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Gro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, in early June visited Vietnam for the last time before leaving her job to go back to Norway …
Norwegian priest’s farewell to Vietnam Read MoreGro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, on Tuesday 17 June donated 10,000 Baht to help HIV infected Thai people under the care of the …
Gro Haaversen Barth supports HIV victims Read MoreWhen the Swedish Church in February announced vacant positions both in Bangkok and Singapore, Lennart Hamark and his wife Lis applied for both positions. Five years have passed since the …
Swedish priest looking forward to Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish priest Ulf Claesson visited Vientiane for the last time on 23 May before leaving for Sweden this July. In Vientiane, a farewell get-together was held in the Swedish …
Swedish priest’s farewell to Laos Read MoreFive new members were elected to the Church Committee of the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore. The new board members are Heine Askær-Jensen, Peter Borup, Søren Kjær Mortensen, Helle Mørup …
New Danish Church Committee in Singapore Read MoreNorwegian global provider of engineering and construction services, Aker Kvaerner, recently through its Canada-based subsidiary Chemetics entered into two new contracts for equipment supply and engineering services for two integrated …
Aker Kvaerner wins USD30-million contract in Indonesia Read MoreThe Importers Association of Indonesia (Ginsi) said at a press conference on June 5 that its members had begun a boycott of all imports from Sweden in a protest over …
Indonesian importers to boycott Sweden over Aceh Read MoreSwedish Falungong practitioner, Pirjo Svensson, who had been arrested and detained by Thai authorities for over a month without being charged, left the country on June 5 night after being …
Swedish Falungong member deported from Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on May 16 provided technical assistance to radio stations of Savannakhet and Luang Prabang provinces as part of the local radio station improvement project. …
Lao radio stations receive SIDA’s assistance Read MoreThe Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) will provide NOK 15 million to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok as its assistance in human resources development for the …
NORAD to give AIT 15 million NOK for human resources development Read More