Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A Filipino farmer who discovered a new pest-resistant rice variety was honored by the Norwegian government on the first anniversary celebration of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Eulogio …
Norway Honours Late Filipino Farmer Read MoreSeven people, including six foreign tourists is missing after a diving-boat sank outside Patong Beach in Phuket. According to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet are the missing persona are Swiss, Austrian, …
Danish Newspaper: No Scandinavian in the Wrecked Boat in Phuket Read MoreAccording to a new docu-soap from Sweden, diplomats have not leaned anything from their criticized handling of the many dead Swedes in Phuket during the Tsunami-catastrophe. Besides they are spoiled …
Swedish Reality Show on Post-Tsunami Diplomacy: Spoiled and Hasn’t Leaned Anything Read MoreSwedish Telecommunication Company Ericsson and Indonesian mobile operator Telekomunikasi Seluar Indonesia (Telkomsel) have extended their existing business partnerships with the clinching of three-year agreement, wherein the former will supply, deploy …
Ericsson signs three-year GSM contract with Indonesian Telkomsel Read MoreThe Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Prof. Dr. Mai Hong Quy, and the Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Peter Lysholt Hansen, officially opened the first Human …
Denmark Builds Vietnamese Human Right Centre Read MoreFinland considers employing Vietnamese workers, says Arto Satonen, head of the Finland Parliament’s Employment and Equality Committee, at a meeting held between Vietnam National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee and Finland …
Finland considers taking in Vietnamese workers Read MoreThe Norwegian company Simtronics ASA has through its new office in Singapore, Simtronics Ptd Ltd, received an order for delivery of fire fighting equipment. The system should be delivered to …
Simtronic Lands Singaporean Fire Fighting Order Read MoreA 23-year old Vietnamese man is now reunited with his family after having experienced a rather brutal kidnapping.The young Norwegian citizen with Vietnamese roots was kidnapped in his own shop …
Vietnamese Kidnapped in Oslo Read MoreThe Philippines has great success implementing gender equality, as the only Southeast Asian country the island state has made it to the top ten of the most equal countries on …
Denmark Once Again Defeated by the Philippines in Gender Equality Read MoreThe Norwegian wholesaler of pipes and pipe components for sanitation systems Brødrene Dahl A/S (The Dahl brothers) are now in the planning phase of constructing two new subsidiaries in Vietnam, …
Brødrene Dahl Plans Vietnamese Branches Read MoreThe National Bureau of Investigation has launched a preliminary investigation into suspicions of bribery involving National Conciliator Juhani Salonius and Veikko Sievänen, executive of the Finnish airline, in connection with …
Finnair Accused of Bribery for Cheap Thailand-tickets Read MoreFinnish Berry farms and suppliers invite thousands of seasonal workers from Thailand to Finland to pick wild berries next summer. According to First Secretary Vesa Häkkinen from the Unit for …
Thousands of Thai Berry-Pickers Invited to Finland Read MoreThe design store STYLE:NORDIC in Singapore, which is specialized in selling Scandinavian designs, is now introducing the Finnish carpet company Kevin, which will be available in the store from next …
Kevin Hits Singapore Read MoreNorway-based Intex Resources Phils., Inc. plans to produce ammonium fertilizer totaling to 200,000 metric tons yearly as a by-product in its nickel production. The company will help displace Philippines fertilizer …
INTEX Plans Philippines Biggest Fertilizer Plant. Read MoreWhen Ernst Jürgensen from the small Christian NGO DANMISSION leaves Cambodia in June this year to go back to Denmark, the management of the office in Cambodia will be taken …
DANMISSION Hands Over the Management to Local Employees in Cambodia Read MoreThe Norwegian handball team from Kragerø has massive financial problems because of the loss of former sponsor Nordic Group of Thailand. None of the players have received salary for three …
No Nordic Group-sponsorship can lead to Kragerø Handball-bankruptcy Read MoreAccording to the Danish website Version2, the capitals of Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines all make it to the top ten of the world most risky outsourcing cities, with positions …
Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila Among the Wold’s Most Risky Outsourcing Cities Read MoreFlexmodul AS from the Norwegian city of Grimstad have sign a major contract worth the sum of 80 millions in Singapore with Master Marine ASA on designing the living areas …
Flexmodul Designs Indonesian Tanker Read MoreDanish theatre sets focus on the Filipino house workers in Denmark with a play, real life Au-Pairs are participating. The theatre Camp X Rialto in Copenhagen is right now busy …
Filipino Au-Pairs in Danish Play Read MoreDanes from the western part of Denmark can now be spared the trip to Copenhagen on their way to Southeast Asia. Because of a new agreement with Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines …
Singapore Airlines Plans Billund-Route Read MoreDespite efforts from the authorities in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia the production and distribution of fake malaria medicine still a widespread problem in the region, according to Ib Christian …
Danish Professor Warns About Fake Medicine From Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Read MoreThe Philippines should take advantages on the increasing interest from Scandinavian youngsters and focus on youth tourism and intra-Asian travel programs according to ASEAN, tourism Undersecretary of Oscar Palabyab said …
ASEAN Requests Philippines to Focus on Youth Travel Read MoreNorwegian salmon is the most exquisite and delicate fish in the world – At least if you ask the people of Singapore. In the newest addition of the official Japanese …
Salmon From Norway Sought After on Singaporean Menus Read MoreAccording to several mobile-forum at the internet, Nokia plans to easy the access to their new music service Comes With Music. At the launch of the Nokia Music Store and …
Nokia in Singapore Rumoured to Remove Music-Protection Read MoreSingapore offers the world’s lowest rates for making mobile phone calls and surfing the Web, according to a new study by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Released Monday, the report …
