Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
In your opinion, over the past year, has the level of corruption in this country increased or decreased or stayed the same? This was among questions asked to nearly 22,000 …
Survey: Thailand the Asian country with least increase in corruption Read More
Pereric Hogberg, Ambassador of Sweden to Vietnam, launched a photo competition highlighting gender equality in Vietnam on Monday 6 March 2017. In connection to the International Women’s Day on March …
Sweden launches gender equality photo competition in Hanoi Read More
”H&M group is one of the leading fashion retailers globally when it comes to sustainability and have for many years put great efforts to improve working conditions and strengthen workers’ …
Angry workers damage H&M factory in Myanmar Read More
“Is it the Swedish Government’s intention that its citizens will profit from the Thai government, here in Thailand, while Thai citizens who want to work in Sweden, for example with …
Thailand Swedes’ health insurance campaign gains momentum Read More
Princesses, pirates, superheroes and cats. There were many different costumes when Danish Women’s Network and Danes Worldwide Learning Center invited to the Danish holiday Fastelavn at Natural Park in Bangkok. On …
Fastelavn party in Bangkok exceeded all expectations Read More
The big pork producer from Denmark, Danish Crown, is targeting China with new plans for opening a factory in Shanghai. As the Chinese market is demanding higher quality meat and …
Danish Crown to open new plant in Shanghai Read More
A Thai Airways flight TG963 with 300 passengers on board was evacuated Thursday at Arlanda Airport in Sweden following a bomb threat. It has now safely arrived in Phuket airport on …
Thai flight arrives safely after bomb threat in Sweden Read More
On 28 February 2017 Finnish Business Council and the Finnish Embassy in Beijing organised an event for gender equality called “Career Women First” which was also part of Finland’s independence …
Finnish Minister speaks for Gender Equality in Beijing Read More
On Wednesday 1 March 2017 a new chapter began in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A new Nordic Chamber of Commerce had their very first meeting where they presented their ideas and …
NordCham Cambodia for better business and viking parties Read More
After being accused of forcing minor male staff member at his guesthouse in Siem Reap to have sex with costumers, Danish Sven Erik Jonasson was imprisoned in 2010. After serving 6 …
After 6 years in Cambodian prison: Dane freed by Royal pardon Read More
Pork roast, fillet of plaice, roasted duck, risalamande and much more. All of the classic Danish Christmas foods were served at the garden of the Danish Embassy, Bangkok when the …
Plenty of Christmas food at Danish New Year Luncheon Read More
On 9 – 12 March 2017 it is once again time for one of the year’s happy highlights – where the bonds between people, and between people and elephants are …
Swedes to compete at Anantara’s Elephant Polo 2017 tournament Read More
Suffering from any chronic pain? Being aware of too high workload, with stress-related pain as a result, but not really doing anything about it? And what about the all too …
Paying holistic attention to pain – Else Vistisen Therapy Read More
Many Nordic companies and solutions exhibited (among 100 of the world’s leading airport equipment suppliers) at the Inter Airport South East Asia trade show at Singapore EXPO from 15 – …
Scandinavian solutions at airport tradeshow Singapore Read More
More Chinese people will hopefully soon be wandering the streets of Denmark. 2017 marks a year where Denmark as the first EU country is working with China to increase tourism …
China Denmark Tourism Year opens in Beijing Read More
A Swedish frequent tourist to Thailand, Annika Owenmark, was so happy with new form of beach chairs on Kamala Beach, Phuket, that she took a picture and send a message …
Swede likes sand chairs on Phuket beach Read More
The first get together meeting of the new Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, was held last night, on Wednesday 1 March 2017, at restaurant Black Bambu in Phnom Penh. The …
First Nordic Chamber meeting in Cambodia Read More
The trial against a Danish man who paid for watching sex between young Filipinos that was streamed live to him from the Philippines, has begun in Denmark. The 70-year-old man …
Danish man regrets online sexual abuse of Filipino children Read More
Scandinavian Society Siam regrets to inform you that the annual Garden Party in the garden of the Residence of the Danish Ambassador has been postponed from 11 March to now …
Scandinavian Garden Party postponed to 25 March Read More
“You will have a Danish Christmas in Bangkok this year,” promised the new Secretary General of the Danish Church Abroad Mrs Pia Sundbøll at a meeting yesterday 28 February 2017 …
Danish Christmas in Bangkok this year Read More
On Thursday 23 February Finnish-owned Huone Singapore was inaugurated, with H.E. Finland’s Ambassador to Singapore Paula Parviainen in attendance. This international expansion is based on Huone Events Hotel from Helsinki …
Huone Singapore: Finnish innovative events concept arrives Read More
FinlandCare together with Suomi100 Singapore and the Finnish Embassy in Singapore will take part in the Ageing Asia Innovation Forum held in Singapore on 25 – 27 April 2017. Finland’s …
Finland at Singapore International Ageing Asia Innovation Forum 2017 Read More
When telling the story to ScandAsia about Lifestyle Asia co-founder Richard Nilsson indicated that they would not be independent forever. After celebrating 10 years in business in 2016 the announcement …
Lifestyle Asia joins Burda International Read More
The deadline for buying tickets for the DABS Gala Ball on 4 March 2017 is this Friday, 24 February 2017. To register, members should kindly send an email including the names of …
Last call to buy your ticket for the DABS Gala Ball Read More
On 15-16 February the Swedish health and elderly care delegation continued to Hong Kong, following two days in Singapore. Business Sweden brought Swedish companies over to Asia to participate in …
Swedish health and elderly care delegation in Hong Kong Read More
Sofia Norén (born in 1992) from Borås is the winner of the 2017 Anders Wall scholarship for a one-year internship at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The scholarship …
