Norway the Peace Maker
Norway 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 MoreNorwegian businessmen support Thai AIDS orphans
The 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 awarded drilling contract in Indonesia
Smedvig’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 MoreNew Board after AGM in HCMC
The 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 signs global MMS deal with Ericssons
Telenor 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 MoreNorwegian go go show in Phuket too much
When 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 MoreNorwegian Minister leads Scandinavian Church renovation
The 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 to revive Philippine peace talks
Norway 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 Funds Vietnam $2 Mln for Fishery Development
Norway 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 MorePhilipino nurses popular in Norway
An 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, …
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