Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norwegian fund Norges has allotted RM800mil more to invest in small to mid-cap stocks in Malaysia. A market source said the foreign fund appointed Eastspring Investments Bhd about a month …
Norges invests RM800 million in Malaysian bourse Read More
Statistics Denmark has made a 2014 portrait of the average Danish family. According to the statistics, Mr and Mrs Denmark are named Peter and Anne Jensen. In average, a Danish …
The Average Dane is a Jensen… Read More
The Danish furniture chain BoConcept has opened the first store in Thailand at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shopping mall. BoConcept, headquartered in Herning, Denmark, is a Danish designer and manufacturer of …
BoConcept opens its first furniture store in Thailand Read More
The quota of almost 6,000 Thai berry pickers employed to work in Sweden and Finland this harvesting season has been filled, according to Thailand’s Ministry of Labour. The Nordic countries …
Sweden, Finland recruit fewer Thai berry pickers this year Read More
Digital navigation specialists Jeppesen of Norway has been awarded a two-year contract with an optional three year extension to develop and implement an Integrated Hydrographic Management System (IHMS) for the …
Jeppesen management system for Singapore Read More
Ambassador Mikael Hemniti Winther recently visited Myanmar, among other things, to prepare for the opening of the Danish embassy in Yangon on the 1st of August. During the visit, the …
Danish Embassy to open its doors in Myanmar on Aug 1 Read More
In search for Common Ground, Religions for Peace and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta Join Forces to Protect and Respect Holy Sites in Indonesia. Home to world’s major religions …
Norway helps protect, promotes respect for holy sites in Indonesia Read More
Every third week in June is the National Food Safety Awareness Week in China. This year is the sixth consecutive year that China promotes understanding and consciousness regarding food safety …
Plenty of opportunities for Danish food safety sector in China Read More
As part of the strategy to strengthen Danish innovation, a new grant programme has been approved to attract highly talented international students to Denmark. The programme will allocate DKK 25 …
Denmark to attract international talents with scholarships Read More
The number of applicants for a tourist visa to Sweden has increased a lot this summer compared to the same period last year. So far the number of applicants in …
Sharp rise in Chinese tourists to Sweden Read More
Lime Petroleum Norway AS, a jointly-controlled entity of Malaysia-based Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and Singapore-based Rex International Holding, decided to surrender three licenses in the North Sea, the companies said on …
Lime Petroleum gives up 3 licenses after North Sea failure Read More
Indonesia ranked as the second most innovative country in education in this year’s report of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), a result which surprised even Indonesian education …
Indonesia right behind top-scoring Denmark on OECD education innovation rankings Read More
Would I get a room over the barn? Would my wife have a problem with the smell? I will stay at a Farm Resort during my next trip to Singapore. …
A farm resort in highly-urbanized Singapore Read More
Last year 1,600 people in Sweden took their own lives – the highest number since 1989. Statistics for 2013 from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) found that …
Swedish suicide rates hit 25-year high Read More
Vaeksthus Zealand has over the last three years coached 46 Danish SMEs on doing business in China. Especially within welfare technology is the expectations big, as China is planning to …
Danish healthcare startups target China Read More
The Norwegian police have received permssion from the Government to make use of military resources if needed, in order to handle the present terror threat against Norway. According to NRK, …
Norwegian police to tap military resources to counter terror threat Read More
Danish design meets the warmth of the holiday season in Skagen’s latest line By Kristy Alpert Danish holiday traditions are a celebration of moments and memories that capture the beauty …
Winter Wonders Read More
ESBJERG, Denmark – Semco Maritime JSC is teaming with PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard (PV Shipyard) to perform rig repairs, refurbishments, and upgrades in Vietnam. Vung Tau Rig Services will target local …
Rig overhaul center set up in southern Vietnam Read More
Finnish customs say a shipment of air-to-air missile parts that was stopped at the Helsinki airport last month was part of “normal military cooperation” between Ukraine and Vietnam. Read more: …
Finland: Vietnam’s Ukraine-bound weapon part of routine maintenance Read MoreAn independent and unbiased investigation into the crash of Malaysia’s Boeing 777 in Ukraine’s east should be carried out, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb …
Russia agrees to Finnish initiative for independent MH-17 crash probe Read More
Philippine Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the ban imposed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on the use of the fishing device Danish Seine (hulbot-hulbot) and modified …
Philippine Supreme Court upholds ban on Danish fishing devices Read More
In what might potentially be the first step toward developing a lasting cure for HIV, Danish researchers on Tuesday revealed what has been hailed as a breakthrough discovery that exposes …
‘Kick And Kill’ HIV Cure Sees Major Breakthrough Read More
The first Meetup in the Scandigan group took place on Thursday 24 August at The Admiral’s Pub & Restaurant in Sukhumvit Soi 24 in Bangkok with about a dozen Scandinavians and …
First Scandigan Meetup Read More
Malaysia’s Reach Energy Bhd has attracted investors including Norway’s US$890 billion sovereign wealth fund in an initial public offering to fund its acquisitions of oil and gas fields. Norges Bank …
Reach Energy’s IPO attracts Norwegian wealth fund Read More
Thailand’s National Food Institute has identified the Nordic countries as an important target for the country’s food and beverages export growth. Petch Chinabutr, President of National Food Institute, said consumers …
