expected to visit Indonesia Read MoreThe center of the earthquake was located off the western coast of Sumatra and about 870 miles northwest of Jakarta – close to the rugged island of Nias, well known …
Tsunami Warning After Midnight Quake Read MoreThree more Norwegians have been officially identified as fatalities in the tsunami catastrophe that struck Southeast Asia just after last Christmas, reported Norwegian news agency NTB in early March 2005. …
Norwegian Tsunami Victims Toll Now 84 Read MoreDespite a very tough period in business since the tsunami struck on the Andaman coast, the Phuket-based Thailandspecialisten, run by two Swedes, is optimistic about the future. They continue promoting …
The Thailand Specialists Continue Promotion in Scandinavia Read MoreAs part of the airline’s cost-cutting measures which started last year in the head office, SAS has now decided to consolidate its Southeast-Asian functions served by the Bangkok and Singapore …
SAS Consolidates Asian Operations Read MoreAccording to the newspaper Aftenposten, hundreds of family members of those Norwegians killed in the tsunami that hit South Asia in December have accepted the government’s invitation to travel to …
Norwegian government invites tsunami victims’ families to Thailand Read MoreOn 27-28 April, Professor Asgeir J. Sorensen of The Department of Marine Technology at NTNU accompanied by Dr. Ole Jakob Sordalen, The Norwegian Counselor for Science and Technology in South-East …
Course on Marine Control Systems Read MoreThe Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s Annual General Meeting was successful held at the Sheraton Grande Sukumvit, Bangkok on 15th March 2005. During 2004, the Chamber’s office was moved to …
Norcham Thailand AGM 2005 Read More10 minutes after the aircraft has released its grip of the Bangkok runway, the seatbelt signs turn off. Bound for Singapore, this means that the passengers on board SAS Flight …
Surfing the Wireless Wonder at 40,000 Feet Read MoreMost Norwegians in Southeast Asia may never have heard of NRS. However, chances are that they have crossed bridges built with equipment made by this Norwegian company. NRS (Norwegian …
Norwegian Company Bridging Asia Read MoreA tourist boat, carrying more than 70 passengers, capsized at 15:00 in the afternoon of Saturday 5 March in the high sea off Thailand’s southern resort province of Phuket. Police …
Likely no Nordic Tourists on Boat Capsized off Phuket Read MoreIn early February, the President and CEO of SAS, Jørgen Lindegaard, took the time to join the three Scandinavian Chambers of Commerce in Thailand for a function in downtown Bangkok. …
SAS will be Adding Flights to Asia Read MoreFrom March 31 to April 12, a couple of representatives from Jyske Bank’s Swiss department will be meeting with new and existing clients in Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Intending to …
Jyske Bank will be visiting Southeast Asia again Read MoreAnother five coffins and two urns containing identified Norwegian victims of the South-East Asian tsunami disaster arrived in Norway from Thailand on Sunday 6th February. An official ceremony was …
More tsunami victims arrive home Read MoreAn exhibition marking 100 years of Diplomatic Relations between The Kingdom of Norway and The Kingdom of Thailand was ‘soft-opened’ at the Queen’s Gallery, Bangkok on January 27., 2005. …
NOR-TH-Norway & Thailand, Converging Lines, a Prelude to Globalization Read More