Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Prime Minister of Vietnam on April 24 gave the go-ahead to the Vietnam Association of Lawyers and northern Thai Nguyen province to receive aid projects funded by Danish and …
Danida Supports Vietnamese Lawyers’ Project Read MoreThe Danish company Intertec Wind A/S is in cooperation with Danish DC Enterprice ApS going to build three windmill parks in Thailand for an estimated sum of 14,6 billion thai …
Danish Company Develops Windmill Project In Thailand For Billions Read MoreIn the early hours of Saturday Morning, Pattaya Police made their way to the Ferdinand Bar located in Soi Diana Inn to deal with a suspected assault on a foreigner. …
Snake Man Attacks Danish Patron At Thai Beer Bar Read MoreStolt-Nielsen SA said it has been given the permission of the Singapore Economic Development Board to build a chemical storage terminal in Singapore. The project, which would see the terminal …
Stolt-Nielsen Given Permission To Build Chemical Storage Terminal In Singapore Read MoreGovernment officials, businesspeople and experts from Indonesia, Sweden, Singapore and Thailand gathered in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the challenges of building sustainable cities. “Sustainable cities are a vision that …
Sweden And Indonesia Discus Solutions To Urban Problem´s Read MoreGlobal warming and economic exploitation destabilise key lake’s ecosystem. The Great Lake of Tonle Sap has always been Cambodia’s spring of life. Abundant fish stock and seasonal flooding to fertilise …
Thai And Finnish Scientists Will Soon Begin Examine Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake Read MoreCurt Timhede, the Swedish developer behind Thai Care, whose company cheated up to 50 homebuyers, carries on with his business behind the new name, Citinova, writes the Swedish tabloid Expressen.Through the homepage …
Swedish Developer Continues Selling Properties In Thailand Read MoreVietnamese and Swedish scientists gathered in Hanoi on April 23 to review the results of 30 years of their research cooperation and work out orientations for future work. At the …
Vietnam, Sweden To Further Research Cooperation Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Thailand has published a new book to celebrate the 150 years of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Thailand. The book includes many aspects of the …
New Book: Denmark In Thailand 2008 Read MoreIndonesia and Norway jointly organized the 7th annual Human Rights Dialogue meeting in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. State Secretary Elisabeth Walaas of Norway headed a delegation of 25 Norwegians from …
Norway and Indonesia Holds 7th Annual Human Rights Dialogue Meeting Read MoreSweden has not reached a decision yet on whether or not to continue providing financial assistance to the Philippines after it closes down its embassy in Manila on May 30.According …
Sweden Mulls Halting Financial Aid To RP Read MoreUp to 50 Swedish families and disabled have been cheated in a property scandal in Thailand. The investors were dreaming about owning a peace of paradise in Bang Phra, but …
50 Swedish Homebuyers Cheated For Millions In Thailand Read MoreAn exhibition of unique work by Finnish world renowned architect and designer Alvar Aalto was opened 23. April 2008 in Hanoi. The show, titled ‘Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions’, …
Alvar Aalto’s Works Displayed In Hanoi Read MoreDamco, a global freight forwarder walked away triumphant at the 22nd Asia Freight Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) held in Singapore 23. Apil 2008, where it was presented the ‘Best Logistics …
Danish Damco Get The Best Logistics Service Provider – Sea Freight Award Read MoreDanish drilling contractor Maersk Contractors has been awarded two contracts by Brunei Shell Petroleum for drilling offshore Brunei Darussalam and drilling one well in Malaysia. The first contract is a …
Maersk Contractors Awarded Contracts In Malaysia And Brunei Read MoreIndonesia and Sweden are committed to translating their existing good political ties into mutually beneficial economic cooperation, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said. Although the political ties between the …
Indonesia And Sweden to Pursue Closer Economic Cooperation’s Read MoreTOT Public Company Limited, has placed a first order for a video contribution network. TOT, a national telecommunications services provider in Thailand, has placed an initial order to deploy Net …
Swedish Net Insight Receives Order From Thailand Read MoreMaersk Line emerged winner of the ‘Best Shipping Line – Asia-Europe’ Award for the 21st consecutive year at the 22ndAsian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA). Specifically on the Asia-Europe …
Maersk Line Wins “Best Shipping Line – Asia-Europe” Read MoreCarlsberg will now be able to buy the shares which the Hanoi-based brewer, known as Habeco, wasn’t able to sell in an initial public offering on March 27. The …
Carlsberg May Finally Buy Shares In Vietnam Read MoreAmbassador Niels Erik Andersen, currently based in Jakarta as Ambassador of Denmark to Indonesia will per 1 September 2008 move back to the Head Quarters of the Ministry of Foreign …