Thailand targets Nordics for food export growth potential Read More
The road to Thai cuisine Chefdom for 39-year-old Morten Boejstrup Nielsen was not strewn with rose petals. Having completed training at a Copenhagen culinary school, Nielsen, originally from Nordjylland, went …
Danish chef joins rank of Thai cuisine innovators Read More
Statement by the European Union Spokesperson issued on July 23 on the political agreement reached in Cambodia: “We welcome the agreement reached on 22 July by the two main political …
EU welcomes Cambodian government-opposition accord Read More
Thaivisa.com reported on July 24 that it was told by the Immigration Bureau that the new regulation that would impose harsh punishment, including blacklisting, on visa overstayers and those guilty …
A wiggle room for visa overstayers to avoid blacklisting Read More
Young opera Vietnamese virtuoso and prodigy Dao To Loan recently completed a Lidal Johnson Summer Music Camp in the Norwegian capital city of Oslo from July 4-19 as part of …
Vietnam, Norway promote musical exchange Read More
Swedish weather agency SMHI has issued its first ever warning for high temperatures with the many areas set to bask in plus 30C heat. “For a Class 1 warning it …
‘First ever’ heat warning issued for Sweden Read More
The government of Denmark is actively implementing the new Growth Strategy for Vietnam, encouraging Danish businesses to invest in Vietnam, aiming to raise bilateral trade ties to US$1 billion in …
Vietnam, Denmark eye US$1bln in trade by 2016 Read More
The Swedish hotelier Jonas Sjöstedt who is enjoying a successful career with Centara Hotels & Resorts in Thailand has been, more or less, on a jungle trip for nearly two …
Hotelier Jonas Sjöstedt is Back in Civilisation Read More
Danish researchers at Aarhus University have made a major discovery that may be a step towards finding a cure for AIDS. At the 20th International AIDS Conference on Tuesday in …
Danish researchers make AIDS breakthrough Read More
Kleven on July 21 signed a new shipbuilding contract with Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer Ltd. The contract for the new vessel is of the MT 6015 MPSV …
Norway’s Kleven secures first contract in SE Asia Read More
Marc Spiegel, President of Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce, in a recent message to Chamber members, said the ongoing crackdown on the misuse of tourist and education visas by the Immigration …
Visa overstayers told to clean up their act Read More
Across the country there will be held commemoration Tuesday to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks three years ago. In all, 77 people were killed and around 90 wounded …
Norway commemorates the 22 July terror Read More
On Sunday morning, July 20, a Danish man got stabbed to death in The Philippines. ScandAsia learns that the incident occurred , when the man opened his front door at his …
Danish man stabbed to death in The Philippines Read More
Kongsberg Maritime’s ‘Full Picture’ solution has been selected by Chinese and Korean shipbuilders for 13 advanced newbuild offshore vessels with a total value of 330 MNOK. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore …
Kongsberg offshore technology for projects in China and Korea Read More
Three of the world’s leading cruise companies—Carnival Corp, Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Lines—have expressed interest to help develop the Philippines as a cruise-ship destination, the Philippine Embassy in …
Norwegian Cruise Lines keen to develop Philippines as tourist destination Read More
THE COURT of Tax Appeals has ordered the Bureau of Internal Review (BIR) to return P27.6 million to Nokia Philippines, awarding a little less than half of the company’s requested …
Nokia Philippines gets P27.6-million refund from Court of Tax Appeals Read More
A shipment of missile components bound for Ukraine and intercepted by Finnish customs originated in Vietnam, reports the daily Helsingin Sanomat. The paper wrote on July 18 that in June …
Finnish customs seizes Ukraine-bound missile parts from Vietnam Read More
Funds for a long term program by development partners to improve education access have been strengthened with a grant provided by the Danish government. Denmark will contribute 4 million USD …
Denmark gives $4 million for education reform in Myanmar Read More
Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt slammed the the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines flight over the Ukraine as an act by gangsters. Read more: Swedish Wire and ABS-CBN
Swedish FM: Downing of MH17 ‘a 1st class int’l gangster crime’ Read More
The Scandinavians now have a new social framework for meeting as an alternative to the Chambers’ networking events and the women’s groups. It is called Scandigans Meetup Bangkok and the organizer …
Scandigans – a new meetup group Read More
Countries including Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany Thailand, Australia and New Zealand have an interest in using “remote towers” to control air traffic, according to Saab, which is already certifying …
Saab: ‘Remote Tower’ Concept Gaining Wider Acceptance Read More
In the mid-2000s Trojan horse virus programmes were found on two computers belonging to the Swedish foreign office with links to a company in Beijing, according to a report on …
China spied on Swedish foreign office PC: report Read More
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. on July 15 announced today that it completed a study investigating the potential use of Redeemable Biomass Electricity Credits (RBEC) in the province of Riau in …
Jacobs mulls Finland-funded biomass power credits in Indonesia Read More
Representatives of the EU Delegation, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan mark the celebration of the International Justice Day on 17 July outside of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum …
Sweden, EU, Japan mark Justice Day in Phnom Penh Read More
The way Danes still call their money ‘kroner’ (literally meaning ‘crowns’) is a reminder of their feudal past, but just like the late great kings, all the coins may soon …
Denmark moving towards cash-free future Read More