Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
“WA LONE AND KYAW SOE OO WERE SET UP, RELEASE THEM NOW” This unusual statement comes from the Danish Embassy of Myanmar, who urges the Myanmar judicial system to release …
Danish Embassy of Myanmar: Reuters journalists were set up, release them now! Read More
On the 26th-27th of April, Norway, Singapore, Germany and the Philippines will host the conference Green Shipping. Blue Business. Moving Forward Together. The conference will deal with the topics of …
Norway, Singapore, Philippines to cooporate on green shipping Read More
Coronation Day, which falls on May 5th, is no longer a public holiday in Thailand, according to Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce. This means that people working for Thai companies will …
Thai cabinet cancels May 5th holiday, adds two new holidays Read More
International School Bangkok (ISB) is thrilled to announce the opening of its unique and dynamic exhibition in the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC) from May 1 – 13, 2018. …
International School Bangkok (ISB) to Celebrate Creativity and Diversity in BACC Exhibition Read More
After gaining success with innovation houses in Silicon Valley and New York, Nordic Innovation has decided to fund the establishing of an innovation house in Singapore. The house will be …
Nordic Innovation House opening in Singapore Read More
Seemingly every country in Southeast Asia hasome sort of celebration of the Norwegian Nasjonaldagen on May 17th – but often on varying dates. In Hong Kong Klubb Norge will host …
Celebrate Nasjonaldagen in Hong Kong with Klubb Norge Read More
Although there certainly is a Danish community in Bangkok, it can be difficult for younger people to find like-minded and like-aged people in this enormous city. To solve that issue, …
The Danish Church in Thailand hosts first weekly youth café Read More
Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce offers members, relatives, friends and colleagues to celebrate the annual Vappu with fellow Fins in Thailand. The Vappu is an annual celebration of Saint Walpurga. She …
Celebrate Vappu with TFCC Read More
When you see yourself as an exporter of quality goods, it’s vital that the customers are aware that the product actually has its origin from you. And in an effort …
Norway launches quality trademark in Thailand Read More
The Crown Prince of Denmark is set to open the Danish Exhibition at Beijing Design Week, which will run from the September 26th till October 5th. The theme of this …
Crown Prince Frederik to open Danish Exhibition at Beijing Design Week Read More
Thordur Adalsteinsson, elected in April 2013 as the first ever Icelandic Board Member of Scandinavian Society Siam, made history on Thursday 19 April 2018 when he was elected as the …
Thordur Adalsteinsson new Chairman Scandinavian Society Siam Read More
Ambassador Jesper Vahr was in late March very honoured to be received by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj, the Sultan of Johor. “It demonstrates the longstanding ties …
Malaysia’s Sultan of Johor received Danish ambassador Read More
Denmark’s Minister of Health, Ellen Trane Nørby was on an official two-day visit to Vietnam during 10-11 April. Her visit aimed at enhancing the bilateral comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and …
Danish health minister visited Vietnam Read More
On 4 April the Embassy of Denmark in Kuala Lumpur hosted a class of Public Administration students from Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia (UiTM) for a presentation on Denmark and bilateral …
Danish embassy hosted Malaysian students Read More
Anders Frummerin representing Diakrit; Jiraya Chanchon, previous TSCC Executive Director; Nicklas Moberg, General Manager Oakwood Sukhumvit Suites; and Robert Björklund from Saab Group, were the four new nominated Board members …
Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce AGM: four new board members Read More
Burda International Asia, a subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media, has announced new, far-reaching changes that “will place the company at the forefront of the region’s publishing industry.” The international technology …
Lifestyle Asia Swedes in new, pivotal Burda Digital role Read More
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was celebrated on her 78th birthday in the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore. Although Her Majesty herself spent the day in Denmark, the …
The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in the Danish Seamen’s Church Read More
The springtime in Denmark is probably the only time during the year that Danes abroad look envious back at their home country. After dwelling in the darkness of winter for …
Celebrate the coming of Spring with DCCC Shanghai Read More
The Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has landed a large deal with the Royal Malaysian Navy to deliver Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) with a worth of $153 million, …
Norwegian company to supply Malaysia with Naval Strike Missiles Read More
The new Volvo B8R chassis from Volvo Buses has arrived to Southeast Asia – ‘Made to just keep running’. The Swedish premium buses brand’s latest model, which replaces the top-selling …
Volvo Buses’ new B8R model arrives to Thailand Read More
The Tibetan man recently charged with spying on his fellow exiles for the Chinese government denies charges. Read also: Sweden charges Tibetan resident for spying on fellow exiles for China …
Tibetan exile charged with spying denies charges Read More
Although many may believe that the metal scene is rather non-existant in Southeast Asia, one just has to look a bit further for the same kind of hardcore underground metal …
Norwegian metal veterans to visit Singapore Read More
From the renewable energy implementation in Denmark to Paris Agreement and climate change issues, more than one hundred and twenty students were very keen on learning more about those topics …
Danish Ambassor Kristensen visited Bali Read More
In March 2018 the embassies of Sweden, Finland and Denmark visited the easternmost province of Indonesia: Papua. The visit was a part of the embassies’ on-going efforts to visit various …
Nordic Indonesian embassies visited Papua Read More
On 17 April, the Danish Ambassador Rasmus Kristensen together with UNDP Country Director Christopher Bahuet visited the Juvenile Rehabilitation Center (LPKA) in Palembang. LPKA is applying cutting-edge approaches to restorative …
