Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Members of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce on April 8 elected four new members of the chamber’s board of governors at this year’s annual general meeting held at the Sheraton …
Four new board members elected at TNCC’s AGM in Bangkok Read MoreThai immigrants, among others from Asia and Middle East, play big part in growing population of Norway which increased by 27,900 people last year. Norway’s total population now stands at …
Norwegian population growing Read MorePrevious Vietnamese citizens make the second largest group that has been granted Norwegian citizenship since 1977, according to the latest figures released by Statistics Norway. Since 1977 – which is …
Vietnamese the second largest group naturalized in Norway Read MoreSunday 23 March, the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a special sermon for the more than 80 participants who joined the event followed by a …
Scandinavian Church celebrated 10 years in Bangkok Read MoreSave the Child Norway has donated over 123,281,000 kip for improving the learning and teaching facilities, as part of the aid group’s support for the attempt of Luang Prabang province …
Norway supports Luang Prabang for higher quality teaching Read MoreNorway’s import from Thailand increased slightly by 4.2% to 89.6 million NOK in January 2003 while export from the Scandinavian country to Thailand during the same month grew significantly by …
Norwegian trade with Thailand grew in January 2003 Read MoreSix land based water quality monitoring stations and one mobile unit will this spring be set up along the banks of the Chao Phraya River by a consortium led by …
Oceanor to watch Chao Phraya River Read MoreThe Norwegian toothbrush brand Jordan last year achieved a 27% growth from 2001. The Norwegian toothbrush brand Jordan has enjoyed double-digit growths year by year in Thailand and aims to …
Jordan toothbrush up 27% in Thailand Read MoreSex industry in Thailand was largely run by small and informal cross-border networks, a Norwegian NGO in Laos said at a recent symposium on human trafficking. According to the United …
Human trafficking victims mostly from Thailand’s neighbours Read MoreWhen Per Brekke, Managing Director of ABB in Vietnam by March 2003 leaves his position for a job back at ABB in Norway, it will be with a nice sense …
Mission Completed! Read MoreNorwegian government has supported a setup of rubbish disposal site in Pakse to help the city avoid future waste crisis. The Lao PDR has not had the pollution experienced in …
Norway supports waste disposal project in Laos Read MoreNera Telecommunications Ltd, Singapore (NeraTel) announced on 18 February 2003 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, P.T. Nera Indonesia, has entered into a supplementary agreement amounting to S$13.9 million with P.T. Telekomunikasi …
NeraTel contracted in Indonesia Read MoreThe investment write-down by Norway’s Telenor in Total Access Communications (DTAC) will have no impact on Telenor’s long-term relationship with the Thai cell-phone operator, according to the report published in …
Telenor still sees promising future with DTAC Read MoreThe new website of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam as an integrated part of the new ScandAsia.com concept was officially launched on Friday 14 February at a reception …
Nordcham introduces new website Read MoreNorwegian and Lao officials recently discussed ways to disseminate anti drug information and improve the criminal law in a high calibre meeting. The gathering was part of a visit to …
Norway, Lao find ways to fight drugs, criminals Read MoreA Norwegian businessman who is among owners of the bars and shops that were razed to the ground on Sukhumvit Soi 10 filed a complaint with Lumpini police on February …
Norwegian bar owner files suit Read MoreThe number of foreigners from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland living in Thailand declined last year compared to 2001. The number of Scandinavians classified by the Thai immigration authorities as …
Declining number of Scandinavian in Thailand Read MoreNorwegian International Programme for Petroleum Management and Administration (PETRAD) on February 6 conducted a one-day workshop for Thailand’s Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) in Bangkok to present and discuss national …
PETRAD conducts workshop in Thailand Read MoreSome 120 Danes, Swedes, Norwegian and Finns enjoyed the annual Garden Party, which took place Saturday 1st of February in the lovely garden of the Danish Ambassador Mr. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen …
SSS Garden Party 2003 Read MoreSave the Children Norway has provided US$ 91,400 to produce magazines for children, in order to encourage them to read from an early age. The memorandum was inked on 17 …
Norway encourages lao kids to read Read MoreNera ASA, through its wholly owned subsidiary Nera Broadband Satellite, has entered into an agreement with Shin Satellite to deliver gateways for use in the iPSTAR system, offering broadband communications …
Nera sign broadband satellite contract with Shin Satellite Read MoreNera Telecommunications Ltd, a Nera ASA’s associated company in Singapore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, a Memorandum of Agreement and a Frame Supply Contract with Isaiah Verse 65 Foundation, …
NeraTel gets NOK 35 million WorldCommunicator contract in Philippines Read MoreThe heads of Norwegian telecom giant Telenor and its Thai business partner Total Access Communication (DTAC) had a meeting with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Government House in January …
Telenor meets PM Thaksin Read MoreNammo AS of Norway and SME Ordnance Sdn. Bhd. (SMEO) of Malaysia have signed a long-term agreement covering co-operation on production of 25mm ammunition for the new Malaysian Armoured Combat …
Malaysia buys Norwegian ammunition Read MoreNorway in 2002 gained tremendous good will around the globe for its successful brokering of the peace process in Sri Lanka. For the Norwegian image in South East Asia, it …
