Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reported that Fagbladet Travel News, a Norwegian travel trade magazine, selected Thailand for its “World’s Best Tourist Country” award for 2008, this being …
Scandinavian Awards To Thailand Read MoreThe Philippines signed on Tuesday night its first air rights agreement with Finland. Philippine air panel members who went to Helsinki for the negotiations told the Philippine Daily Inquirer on …
Four Flights Per Week Between Manila And Helsinki Read MoreThe municipal elections will take place in Finland on 26 October 2008. The advance voting in Thailand will take place in Bangkok (15.-18.10) and Pattaya (17.-18.10).Entitled to vote in municipal …
Finnish Citizens Can Vote Inn Bangkok And Pattaya Read MoreFor the first time in six years a Danish travel agency a special award from Thailand’s ministry of tourism. Sales manager at Profil Rejser, Frederick Wagner, recently received the “Friends …
Danish Profil Rejser Gets Award In Thailand Read MoreThree men are still suspected of the murder of Simen Sparre Knudsen at Phuket in Thailand. But the police lacks technical evidence linking them to the crime scene, writes the …
The Thai Police Lacks Technical Evidence Against Murder Suspects Read MoreEvery year, thousands of Thais comply with the often humiliating scrutiny of their financial situation when applying for a Schengen visa to Europe, believing that the hassle is necessary in …
Schengen Countries Have No Overstay Control Read MoreIndonesia and Finland will discuss forestry issues in Bali Island in November, a statement from the Indonesian forestry ministry says. During the bilateral meeting, both sides are expected to sign …
Indonesia, Finland To Talk On Forestry Issues In Bali Read MoreInnovation Norway as well as students from NTNU, Norwegian School of Management in Nydalen and the Norwegian School of Bergen is organizing the annual multidisciplinary student project, International Business (IB). …
Students Providing Market Report In Malaysia Read MoreThe long processing time for Thai tourists to be granted a visa to Denmark is not because the Danish Immigration Authorities in Copenhagen now scrutinize all the applications, as opposed …
Slow Visa Processing Not Our Fault Read MoreThe Finnish Meteorological Institute has relaunched the development of its LUOVA early-warning system for natural disasters. The project was first mooted in late 2004 in the wake of the Indian …
Meteorological Institute In Finland To Revive Tsunami System Read MoreDuring this year’s annual review, Denmark and Vietnam found that projects under the Danish Mixed Credit scheme have been experiencing long and slow processing time. In order to speed up …
Agreement To Speed Up Approval Process For The Danish Mixed Credits In Vietnam Read MoreOn the 15th of September, the deadline for the CDEF was reached. The CDEF board will meet on the 8th of October to decide grant support to contemporary art in …
15 Have Applied For Grant Support From The Cultural And Exchange Fund Read MoreThe Danida funded twinning project between Vietnam TBT Office and Danish Standards hosted a stakeholder seminar the 3rd of September in Hanoi in order to strengthen the ties to the …
Cooperation Between TBT Vietnam Office And Business Associations In Bloom Read MoreThe Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his Norwegian colleague Jonas Gahr Stoere hosted a seminar September 25 at the international Peace Institute in new York with the topic “the …
Carl Bildt, Jonas Gahr Stoere And Hassan Wirajuda Discuss Freedom Of Expression Read MoreNorway is financing the initial phase of the initiative, which will be carried out by three UN agencies. Indonesia is one of nine countries that have already expressed formal interest …
Indonesia Fights Climate Change Through Norwegian-funded Initative Read MoreAGR has opened a new office in Singapore. The opening was officiated by Ambassador of Norway Janne Julsrud and Johan Warmedal, CEO AGR Asia-Pacific. The Singapore office is located in …
AGR Opens Singapore Office Read MoreSarah Chang will be performing Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen during the Singapore’s Sun Festival from …
Sarah Chang Perform With Esa-Pekka Salonen In Singapore Read MoreWartsila has agreed to acquire a leading naval architecture and ship design company Conan Wu & Associates Pte Ltd (CWA), headquartered in Singapore. The deal also includes partnership agreements regarding …
Wartsila Nabs New Ship Design Company In Singapore Read MoreThe Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea has signed a five-year production contract worth 15 billion baht with S.P.S. Group, a Thai furniture maker, and plans to open a store in …
Ikea Names Thai Supplier Before Opening Its First Store In Bangkok Read MoreThe highest leader of Free Aceh Movement Tengku Muhammad Hasan Tiro was reported to return to the country from exile in Sweden. Aceh Transition Committe an organization formed after the …
Exiled Aceh Leader Reported To Return Read MoreA Thai temple from Thailand is at the moment on its way from Thailand to Billund in a container on its way from Thailand. It must be assembled again at …
A temple From Thailand As A Tourist Attraction In Danish Billund Read MoreThe trend is clear. It is called “China Plus One”, writes the Danish newspaper ErvervsBladet.dk. The rising wage pressures in China, Danish firms are forced to move some of …
Vietnam Is The New China Read MoreTeliaSonera said it would buy a 51 percent stake in TeliaSonera Asia Holding BV from Kazakhstan’s Visor Group, which has an 80 percent stake in Nepalese operator Spice Nepal and …
TeliaSonera Buys Asian Operators For $488 Million Read MoreInvitation to join Cruise and cocktail reception on Chao Phraya with H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK and H.R.H. CROWN PRINCESS MARY of Denmark. Corporate member of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce …
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce Invite Its Members To Join Cruise With H.R.H Crown Prince Frederik And H.R.H. Mary Of Denmark Read MoreMobile phone maker Nokia and its official distributor in Vietnam Thursday signed a memorandum to enhance the partnership between the two companies by the end of 2009. According to …
