Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
DiGi.Com Berhad (DiGi), Telenor ASA’s mobile operation in Malaysia, on July 22 announced higher revenue of MYR 793.0 million for the first half year ended 30 June 2003, an impressive …
Telenor’s DiGi sees 33% revenue growth in H1 Read MorePhilippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC) is pinning its hope on the Norwegian government’s assistance in preventing fish kills that destroy millions …
Norwegian technology expected to prevent fish kills in Philippines Read MoreThe largest Nordic travel insurance company, SOS International a/s warns of a dramatic increase in Nordic tourists injured in motorcycle accidents when on vacation in South East Asia. For Thailand, …
Don’t rent a motorcycle! Read MoreThe governments of Norway and Sweden have set up a joint USD 3.6 million Poverty and Environment Fund to be administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the bank announced …
Norway and Sweden set up poverty and environment fund Read MorePhilippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia said July 19 that the peace talks with the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) will definitely resume at the end of August in Norway …
Philippines’ peace talks with NDF to resume in August instead Read MoreNorway’s trade of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) with Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia slipped in …
Norway’s half-year trade with major ASEAN countries slipped Read MoreThe spectacular and beautiful shores of Flekke Fjord in Norway may seem light years away from the bustle of Bangkoks’ busy streets. But for one bright Thai student they will …
Slum Child wins Norway Scholarship 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 MoreNorway and Britain early May in Hanoi entered into an agreement with Vietnamese government to provide a financial support of over US$25 million for Vietnam to fight against HIV/AIDS – …
NORAD supports Vietnam in fight against HIV/AIDS Read MoreNorway and Sweden have, among other donors, provided financial aid for Vietnamese government to launch US$243.8-million Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children project aimed at helping underprivileged children in Vietnam complete …
Norway, Sweden help launch Vietnam’s primary education scheme Read MorePeace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF), the underground political umbrella of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), will resume by the end of …
Norway bringing next hope for peace to Philippines 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 MoreJotun Paints Vietnam has over its first five years in Vietnam achieved the leading positions in the marine and industrial paint sectors. The Norwegian company continues its rapid and ambitious …
Jotun Paints Vietnam celebrated 5th Anniversary Read MoreNorges Fiskerihogskole (Norwegian College of Fishery Science), University of Tromso and Tropical Marine Science Institute at National University of Singapore early in June entered into a memorandum of understanding opening …
Norway–Singapore aquaculture cooperation expanding Read MoreAn honest Bangkok taxi driver was on May 24 given more than Bt10,000 cash as a reward for returning a forgotten handbag with cash equaling over Bt300,000 to the owner …
Thai taxi driver rewarded by Norwegian Read MoreSiem Reap is truly the most unlikely place on earth to find a Norwegian managed guesthouse. But when you walk in the front door at Earthwalkers’ in the northern Cambodian …
Impossible Norwegian dream in Siem Reap Read MoreGro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, in early June visited Vietnam for the last time before leaving her job to go back to Norway …
Norwegian priest’s farewell to Vietnam Read MoreGro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, on Tuesday 17 June donated 10,000 Baht to help HIV infected Thai people under the care of the …
Gro Haaversen Barth supports HIV victims Read MoreNorwegian global provider of engineering and construction services, Aker Kvaerner, recently through its Canada-based subsidiary Chemetics entered into two new contracts for equipment supply and engineering services for two integrated …
Aker Kvaerner wins USD30-million contract in Indonesia 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 MoreNearly half the international patients of Bangkok Hospital are Scandinavians. Some are residents of Thailand while others are Scandinavians living in countries around the region. For about one year, …
Bangkok Hospital expanding in the Scandinavian market Read MoreDiGi Telecommunications company on 27 May signed a strategic agreement with Siemens Malaysia to spend between 100 and 200 million ringgit on boosting its technological capabilities amid stiffer competition. …
DiGi in strategic partnership with Siemens Read MoreNeraTel, Singapore in April signed three new contracts worth a total of 62 Mill NOK. Two of the orders worth 44 Mill NOK were with two mobile telecom operators in …
NeraTel signs orders worth 62 Mill. NOK 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 MoreThe Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in May re-launched its magazine under the new name “Thai-Norwegian Business Review”. The new quarterly magazine came with visually attractive design and new concept for …