ITU: Singapore Mobile Net is the World’s Cheapest Read MoreVietnam and Denmark signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Hanoi on March 2 to boost cooperation in labour and employment. Signatories to the MoU were the Danish Minister …
Vietnam and Denmark boost cooperation in labour Read MoreSome “rarely seen” creations including short films by Vietnamese filmmakers will be screened at the 39th Tampere Film Festival in Finland next week. The five-day festival (March 4-8) will show …
Finnish Festival Shows Vietnamese Vintage Films Read MoreThe NGO Health Worker Migration Initiative (HWMI), a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Health Workforce Alliance, and Realizing Rights, recently lauded the Philippines for its migration …
Philippine Health Migration Policy Recognized in Norway Read MoreThree women from Thailand face expulsion from Denmark after being arrested for prostitution without workers permit. The women – who were in Denmark on a Swedish tourist visa and no …
Thai Prostitutes Arrested in Elsinore Read MoreThe Children’s Museum of Stavanger hosted a toy auction Saturday to raise money to children from the Akha-minority, who lives in the mountains of Laos. The money will go to …
Norwegian Children Donate Toys to Laos Read MoreAccording to Clive Small, a former Australian police commissioner, the murderer of Frederik van Pallandt from the Danish folk duo Nina and Frederik is in the Philippines. In his book …
Murderer of Danish Singer Presumably Lives in The Philippines Read MoreHuman right activist Khin Ohnmar of Burma, who last year was awarded the Anna Lindh Human Right Prize were – along with Cambodian fellow-activist Pen Somory – denied access to …
Burmese Anna Lindh-Prize Recipient Barred from ASEAN Summit Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden has denied, that a Swedish company was involved in the controversial Novotel Hanoi On The Park hotel project in Hanoi. Since construction of the four-star hotel …
Sweden Denies SAS Hotel Project Partnership in Vietnam Read MoreThe controversial visit to Burma by the ministers of development from Denmark and Norway, Ulla Tørnæs and Erik Solheim, is supported by the secretary general of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan.“Their …
Scandinavian Burma-Dialog Praised by ASEAN Read MoreNorwegian oilfield services firm Nexus Floating Production, located in Singapore, informs that its first production vessel upon delivery in June is delayed because of a lack of projects. According to …
Nexus delays vessel Read MoreThe fusion between the Danish and the Swedish shipping giants will lead to major structural adjustment in the two concerns, for example in Singapore where the local Broström office is …
Mærsk-Broström Fusion Causes Singaporean Layoffs Read MoreThe Finnish Embassy is promoting Finnish literature in Malaysia by organising a rare exhibition of the covers of various Finnish translated literature in cooperation with FILI (the Finnish Literature Exchange …
Finnish book covers on view at the Malaysian National Library Read MoreThe fragile peace in Indonesia’s Aceh province could unravel as tensions mount ahead of landmark elections, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari warned Wednesday. The former Finnish president who helped …
Ahtisaari Warns Indonesia Over Fragile Aceh peace Read MoreKarl Bille, a Danish singer/songwriter and well-known actor, is now traveling around Cambodia for the second week along with the organisation LICADHO to inform the population on how they can …
Dane Sings Against Cambodian Corruption Read MoreChristian children from Adventkirken in Nedre Eiker, Øvre Eiker and Drammen municipalities have donated about 150.000 kroner to NGOs, who fight against human trafficking in Cambodia and the Northern part …
Norwegian Children Against Trafficking in Thailand and Cambodia Read MoreFinland could be the road to Europe for Vietnamese goods and services, so it is wise to look up north if you plan to enter the European marked. This is …
Finland to Vietnam: Export to Europe Trough Us Read MoreMost Swedes does not think that religious matters have any effect on their daily life, According to a survey made by Gallup Sweden ranks number two on the list of …
Atheistic Swedes and Religious Indonesians Read MoreEven though the Southeast Asian economies have been declining during the last year, the Danish beer brand Carlsberg has managed to maintain its strong position and its increasing growth rate …
Carlsberg Defies Economic Recession in Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos Read MoreThe Malayan Box Turtle, which used to be a commonly seen animal in Indonesia, is now facing extermination due to the massive illegal sale.The flesh of the turtle is used …
Illegal Traffic Harms Threaten Malayan Box Turtles Read MoreAccording to the NGO “Framtiden I våre hender” (The future is in our hands) the Norwegian mining and exploration company Intex Resources breaks OECD’s regulations for multinational companies if they carry …
Norwegian NGO Criticises Intex Resouces in the Phillipines Read MoreThe Norwegian insurance companies state that they now pay more for cases of illness during vacation than ever before. In the last two years the payment for medical treatment in …
Norwegian Illness in Thailand and Vietnam Sets Record Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) has invited urban planners from various parts of the world, including Africa and Latin America, to the capital of Indonesia to participate in the …
SIDA Teams Up with Urban Planners to Fight Manilan Slum Read MoreThe climate summit in Copenhagen in December has raised the awareness on the fulfilment of the Kyoto-protocol in Southeast Asia. As a large and fast-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions …
Coal undermine ASEAN climate hopes Read MoreDuring his four days visit, the former Finnish president and Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari met with the Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla to discuss the situation in the Aceh province …
Finnish Ex-President Meets with Indonesian Vice-president Read MorePictures of the fog on the cloudy rice fields of Laos and among the raw cliffs on the arctic Norwegian islands of Senja and Lofonten, this is the subject of …
Norwegian Photographer Exhibits Lao Fog Read More