Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
On Wednesday 6 June the Consulate General of Sweden in Shanghai invited diplomatic colleagues, Swedish organizations & companies, friends and families to attend the annual National Day celebration. SwedCham’s Shanghai …
Sweden’s National Day China celebrations Read More
EQT (a leading investment firm from Sweden) in early May announced the successful closing of the EQT Mid Market Asia III fund with total commitments of USD 800 million. The …
EQT closes Mid Market Asia III fund on vibrant market Read More
The Swedish government has appointed Mr Niclas Kvarnström to become Sweden’s Ambassador to Singapore. Niclas is today Director, Deputy Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia – Ministry …
Sweden’s next ambassador to Singapore appointed Read More
The Swedish book ‘Lagom: The Swedish Secret of Living Well’ by Lola A. Åkerström was handpicked among works from ten European countries (including also Denmark and Finland) for the European …
European Book Days Vietnam: Swedish ‘lagom’ book promoted Read More
Denmark and Indonesia is sharing the best practices for handling plastic waste. “Indonesia may be inspired and adopt a number of best practices for waste management,” the Danish Ambassador said.Indonesia …
Denmark, Indonesia to co-op plastic waste management Read More
The Nordic business community’s annual Viking Fest was organised on 19 May. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Discover America’. The almost 300 participants gathered in the mid afternoon …
Viking Fest in Ho Chi Minh City Read More
NordCham Philippines, in partnership with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the EU-Philippines Business Network, and the Philippines Norway Business Council organised …
NordCham Philippines co-organised Maritime Forum Read More
On 10 June Denmark arranged a unique event in Singapore, including community singing and a debate how creativity and artistry can drive successful educational outcome and foster innovation with top …
Danish Folk High Schools event Singapore Read More
The Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä, is now set to visit Thailand in August 2018. Businesses are invited to join the Team Finland business delegation to Thailand where …
Postponed Finnish minister visit to Thailand set for August Read More
As the refugee crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar continues the European Commission has released €40 million in humanitarian aid to provide life-saving support to vulnerable Rohingya civilians and host communities …
More EU aid for Rohingya Read More
On 10-13 June the Danish Energy Business Delegation to China takes place, organised by The Confederation of Danish Industry, The Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing and Danish Board of District …
Danish Energy Business Delegation 2018 to China Read More
The Embassy of Sweden Manila celebrated the National Day of Sweden on 6 June at the Grand Hyatt Manila. Around 500 guests from the Philippine government, diplomatic corps, local and …
National Day of Sweden celebrated in Manila Read More
Recently the airline Cathay Pacific opened a new route between Copenhagen and Hong Kong. Scandinavian Airlines has weekly departures to both Shanghai and Beijing. Just a week ago the launch …
New route between Copenhagen and Beijing to attract Chinese tourists to Denmark Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Singapore released the first ever survey on Swedish business climate in Singapore. The survey has been produced by Swedish Chamber of Commerce Singapore, Business Sweden …
Launch of the first ever Swedish Business Climate Survey Singapore Read More
The Danish Chamber of Commerce in China invites exclusive its members to meet with Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Anders Samuelsen at a breakfast meeting on 21 June. This …
Exclusive Danish China event with Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen Read More
Wärtsilä, the Finnish smart technologies and complete marine and energy lifecycle solutions provider, collaborates with PIER71 in strengthening the maritime start-up ecosystem. PIER71 is an industry-wide acceleration programme setup by …
Wärtsilä Singapore, NUS to boost maritime, energy start-up ecosystem Read More
37 Swedish papers has urged China to release the detained publisher Giu Minhai, who was put into Chinese custody under suspicious circumstances in January. In January the Chinese-born Swede Giu …
37 Swedish papers urges China to release detained publisher Read More
Team Finland China got together in Shanghai on May 28-29. China Ambassador Jarno Syrjälä chaired the two-day event, reports the Finnish Business Council in Hong Kong (FinnCham). A Monday evening …
Team Finland China meeting held in Shanghai Read More
Collectius, a Swedish-Singaporean debt collection and receivables acquisition company with close to 20 years of experience in the South East Asian region, has announced the conglomerate Stena as its new …
Swedish Stena invests in debt collection company Collectius Read More
Asia House in Copenhagen, the Embassy of Denmark in Singapore and Clean – Innovating Green Solutions on 24 May presented a roundtable discussion regarding Singapore’s energy market, connecting to the …
Clean energy roundtable held at Asia House Read More
During 30 May – 6 June the Danish initiative UNLEASH Innovation Lab took place in Singapore, as the next country to take on the challenge, focusing on the UN Sustainable …
Unleash Innovation Lab programme held in Singapore Read More
The 640-million strong ASEAN population has gained prominence in recent years as a promising consumer market, with a thriving young middle-class (median age of 29) becoming more urban. Nielsen has …
Danes see Malaysia gateway to thriving Asean consumer market Read More
The Royal Thai Embassy in Copenhagen will celebrate the 160 Year Anniversary of the “Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation” between Denmark and Siam with a reception for invited guests …
Thai Embassy in Copenhagen celebrates 160 year anniversary Read More
One Night in Paris was the theme of this year’s DABS Annual Gala Dinner. As always, the event included phenomenal dresses, great dinner, champagne en masse and the distribution of …
One Night in Paris – an overall success Read More
The story about the world slowly giving in to the Chinese demands of labeling Taiwan as a province in China keeps going. In the most recent episode, a group of …
