Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Smedvig, 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 MoreEuro-Vietnam Jazz Festival 2005 will take place from 30 November to 10 December, 2005 in Hanoi and HCM City. There will be nine European jazz bands and solo artists from …
5th EU Jazz Festival in Vietnam Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Singapore will handle all the Schengen Visa applications on behalf of other Nordic countries due to the coming pilot project during 7 November 2005 – …
Nordic Embassies Singapore to Join Nordic Visa Co-operation Read MoreMore than 90 Norwegian businessmen and embassy officials attended the 8th Norway-Asia Conference 2005 November 10-11, at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore prompting the organizers to qualify the meet as “a …
8th Norway-Asia Conference An Impressive Success Read MoreAll people injured and relatives of the diseased, who want to take part in the the Boxing Day memorial, can apply the Thai government to have the trip to Thailand …
Norwegians turn down Tsunami memorial Read MoreThe glittering spectacle of Viking helmets and Scandinavian flags greeted the European Young Professionals on Wednesday as they descended on Stable Lodge on Sukhumvit Soi 8 in downtown Bangkok for …
Vikings In Style Read MoreFinland has submitted seven entries, most of all Nordic countries, to the official Thai tsunami memorial design competition. Sweden comes second with three entries followed by two from Denmark. Norway …
Twelve Nordic entries to tsunami memorial competition Read MoreThe representative had working sessions with the executives of the Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children (PEDC) on 31 October, project to discuss its progress, especially in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. …
Norway’s Diplomatic Corps to the Field in Vietnam Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian embassy in Bangkok presents a solo dance “SLOWFLY/V.i.c.t.o.r.i.a” performed by Monica Emilie Herstad at the Patravadi theatre in Bangkok on 16 December. The performance is based on …
Norwegian Solo Dance in Bangkok Read More