Denmark and UNDP’s support to restorative justice, Indonesia Read More
China and Finland has signed an agreement to enhance and coorporate on Arctic research. The countries will establish a joint research center for Arctic space observation and data sharing services, …
China and Finland to increase Arctic research coorporation Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Kuala Lumpur congratulates to Honorary Consul at the Danish Consulate in Kota Kinabalu (Sabah, Borneo) Mr. Anders Møller on receiving the Order of Dannebrog. Denmark …
Denmark’s Kota Kinabalu consul awarded Order of Dannebrog Read More
It’s not easy starting a church up from scratch. There’s the administrative process, rooms to be found, furniture to be installed, raising funds, creating logos, building a website and setting …
Introducing the first Danish pastor in Thailand Read More
On 9 April Nokia strengthened their cloud and data center services with the official launch of the first Nokia Cloud Collaboration Hub in Asia. Based in Singapore, the hub is …
Nokia launched Singapore Cloud Collaboration Hub Read More
The mines from the Vietnam war are still there, laying beneath the ground in the Vietnamese jungles even though the war ended more than 40 years ago. And since the …
Norway to support mine clearance in Vietnam Read MoreBack in Denmark we often celebrate the weekends coming with a beer with the colleagues. Unfortunately this tradition isn’t necessarily fully adapted here in South East Asia (yet!). But this …
Feast on hot dogs and Carlsberg in Shanghai this Friday Read More
On May 10th to May 20th the 28th edition of the European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will show contemporary cinema from 24 European countries. And among those 24 countries, every …
Scandinavian films to screen at European Union Film Festival, Singapore Read More
The Swedish postal service, Postnord, is forced to return 400.000 letters and parcels to non-EU countries after a loophole in the VAT-charge has been closed, according to the Swedish news …
Sweden to return 400.000 packages to China Read More
It’s important to stay on top of the changing visa requirements in the country of residence, and recently China has issued a highly exclusive R-Visa, which is given to people …
SwedCham Beijing on new R-Visa regulations Read More
Nearly 30 members showed up for the NordCham Vietnam networking event held on April 11th. Sponsor of the event, the Swedish software company Niteco, opened the night and afterwards Chairman …
Network event with NordCham Vietnam Read More
For Norwegians abroad, most countries in the region offers a chance to celebrate the Norwegian Constitution Day on May 17th. And the Philippines are no exception. On a slightly of …
Norwegian Constitution Day in Manila Read More
The future of Cambodian farmers is unknown. The country’s political situation is extremely unpredictable and so is the weather. Illegal logging of the forests contributes to climate changes and the …
What will happen to the next generation of Cambodian farmers? Read More
Singapore has undergone unimaginable changes over the past couple of decades and probably faster than most countries in the world. Therefore it can be hard to fathom what Singapore was …
Sjømannskirken Singapore invites to a tour through the old country Read More
The Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd and thereby also the last chance to participate in the 7-day challenge in Vietnam, a joint initiative between the UN, the …
Take the 7-day challenge with the Swedish Embassy in Vietnam Read More
The water has slowly dried from the streets and people are returning to the cities after the yearly trip to their family in the country side (which also means that …
Scandinavian embassies wishes Thailand a happy Songkran Read More Tibetan community leader Jamyang Choedon has thanked Sweden for arresting the Tibetan who allegedly was spying on fellow exiles for China. Speaking to the BBC, Ms. Choedon said that the …
Tibetan leader thanks Sweden for arresting alleged spy Read More
According to The Copenhagen Post the Danish architecture company Dissing+Weitling has been commisioned to design a project in Xiamen in the south of China called ‘Xiamen Footpath’. The footpath will …
Famous Danish architects to design Chinese ‘footpath’ Read More
According to The Guardian, Sweden has charged a Tibetan living in the country for spying on his fellow exiles for the Chinese government. The 49-year old man was working for …
Sweden charges Tibetan resident for spying on fellow exiles for China Read More
Corrected on the 18th of April at 10:50 a.m. See below In the beginning of March the Danish government launched a new tax bill with the purpose of ‘modernizing the …
Danes Worldwide critizes new restrictive tax bill meant for Danes abroad Read More
Tomorrow on the 13th of April marks the last chance for Finns to join the Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Lintilä, on a trip to explore the business opportunities of …
Last chance to visit Thailand with Team Finland Read More
Today on April 12th it is the last chance to register for the members exclusive DABS event ‘Activity Based Working’ (ABW) at LEGO Singapore. The event will be held by …
Last chance to register for ‘Activity Based Working’ DABS event Read More
History of consular affairs was made in Hong Kong on 10 April, as Finland was the first Schengen-area country to outsource the visa application reception to a VFS-operated centre. The …
Finland outsources Visa processing in Hong Kong Read More
As the flagship knowledge-sharing network EGN (Executive’s Global Network) keeps expanding in Southeast Asia Mr Nick Jonsson, who built up its presence also in Vietnam, is now the Managing Director …
Nick Jonsson spearheads knowledge-sharing network EGN’s Singapore expansion Read More
Singapore and Denmark are in the top 3 ranking of being the best countries to do business in in 2018, according to the World’s Bank Doing Business Report 2018. The …
Singapore, Denmark tops Ease of Doing Business report 2018 Read More
Swedish Ambassador Staffan Herrström has issued the monthly update on Facebook. The primary occasion for this is the upcoming Songkran festival, which is already beginning but initiates a public holiday …
Swedish Ambassador issues monthly thoughts on life in Thailand Read More