Taiwanese to challenge Norwegian court for Chinese labeling Read More
Three different experts from Finnish companies will hold presentations during the Tissue World and Asian Paper Bangkok 2018 (June 6-8, 2018). The two long-standing events have merged to offer “an …
Finnish experts to speak at Asian Paper Bangkok Read More
On Monday 28 May, Chargé d’Affairs a.i., Mr. Vegard Holmelid delivered a speech at the Norwegian Seafood Seminar and Dinner hosted by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC). This was an …
Norwegian seafood seminar and dinner held in Bangkok Read More
During 23 – 26 May the Monitor ERP Southeast Asia team attended the Metaltech 2018 trade show in Kuala Lumpur, their biggest appearance yet in the region – as Gold …
Metaltech Malaysia: Monitor ERP System invited to Swedish ‘Fika’ Read More
8 May 2018 saw the first Nordic Day celebrations ever held in Malaysia, as the five Nordic missions in Kuala Lumpur gathered friends and colleagues to celebrate years of ever-closer …
First ever Nordic Day celebrations held in Malaysia Read More
In April the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi together with the United Nations (UN) in Vietnam and Live&Learn arranged an initiative called the ‘7 Day Challenge’. The 7 Day Challenge was …
UN and Sweden held 7 Day Challenge in Vietnam Read More
The recent Malaysian election was one of the most hectic in the history of the country and marked an end to the 61-year rule by Barisan Nasional and put the …
Danish Business Council talk on Malaysian election Read More
Jakob Lykkegaard Pedersen, known from the gaming company Playlab, is clearly one of those uniquely talented entrepreneurs – and who is making it in Asia while having the whole world …
Augmented reality and machine learning next for games producer Jakob Lykkegaard Read More
“We, both the rebels and the government, cannot walk away from the negotiating table because Norway has consistently been there.” The words comes from the Philippines’ Presidential Adviser on the …
Norway hailed as peace facilitator by Philippines Read More
All over the world, the Swedish Midsummer will celebrate the very awaited coming of the sun and light. It is probably one of the most Swedish celebrations, which traditionally includes …
Swedish Midsummer Party China coming up Read More Finnair is among the 20 airlines to officially change the description of Taiwan to being a part of China. This happened after Beijing issued a demand to 36 airlines that …
Finnair labels Taiwan as Chinese province Read More
The head of the subsidiary Dynamic Oil Trading is sentenced to prison for losses of 90 million dollars. The top of the OW Bunker Group was not aware of the …
OW Bunker’s top management was misled by the Singapore boss Read More
Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warns Greenland’s Home Rule Government not to allow a Chinese contractor to build airports in Greenland. The message is that the Danish government will …
Danish PM warns Greenland not allow Chinese entrepreneurs build airports Read More
On 11 May the Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong hosted a media event at the Swedish Residence, in relation to the Midsummer and National Day celebration on 8th …
Pre-taste of Swedish midsummer in Hong Kong Read More
On 24 May Swedish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong launched the position paper: ‘Plastic waste – a call for action’, with opening remarks from Consul General Helena Storm. The Swedish …
SwedCham Hong Kong launched anti plastic campaign Read More
Finland and Hong Kong have signed a tax treaty on 24 May. When in force, it further highlights Finland’s position as a secure and predictable destination for Hong Kong investors. …
Tax treaty signed between Finland and Hong Kong Read More
I you have subscribed to any service hosted within the EU, you may have noticed the wave of “updated privacy policy” mails in your inbox the last week or so. …
DanCham Thailand warns of new EU data law: GDPR now into force Read More
Denmark has strenghtened the pursuit towards green energy with three Southeast Asian countries – Indonesia, China and Vietnam. On May 16th, The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) revealed plans to enhance …
Denmark enhances green energy co-op with SE Asia Read More
A Swedish delegation recently met with the Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in Myanmar. According to their Facebook page, they discussed 2Sweden’s humanitarian and development support in Myanmar. …
Sweden launches new developement strategy for Myanmar Read More
One of the very overlooked Danish movies of the otherwise dull 2016 is Walk With Me (De Standhaftige) is about to be shown to Thai audience. On the 16th of …
Danish film screening coming up: Walk With Me to be shown in Bangkok Read More
The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce is looking for someone to fill the spot of Executive Administrator. The job offers a possibility of gaining entrance to the Danish and Scandinavian business …
DanCham Thailand looking for Executive Administrator Read More
If there’s one incontestable truth today in the global manufacturing ecosystem, is that it looks nothing like that of the past. It wasn’t long ago when manufacturers planned their production …
Sweden’s Monitor ERP System a proven key enabler for Southeast Asian manufacturers Read More
The European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore (EuroCham) and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Singapore (SwedCham) have announced the inaugural Schuman Business Talk, kicking off with one of the most prominent …
Marcus Wallenberg to hold business talk in Singapore Read More
Yangon is, like most cities in the current urbanisation of the world, currently facing expansion and developement in a way, that the city hasn’t seen before – especially since the …
Danish ambassador opens free space in Yangon Read More
Exactly 160 years ago on 21 May, H.M. King Frederik VII of Denmark, H.M. King Mongkut and H.M. King Pinklao of Siam signed the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation …
Denmark highlights 160 years old treaty with Thailand Read More
Today the annual Royal Run takes off in Denmark celebrating the 50th birthday of Frederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark. And coinciding with the run – which will take place …
Chinese kindergarten teachers to run with Crown Prince of Denmark Read More