Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A Norwegian network for current and former Chinese students in Norway and Norwegian students in China will be launched in September. NorAlumni China is a platform for networking among Norwegian …
New Norwegian-Chinese Alumni Network Read MoreCrystal Maison, the two-storey, warehouse that’s part of the Crystal Design Centre – is finding plenty of customers among the residents of the luxurious housing developments and condominiums on Ekamai-Ramintra …
Prettying up Your Home the Danish Way Read MoreIf you have never needed the help of a locksmith, you certainly are lucky. However, that luck is bound to run out eventually. When it happens, you will be needing …
Locksmith Services Read MoreWhat can a Big Mac tell us about the price of tea in China? A lot, it turns out. For 24 years, The Economist magazine has measured the value of …
Big Mac Holds Insight on Currency Values Read MoreThe containership Charlotte Maersk is on fire in the Malacca Strait after leaving Port Klang bound for Oman. According to industry sources a fire started in a container carrying dangerous …
Maersk Containership on Fire off Port Klang Read MoreOn 17 June, the Danish PI Gymnasts will pay a visit to Penang. The show, which has been arranged together with Danisco in Malaysia, will consist of a wide range …
Danish Gymnastics Extravaganza in Penang Read MoreLOT Polish Airlines offer a new fast and inexpensive route from Copenhagen to Hanoi, Vietnam starting on 13 November 2010. Prices start at DKK 4,086 when purchased via http://www.lot.com/. That …
Fast and Inexpensive Flights to Vietnam Read MoreA poor mother of newborn twin girls has been forced to sell one of the children to a staff member from the state-owned Indonesian hospital in which they were born …
Hospital Forces Mother to Sell One of Her Twins Read MoreOn 10 June, MASBA had its monthly pub night at the Ronnie Q Pub in Bangsar Baru. Despite the summer holidays, there was a great turn out. Almost 30 members …
Monthly MASBA Pub Night in Bangsar Baru Read More“Denmark is the most annoying country to work with although we send thousands of tourists to Scandinavia,” says the largest tour operator specialized in arranging tours for Thai tourists to …
Thai Tour Operators Tired of Denmark Read MoreA new joint venture between Fudan University and 25 Nordic universities facilitates opportunities for Sino-Nordic student networking and research cooperation. A pleasant surprise awaits Nordic students who come to Shanghai …
New Meeting Place for Students Read MoreNordic customs officials have arrested a truck driver after he tried to illegally import 28 tons of Chinese garlic into the European Union. The driver was intercepted last month as …
Swedes, Norwegians Pounce on Chinese Garlic Smuggler Read MoreA Danish national and his alleged Filipina wife are facing robbery charges before the Regional Trial Court after they allegedly robbed a mini mart in Talisay City two months ago. …
Dane, Wife Face Robbery Charges Read MoreThe Finnish government has funded EUR5.3 million for a project on solar energy application in rural areas and localities inhabited by ethnic minority people in Vietnam. The government of Vietnam …
Finland Funds 5.3 € M for Solar Project Read MoreIn ‘The Danish Geographical Journal, Vol. 1 1877’, there is an article about Siam, modern written and without all the usual prejudices of that time. It starts: “When I landed …
Captain and Consul Frederik Carl Christian Købke, 1837 – 1881 Read MoreThe desire to marry a Danish man can have dramatic consequences for Filipina au pairs in Denmark. These women are overrepresented in the statistics of late abortions in Denmark. A …
Filipina Women Rank High in Danish Abortion Statistics Read MoreThe European Union’s competition watchdog cleared on Tuesday the takeover of Sweden’s Volvo Cars by Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding and the regional investment fund Daqing. The European Commission said …
EU Clears Volvo Takeover by Geely Read MoreFrom 8 July until 29 July, Politiets Idrætsforening’s travel team will be travelling through Thailand and Malaysia on their South East Asia trip. First stop on the tour will be …
Danish Police Gymnastics Team on Tour Read MoreOn 5 July, the Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Peter Lysholt Hansen received Vietnam’s campaign medal as a sign of recognition of the many contributions he has made to environmental protection …
Danish Ambassador Receives Environmental Award Read More“We have received information that there are people who continue to spread out false information in order to promote hatred and induce unrest,” a spokesperson to Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit …
Thailand Extends State of Emergency Read MoreLucky for Indonesia, his deep interest in the country has prompted him to organize activities that promote Indonesian culture to the Danish or help Indonesia conserve its cultural artifacts. The …
Promoting Indonesia to the Danes Read MorePlucking out little cultural differences and critiquing them to death is the part-time hobby of almost any expat anywhere in the world and US exile Doug Lansky shows that he …
Swedes and Their Quirky Habits Laid Bare Read MoreIndonesian Police have laid charges against eight people accused of uploading the Peterporn sex tapes on the Internet. Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi, National Police chief of detectives, said the suspects …
Indonesia: Peterporn Investigators Arrest Eight Read MoreYogyakarta. Indonesia’s second-largest Islamic organization has given its endorsement to female motorcycle taxi drivers during its ongoing national congress in Yogyakarta, rebuffing a fatwa issued by East Java clerics in …
Female MC-Drivers Make History And Money Read MoreSwedish artist Mikael Genberg plans to put a traditional Swedish cottage on the Moon in 2013 and his ideas are featured in the Sweden Pavilion. Genberg gave a speech at …
