Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Bands from Sweden and Norway and up to forty-five artists from Asia and Europe will attend the 2008 international music festival in Vietnam named Cracking Bamboo which will be held …
Scandinavian Bands Take Part In International Music festival In Vietnam Read MoreNorway is banning its sovereign wealth fund from investing in Anglo-Australian mining firm Rio Tinto because of environmental concerns. The country’s finance minister Kirsten Halvorsen said the £500m stake held …
Norway Blacklists Miner Rio Tinto Read MoreIt was a gamble to move from selling pharmaceutical drugs to selling paint, but Marvynn Gan did not let that deter him from plunging into a relatively unknown industry 20 …
Bold Gamble With Torun Paints Pays Off For Malaysian Businessman Read MoreSingaporian brand consultancy BrandAsian has been appointed by Snorre Food to reposition its Norwegian seafood business in Southeast Asia.According to BrandAsian CEO, Joe Baladi, Snorre is the latest firm to …
Snorre Selects BrandAsian Read MoreAker Solutions, the Norwegian international oil and gas engineering service company, opened a new operation centre in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, yesterday. Located within the State-owned base …
Aker Solutions Sets Up New Base In Vietnam Read MoreFigures show tourism being decimated by continuing crisis. International arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport have dropped 30 per cent, while average hotel-occupancy rates in Bangkok and Phuket have plunged 40-50 per …
Airport Arrivals, Hotel Occupancy Fall Sharply Read MoreAn ecumenical delegation of prominent church leaders from the Philippines is set to arrive in Oslo in September to meet with Norwegian church leaders to advocate the resumption of peace …
Pinoys Seek Help of Norwegian Church Leaders to Revive GRP-NDF Talks Read MoreAs more signs of violence keep emerging in the political clash between the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the administration of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, members of the diplomatic …
Nordic Diplomat Find The Impasse Alarming Read MoreThailand‘s telecoms regulator said on Friday it expected to issue new licences for third-generation mobile services by the end of 2009, seen as a key step in reforming the competitive …
Thai NTC Plans To Issue New 3G Licences By End-2009 Read MoreThe last summer meeting at restaurant “Green Tree” managed to attract 55 people Saturday August 23. And they were there to socialise and not to forget, to get the latest …
One Bottle Of Beer – And 55 Scandinavians Read More