TNCC re-launches quarterly magazine in Thailand Read MoreStein Vangen, the Norwegian pastor at the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in Singapore since October 2002, will this autumn start in a full time job visiting the Norwegian communities in South …
Norwegian Priest in Singapore appointed new regional duties Read MoreThailand’s second-largest mobile phone operator Total Access Communication Plc. (TAC) has reported 19% year-on-year growth in net new subscribers to its DTAC service in April. TAC, 30% owned by Norway’s …
DTAC subscribers rise 19% in April Read MoreFinland’s national carrier Finnair will in June cancel three weekly flights from Helsinki to Bangkok and onwards to Singapore and Hong Kong due to weak seasonal demand, but repeated its …
Finnair to cut flights to South East Asia due slow season Read MoreMore than 200 Norwegians and Thais celebrated the National Day of Norway in Thailand on 17 May 2003 in the usual grand style with hoisting of the flag, parade, speeches …
Great 17 May celebrations in Thailand Read MoreIn 2004, Scandinavian Airlines plans to become the first airline to offer Internet connection on board intercontinental flights. “Our home market is the world’s most IT-dense region, so it …
Internet on SAS flight Read MoreTelenor ASA’s Thai partner Total Access Communica-tion (DTAC) on May 21 launched its rebranded prepaid mobile phone service “Happy Dprompt” as part of its effort to gain a greater share …
Telenor re-brands prepaid mobile phone service in Thailand Read MoreThe Indonesian Norwegian Business Council (INBC), in co-operation with the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta, organized an evening celebration “Snowflakes Over Java” on May 17 at Jakarta Hilton International to mark …
Norwegian Independence Day in Indonesia 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 MoreMr. Sim Boon Kiat, President of ABB Industry Pte Ltd., has since March 1 assumed Mr. Charles Sher’s responsibilities as Head of Low Voltage Products of the company. Mr. Sher …
ABB’s new head of low voltage products in Singapore 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 MoreNorwegian owned paint producer Jotun Paints Vietnam plans to invest additional US$5 million this year to expand its production facility and subsequently, its capacity to produce 10 million liters annually, …
Jotun ready to pour more investment in Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian Church in Singapore has put all activities for children on hold to help curb the spread of SARS. But the Church has at the same time felt it …
Singapore Church in times of SARS 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 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 MoreHydrogas (Thailand) Co., Ltd. wishes to expand its carbon dioxide (CO2) applications into wastewater treatment and, in longer terms, offer other gases and chemicals for environmental management in Thailand. Hydrogas’ …
Hydrogas hopes to reduce pollutions in Thailand Read MoreNorwegian airline owner’s impression on a trip with young Singapore stewardesses set off shock waves when he told TV2 comparing the flying experience with that from SAS. “Singapore Airlines has …
Singapore cabin crew spark debate in Norway Read MoreVietnam has been removed from the WHO list of countries hit by the mysterious pneumonia-like virus infection, SARS and the advice to avoidtravelling to Vietnam has been lifted. Vietnam registered …
Vietnam SARS free Read MoreABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced on March 26 that three contracts have been signed to supply Optimize IT Expert Optimizer to the Siam Cement Plants of …
ABB optimizes Siam Cement’s production in Saraburi Read MoreThirty-four mine survivors from Thai-Cambodian provinces and the War Veterans Organization joined a 140-kilometre, Bangkok-Lopburi bicycle rally on April 22-24, which is sponsored by the Norwegian government among other Thai …
Norway supports mine survivors’ bicycle rally to ban landmines Read MoreThe Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC), which is supported by Norway among others, destroyed its remaining stockpile of 2,500 anti-personnel landmines on April 24 in Lop Buri with a thunderous …
Norway witnesses Thailand destroy remaining landmine stockpiles Read MoreScandinavian Airlines will suspend flying to Singapore from May 1 and until 21 May as the route is “currently not profitable.” Like other airlines, SAS has suffered low passenger numbers …
SAS drops flights to Singapore from 1 May Read MorePan Asia Paper Co., Pte Ltd., Singapore has, effective April 1, 2003, appointed Hannes Skisakerhas as the new Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing (Chief Sales Officer), succeeding Jan Clasen, …
New chief sales officer at Pan Asia Paper Read MoreNorway’s trade of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in the …
Norway’s trade with major ASEAN countries shrank in Q1/2003 Read MorePower and automation technologies company ABB Thailand has since December last year relocated its head office from Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakarn to SG Tower on Rajdamri Road Bangkok. …
ABB Thailand’s head office well settled in Bangkok Read MoreThe number of Thai people living in Norway in 2003 increased 21.52 per cent from the earlier year. Statistics Norway’s figures shows that 3,636 Thai people lived in Norway as …
21.52% more Thai people living in Norway Read More