Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norwegian former Foreign Minister Jan Petersen on behalf of Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was at time of press scheduled to attend the ceremony to mark the one year …
Norwegian Delegates Attend Tsunami Memorial Read MoreSAS is working overtime these days in an effort to sell off their maintenance company, SAS Component Group, to Singapore Technology. This has been confirmed by Mr. Bertil Ternert, who …
SAS Ready to Sell Sub-Company to Singapore Read MoreNorwegian ambassador to Vietnam HE Mr. Kjell Storløkken together with ambassadors from Canadian, New Zealand, and Switzerland pledged to continue a support on Vietnam’s poverty reduction efforts and will strengthen …
Norway Pledge to Improve Vietnam’s Poverty Read MoreSuccessful businessman in Cambodia: to most people that sentence would be a contradiction of terms as Cambodia has just been voted one of the worst countries to do business in, …
Beating the odds in Cambodia Read MoreNorway’s new Ambassador to Vietnam H.E. Mr. Kjell Storløkken went on a field trip to visit the Central Highland provinces of Vietnam from 4 – 6 November together with his …
Ambassdor Storløkken on Central Highlands Field Trip Read MoreThe Red Cross of Norway has successfully raised a total of VND 1.286 billion in 2005 to assist the Vietnamese Red Cross working in central Binh Dinh province. The aid …
Norway Grants Aid to Vietnamese Red Cross Read MoreNordic Investment Bank (NIB) held a seminar on providing credits to Vietnamese businesses in Quy Nhon city in the central Binh Dinh province on 23 November, 2005. NIB vice president …
Nordic Bank Continues Lending to Vietnamese Businesses Read MoreNorway is the most expensive country in the world according to a survey brought in the Danish newspaper, Jyllandsposten. The annual survey done by the analysis company ECA International shows …
Expensive Scandinavia Read MoreSmedvig, Norwegian offshore oil driller, has been awarded two rig contracts by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in Malaysia on 17 November 2005. This transaction is worth US$74 million. In a …
Norway’s Smedvig Awarded Rig Contracts from Petronas Read MoreThree Tsunami sirenes have already been set up at Patong Beach, and the entire island of Phuket will have 18 sirenes installed in tall towers along the coast. The local …
Tsunami Sirenes Ready for New Tourist Season Read More