Norway the Peace Maker Read MoreThe conference takes place again this year at Beaufort Hotel on Singapore’s Sentosa Island on 13th and 14th March 2003, organised jointly by the Norwegian Business Association in Singapore, the …
Norway in Asia seminar in March 2003 Read MoreThe Norwegian Businessmen Charity Fund of Thailand in November raised an amazing 1,700,000 Thai Baht in support of a project for HIV Children in Chiang Mai which the Norwegian business …
Norwegian businessmen support Thai AIDS orphans Read MoreSmedvig’s self-erecting semi-tender rig West Alliance will start production drilling for Unocal Makassar Ltd in Indonesia in January this year. The rig has previously been drilling for Esso Production Malaysia …
Smedvig awarded drilling contract in Indonesia Read MoreThe Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City elected a new board of directors at its Annual General Meeting in November. The following members were reelected: Sigmund Stromme, …
New Board after AGM in HCMC Read MoreTelenor Mobile and Ericsson in December 2002 signed a global framework agreement for Multimedia Messaging Services solutions, the technology that offers enhanced messaging capabilities such as color pictures, photographs, sounds, …
Telenor Mobile signs global MMS deal with Ericssons Read MoreWhen a Norwegian woman went on stage to give a show together with Thai go go dancers at the Pink Panther bar in Patong’s Soi Seadragon on Phuket it became too much …
Norwegian go go show in Phuket too much Read MoreNorway was praised for its contribution to clear landmines in Thailand in an editorial carried in Bangkok Post on October 26, 2002. Estimates vary as to the number of Thai …
Norway praised for mine clearing support Read MoreThe Scandinvian Church on Sukhumvit Soi 33 was during the month of June renovated by a group of volunteers from the congregation under the guidance of the Norwegian Minister Gro Haaversen …
Norwegian Minister leads Scandinavian Church renovation Read MoreNorway has agreed to try to revive peace talks between the Philippines government and communist rebels. The announcement was made in Oslo in mid-October by Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen …
Norway to revive Philippine peace talks Read MoreNorway has pledged to grant Vietnam 17 million Norwegian crowns, or around $2 million, in non-refundable aid for the second stage of the Study Improvement in the Seafood Research Institute …
Norway Funds Vietnam $2 Mln for Fishery Development Read MoreAn increasing number of Philopino nurses have over the past few years moved to work in Norway, where the demand for nurses exceed the supply with some 5,500 nurses. Generally, …
Philipino nurses popular in Norway Read MoreThe question was put forward by President of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Mr. Nils-Gunnar Hjellegjerde at the Thai-Norway Business Seminar held on Wednesday 16 October 2002 at the Hotel …
First Thai-Norway Business Seminar Read MoreA legend in his own time in the Norwegian community in Thailand and a long time resident of Thailand, Mr. Tove Bjerkan on 19th of May 2002 celebrated his 80th …
Tove Bjerkan celebrated his 80 years birthday Read MoreAlthough the smallest among the four Nordic Chambers in Thailand, the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce has for many years been able to donate several million Baht to a home in …
Helping AIDS children survive Read MoreThoresen Thai Agencies Plc in April signed a landmark contract in the development of the Thoresen Group to enter into a 49% joint venture with the Sharjah Port Authority in …
Thoresen breaks into Port Management Read MoreThe Thoresen group of companies is one of the largest conglomerates within the Thai shipping sector and the Thai shipping services sector. At the centre of the group is Thoresen …
Thoresen Group in Thailand : Shipping and all related services Read MoreSix young Norwegians have joined together in establishing a small hotel in Siem Reap close to the famous Angkor Wat in Northwestern Cambodia with a vision to expand – on …
Norwegian Hotel in Cambodia Read MoreNorwegian telecoms group Nera said in early August that its Singapore unit Nera Telecommunications was expected to have “significantly better” results for 2002 than 2001. Nera said gains from an …
Nera sees better 2002 for Singapore Read MoreDr Bengt Ageros, Regional Representative of Save the Children Norway on October 4 signed an agreement with the Lao National Commission for Mothers and Children to provide financial and technical support …
Norway sponsores Child report on Laos Read MoreNorwegian shipbuilding and oil services group, Kvaerner has made Singapore one of its two regional business hubs. The other is Houston, Texas. The move is to strengthen its oil and …
Kvaerner picks Singapore as its Asia-Pacific hub Read MoreNORWEGIAN oral care company Jordan aims for a double-digit sales growth in Malaysia this year in spite of the shrinking toothbrush market. Its president (Asia-Pacific) Knut Leversby said the total …
Jordan targets double-digit growth Read MoreOver thirty members of mostly the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce but also the other Scandinavian Chambers on Saturday the 31 August enjoyed a visit to Amata City and Hjellegjerde in …
Norwegians in Thailand visited Amata City and Hjellegjerde Read MoreThai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Norwegian Embassy is seeking to establish a “Team Norway” in Thailand where the efforts of the Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Chamber, and the …
Thailand to set up a Team Norway Read MoreDraw a big cross on the map of Bangkok on the west bank of the Chao Phaya river. Put the North-South line in the middle between the river and the …
Norconsult mega project takes shape Read MoreThe Thai-Scandinavian Chamber’s office in Bangkok has entered an agreement to be reinforced with two Norwegian post-graduate students, Aud Kamilla Sivertsen and Terje Gilleshammer, who will work at the Chamber …
Norwegian students at the Thai-Scandinavian Chambers Read More