A Swedish House on the Moon Read MoreCooperation between China and Norway on environmental protection has moved forward with the drawing up of lists of projects around the country at the Shanghai Expo 2010 Garden. A two-day …
Norway, China in Ecology Projects Read MoreHow much time do you need to transform innovative ideas into patented products ready for manufacture and market? Three years? 12 months? 150 days? For Professor Kaj Mickos at Malardalen …
From Concepts Into Reality in 72 Hours Read MoreThe Norwegian renewable energy company SN Power and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have entered into a cooperation agreement that will allow them to help develop sustainable hydro power projects …
Norway to Develop Renewable Power in Vietnam Read MoreAs a part of the dissemination activities of the WED Programme, Danish Minister for the Environment, Ms. Karen Ellemann, handed over the award for the best drawing in the school …
Chinese Student Takes Energy Award Read MoreExpo organizers on Wednesday pledged to come down heavily on staff members who take advantage of their position to queue up outside pavilions before the opening hours. “(We have) to …
Expo Staff Jump the Queues Read MoreThe Danish woman Johanne Vinther Axelsen who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cambodia for trying to send thousands of Codeine pills out of Cambodia, has been treated …
Johanne Treated Gently by the Danish Court Read MoreForeign Minister Kasit Piromya has reaffirmed Thailand’s commitment to democracy while meeting Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden in Poland.In his meeting with Mr. Carl Bildt, Minister of …
Thailand Reaffirm Its Commitment to Democracy Read MoreFollowing a CNN report in late June that claimed US McDonald’s chicken nuggets contain traces of two “harmful” chemicals, the fast food giant’s China division admitted on Monday that its …
Chicken Nuggets Safe, McDonald’s Assures Public Read MoreThe Ambassador of Sweden in Vietnam, Mr Rolf Bergman paid a courtesy call to the State President of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi before completing his four years as …
The Swedish Ambassdor Says Farewell Read MoreImportant steps towards establishing a system of payments for ecosystem services (PES) were made during the 2010 South East Asia Katoomba Group meeting in Hanoi in late June. Norway provided …
Making Vietnam “REDD- ready” Read MoreSummer has truly come to Shanghai, with temperatures above 30 degrees every day and a high level of humidity. Despite this somewhat unfriendly weather, visitors keep pouring into the Expo …
Swedish Pavilion Welcomes its 1.000.000th Visitor Read MoreBritish singer Samantha Fox is being treated for rabies after she was bitten by a stray cat while on holiday in Thailand.“I love animals, especially cats but over there they’re …
Samantha Fox Treated for Rabies Read MoreGreenpeace News Release Jakarta, 5 July 2010: Anti-coal leaders from across Asia today called on their governments to quit coal power and begin the switch to clean renewable energy. The …
Asian Communities Say No to Coal Read MoreChinese designer Xiaojie Zhu became highly inspired when he visited Kopenhagen Studio and Kopenhagen Fur during the latest auction. In fact he would wake up at four in the morning and immediately …
Designer Loves the Naturalness of Fur Read MoreOnce upon a time there was a Danish Naval Officer. His name was Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu, and he wanted to make something of himself. One day, he went …
The Man with the Golden Robe Read MoreFDM Travel – the travelagency branch of the fedaration of Danish motorists – encourages Danes world wide to participate in a new contest for the Best Travel Tips Video. The …
Danish Video Travel Tips Award Read MoreThe East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S has sold EAC Industrial Ingredients to the German Brenntag group for 1.2 billion Danish kroner. When Brenntag has completed the take-over of The East …
EAC Industrial Ingredients Sold to Brenntag Read MoreA partnership of Danish Consia Consultants and Vietnamese Independent Construction Technology Consultants (ICTC) has received the Innovative Partnerships for Development (IPD) programme’s funds of DKK 1,000,000 to contribute to Sustainable …
Road Safety Program Gets IPD Support Read MoreThe retail sector is showing impressive growth figures and the market is expected to have a total turnover of USD 85 billion by 2012, of which one fourth can be …
Vietnams Retails Sector Is Grovning Read MoreThe first ever group of Vietnamese online instructors has been certified, with support from Danida. The online instructors are key players in battling the problem of poorly-trained, unqualified human resources …
E-Learning Solutions for SME Exporters Read MoreAmbassador Pekka Hyvönen approved in June a new support agreement of the amount of 245,125 euros, for Transparency International (TI) and its contact in Vietnam, Towards Transparency (TT), to conduct …
Finland Committed to Anti-corruption Read MoreRickmers Group, Singapore, held a quadruple naming ceremony at HHI’s Ulsan shipyard this morning for four ultra-large container ships. The Maersk Edinburgh is the first Rickmers Group ULCS that will …
Rickmers Christens Four Maersk Ships at Ulsan Shipyard Read MoreMaersk has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chongqing Port Logistics Group to jointly invest with the latter in the phase 3 project of the Chongqing Cuntan Bonded Port Area. …
Maersk to Invest in Chongqing’s Cuntan Bonded Port Read MoreThe Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland are all important source markets for visitors to Thailand. Together, they generate over 800,000 visitors each year. In the period prior …
TAT Stockholm – is Rushing to Regain Thailand’s Share Read MoreWorker groups say a berry picker quota is needed to ensure Thais do not face fierce competition for jobs when they get to Sweden. Thai workers who went to pick …
Thai Berry Pickers Call for Regulations Read More