Nokia, Local Distributor Enhance Cooperation Read MoreA seminar opened in Hanoi recently with the aim of improving the skills of trade unionists involved in negotiating and signing collective labour agreements. To protect labourers’ interests, the …
Trade Unionists Hone Negotiation Skills At Seminar Read MoreSKOV, through its sales office in Bangkok, has made agreements about supplying climate controllers to 450 broiler houses in Thailand. SKOV A/S in Denmark will supply climate controllers to …
Danish SKOV Installs Over 400 Climate Controllers In Thailand Read MoreEven though the global outlook is very bleak, there are still good opportunities for investing a part of your finances in assets around the globe. That was the main lesson …
SEB Seminar On Investing In The Midst Of The Credit Crunch Read MoreA Dutchman who had fled to Thailand to escape drug trafficking charges in Normay was yesterday captured in the Chon Buri resort town of Pattaya. Johannes Cornelis Smeding, 50, …
Dutch Drug Suspect Detained In Pattaya At Request Of Norway Read MoreA report from the Singaporean police said Janeth Calamohoy, a 25-year-old resident of this town, died from “multiple injuries” after jumping from the fifth floor of a condominium where she …
Dane Involved In Probe Of His Filipina Girlfriend’s Death In Singapore Read MoreHydropower experts within Sweco have been contracted as the Owners Engineer during the implementation of the Theun Hinboun Expansion project, in central Lao PDR. The assignment is estimated to be …
Sweco Awarded Another Significant Hydropower Assignment In Laos Read MoreAker Solutions is celebrating production of first oil from Reliance Industries’ MA-D6 field, located in the Bay of Bengal offshore India. The record breaking project, which is a 100 per …
Aker Solutions Celebrates Record-breaking ’First Oil’ Read MoreSweden supports the project “Relief and Rehabilitation Support in Phu Tho Province, Vietnam” with a total amount of SEK 2.4 million, according to a statement from the embassy September 22, …
Flood Victims Vietnam Get Support From Sweden Read MoreHanoi Telecommunications has confirmed that as from October 5, 2008, all fixed telephones in the city will be 8 digits, instead of the current 7 digits. When dialing a number …
New Telephone Numbers In Vietnam Read MoreThe co-chief executive of Saxo Bank said on Monday that last week’s market turmoil had meant that September was the best ever month for the investment bank that specialises in …
Saxo Bank Says September Has Been Its Record Month Read MoreShe loves golf.That is why at 71, she still plays the game. She has her own golf competition in Majorca where players compete for the ‘The Princess Birgitta Trophy’.That is …
Swedish Princess With A Passion For Golf Read MoreIFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a loan agreement with SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc., known as SNAPB, to help rehabilitate two hydroelectric plants. This will boost …
IFC Increases Investment In Hydropower Generation In The Philippines Read MoreWas a 25-year-old bride-to-be involved in the killing of her Swedish fiance?That’s what Chief Inspector Danilo Dasugo, police chief of this capital town of Quirino province, has been turning over …
Police chief: Was bride involved in killing of Swedish fiance in Quirino? Read MoreIndonesia and Finland cooperate to fight global warming by planting trees in a forest within the area of the University of Indonesia (UI) in Depok, West Java, a statement recieved …
Indonesia, Finland To Cooperate In Fighting Global Warming Read MoreThe Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has signed an agreement on technical support for reforming business registration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Royal Norwegian …
Foreign Organisations Support Reform Read MoreSat. 20 Sep.: Cosmoleague, Vikings FC – HSBC Lions 0 – 4 (0 – 1)Things are sadly beginning to look very similar to the start of last season. The Vikings …
Vikings Poor Form Continues In Singapore Read MoreThe 3rd Annual Nordic Business Golf in Singapore took place yesterday Thursday 18 2008. The primary objective of the tournament is to encourage greater understanding and closer relationship between the …
Norwegian Peter Knudsen won the 3rd Annual Nordic Business Golf in Singapore 2008 yesterday Read MoreA. P. Moller – Maersk has signed a contract with Marlink for a large-scale retrofit of Inmarsat FleetBroadband across its Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Tankers Fleet. The two-year retrofit …
A. P. Moller – Maersk Chooses Inmarsat Fleetbroadband From Marlink Read MoreThe Danish International Development Agency (Danida) Board in Copenhagen has just approved a new climate change programme of approximately US $ 40 million for Vietnam in its climate change adaptation …
Denmark Grants US $ 40 Million For Climate Change Programme Read MoreFormer Workers’ Party (WP) candidate James Gomez will return to Singapore for good at the end of this year but declined to say if he will still be active in …
Gomez Keeps Options Open Before Returning From Sweden Read MoreNorwegian company Noreq AS, which manufactures and sells maritime equipment, is continuing to expand, and says increasing demand for its products has resulted in it establishing a new company, Noreq …
Noreq AS Establishes Subsidiary In Singapore Read MoreAsia remains a primary focus for SAS Scandinavian Airlines as the airline enjoys some of its strongest growth over the summer. According to Hakan Ollson, SAS General Manager for Southeast …
Scandinavian Carriers Upbeat On Asia’s Potential Read MoreIndonesia holds tremendous market potential measured with all important indicators. The country is the fourth richest in population in the world and the natural resources are large. Indonesia’s economy has …
Indonesian Market Review Read MoreSweden’s national television has released what it claims is previously unpublished film footage of US Republican Party Presidential Candidate John McCain leaving North Vietnam following his release from a prisoner …
Swedish Television Finds Unique McCain Footage Read MoreA delegation from the Swedish Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs visited Indonesia 1-5 September. Headed by Ms. Kerstin Engle from the Social Democratic Party, the other members of the delegation …
Successful Visit To Indonesia By Swedish Parliamentarians Read More