Sofia Norén from Borås wins Anders Wall Shanghai scholarship Read More
On Friday 24 February 2017 Business Sweden and InvestHK host a seminar in Stockholm Sweden: The Karolinska Institutet Node in Hong Kong, a springboard to Asia. In 2016 Karolinska Institutet’s …
Karolinska seminar promotes Hong Kong as Asia hub Read More
Novozymes upholds patent on enzymes for production of fuel ethanol and beverage alcohol as lawsuit against enzyme makers Longda and Boli reaches conclusion at China’s highest court, writes Novozymes on …
Supreme Court of China rules in favour of Danish Novozymes Read More
Dewaco, a Finnish cleantech company, has broken its own record twice this month. In the start of February 2017 they first received their largest order of company history from Kuala …
Finnish cleantech company breaks record in Vietnam Read More
Head of Primary School Duncan Stonehouse receives the Eco-Schools certificate from representatives of WWF Thailand On Tuesday 21st February 2017, Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School (Bangkok Prep) became the first school in …
Bangkok Prep receives Eco-Schools Green Flag Award Read More
Jon Georg Dale, Minister of Agriculture and Food in Norway, met with the Chinese Ambassador to Norway, Wang Min, on 21 February 2017, to discuss opportunities for a collaboration in …
Norway’s Minister of Agriculture and Food meets with China Read More
“Architecture with People” is the name of the Danish exhibition that opened on Monday 20 February 2017 at the Galeri Serdang, which is part of the Faculty of Design and …
Danish architecture exhibit at Malaysian Gallery Read More
Danish biscuits have long been popular among the Chinese. Now it seems the Danish jam is also experiencing a higher demand in China. Scandic Food, a food producing company based …
Scandic Food to focus on jam export to China Read More
To the naked eye the stunning villas of The Royals Sands may look like any other luxurious 5-star resort but Thai Swedish-owned, Maxxi Factory, used a new and innovative approach …
A new and innovative approach to build a resort Read More
Tornum from Sweden is a developer and manufacturer of grain facilities that has evolved into a market-leading global supplier. The company has announced in February 2017 the establishing of a …
Swedish grain management company establishes Thailand subsidiary Read More
The Norwegian government is investing in education and job creation in developing countries. On 14 February 2017 the government announced that they had entered five new partnerships for vocational education …
Norway build skills for jobs in Vietnam, Myanmar Read More
Jotun (Norway), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of paints and powder coatings delivered its second best result ever in 2016, seeing strong results in challenging markets such as Southeast …
Jotun’s growth in Southeast Asia contributes to result Read More
Chinese-owned Swedish brand Volvo Cars has reported a robust 66 per cent increase in operating profit in 2016 to SEK11 billion and a new record as global sales hit 534,332 …
Volvo Cars’ sales hit new record in 2016 Read More
Kjetil Paulsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia, met with newly appointed executive director of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, ADPC, Hans Guttman, on Friday 17 February 2017. They discussed the …
Norwegian Ambassador meets Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Read MoreIn Celebration of International Women’s Day, Bumrungrad Hospital and Wanderlust Magazine are excited to bring you a full day of entertaining and informative activities centered around the topic of Optimizing …
The Passage of Time – Optimizing your Expat life in Bangkok Read More
To tighten the bonds between Thailand and Norway a 2,000-year-old Tipitaka has been presented to Thailand by the Conservation Institute of Schoyen from Norway. Kjetil Paulson, Norwegian Ambassador to Bangkok, as …
Norway presents 2000-year-old Tipitaka to Thailand Read More
On 17 February 2017 Pereric Högberg, Swedish Ambassador to Hanoi, met with Chairwoman of the National Assembly in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, to discuss opportunities to strengthen and bring …
Vietnam desires Swedish support to reach climate goals Read More
In partnership with among other all the Nordic chambers of commerce organisations in Bangkok, EuroCham Cambodia organises the full-day seminar: ‘Cambodia Focus: Explore opportunities across the border on 14 March …
Cambodia Focus event in Bangkok Read More
On Saturday, 25 February, the Swedish star musician, composer and arranger Magnus Lindgren will be back to Hong Kong for an exclusive performance at Peel Fresco Jazz Club. Magnus’ breakthrough …
Swedish Jazz star Magnus Lindgren to Hong Kong Read More
2017 is a year of celebration for Finland. SF100, or Suomi Finland 100, is the celebration of the nation’s 100 years as an independent nation. The Embassy of Finland in …
Suomi Finland 100 years Bangkok events 2017 Read More
The 2 February 2017 networking by the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (TSCC) was held at the familiar venue Huntsman’s Pub, Landmark Hotel, where the sponsor and member company in focus …
Nishaville resort promoted at Thai-Swedish Bangkok event Read More
It’s only when actually talking to those active in a Chamber that one can fully understand how any particular such organisation is operated. All chambers vary, based on local circumstances, …
Danish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong: A different community after 20 years Read More
Jan Top Christensen, Danish Ambassador to the Philippines, said during a recent visit to Cebu in the Philippines that he sees a potential for Danish companies to come down here …
Denmark explores Cebu as alternative to Manila Read More
Danish real estate – houses, apartments and even land – is in high demand and the volume of transactions is on the highest level for many year, according to Denmark’s …
Danish real estate attracts foreigners Read More
On 12 January Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade and Industry, met with 17 Swedish companies active in Malaysia for discussions on various topics. Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamad was accompanied …
Malaysian trade minister meets Swedish companies Read More