New Danish Ambassadors to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Read MoreThe Finnish government reject to grant more visas to seasonal berry-pickers from Thailand despite an increased demand for their labour. The newspaper Kaleva reports that 1,900 visas are being granted to …
No Increase In Thai Berry-Picker Visas Read MoreSwedish Trade Council is offering a free buiness seminar on Thursday 8 May 2008 in Gothenburg for anyone interested in business and investment in Thailand. The seminar is organized together …
Thailand Seminar in Gothenburg Read MoreAccording the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the number of tourist arrivals in the Kingdom for last year stood at 14.5 million persons. Of that, 757,734 visitors, or 5 %t, were …
350.000 Swedish Tourist Travel To Thailand Read MoreAbout 138.332 Finnish tourists arrived in Thailand last year. And in the first quarter of this year, the number increased 24 %. Finland delivers the second biggest group of Scandinavian …
Finnish Tourist To Thailand Up 24 % Read MoreHundreds of Swedish home-buyers are spearheading an incredibly strong Nordic property boom in Thailand. And Scandinavian investors are expected to invest up to Bt16.2 billion in residential developments in Thailand …
Sweden Leads A Massive Nordic Boom In Thai Resort Towns Read MoreA new, grandiose holiday resort is about to reach the sky at Jomtien Beach in Thailand. The extraordinary project is called “The Beach” and will consist of two twin towers …
Pure Luxury for Scandinavians Read More60 Acehnese power women, supported by a delegation of their “sisters” from Finland, took part in a seminar on political participation of women in Banda Aceh recently. The project funded …
UNIFEM Finland Supporting The Political Participation Of Women In Aceh Read MoreVietnamese writer Nguyen Ngoc Thuan has won the Swedish Peter Pan Award 2008 for best children’s literature for his story Vua nham mat vua mo cua so (Open the window …
Vietnamese Author Wins Swedish Children’s Literature Award Read MoreA Danish documentary, “And the U.N. Came,” blames U.N. troops for creating the AIDS crisis in Cambodia. The film documents how U.N. soldiers spread the disease by having sex with …
A Danish Documentary Blames U.N. Troops For The AIDS Crisis In Cambodia. Read MoreIn the Philippines they are highly regarded nurses, but in Finland, they are just unskilled workers. Marla Takama started the hard way, once again from zero, and went trough the …
Filipino Nurse Started From Zero In Finland Read MoreThe Danish band “Afenginn” will perform during World Music Festival the first weekend in May, at the Penang Botanic Gardens, in Penang Malaysia. Afenginn means intoxication and strength. With high …
Danish Band At Music Festival In Penang Read MoreThe Danish woman, Axelexen Johanne Vinther, who got arrested for an attempt to smuggle more than 10000 headache pills tablets out of Cambodia, is now held in police custody. And …
Danish Woman In Custody Risk Up To 10 Years in Cambodian Prison Read MoreAlleged killer, Finn Paul Nicklos Bernhard Gagneur, who was picked up by the police in a park in HCMC, is already deported back to Finland. Interpol Vietnam Monday arrested a Finnish …
Globally Hunted Finnish Wife-killer Nabbed In Vietnam Read MoreTwo hard-up motorcyclists wanting to buy powder to play with the girls on Wan Lai (water playing day), April 19, 2008, were arrested on April 21, outside the Ambassador Hotel …
Two Thais Confess Robbing A Danish Man Read MoreA Danish man, Kenneth Schou Rodnes, 37, was found dead in his bed Thursday, April 17, 2008 at a resort in Patong Beach Phuket. Police suspect Mr. Rodnes died around 8 pm …
Danish Tourist Dies In Phuket Of Suspected Pain Killer Overdose Read MoreMiss Landmine parades beautiful female amputee landmine victims on the catwalk as they compete to win prosthetic limbs. Miss Landmine Angola 2008 was crowned the event’s inaugural winner this month, …
Cambodia Will Play Host To Miss Landmine 2009 Read MoreThe Vietnamese government is building a national programme on climate change and hopes that donors will assist the country to cope with this disaster, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said …
Climate Change: Ambassador promises 25 Mio. $ To Vietnam Over The Next Five Years Read MoreThe Vietnamese government is building a national programme on climate change and hopes that donors will assist the country to cope with this disaster, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said …
PM Nguyen Tan Dung Thanks Denmark For Support On Climate Change Read MoreThe Norwegian Peace Facilitator, Ambassador Hans Brattskar, visited former President Fidel Ramos during a recent visit to the Philippines. They met to discuss the history of the peace process between …
Norwegian Peace Facilitator Visits Former President Fidel Ramos Read MoreThe Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Bildt, visits Indonesia 21-22 April at the invitation of the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda. The visit is …
The Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Visit Indonesia Read MoreInternational nature fund WWF Greater Mekong and TRAFFIC have launched a print design contest in an effort to raise awareness on wildlife protection in Vietnam. The “A Matter of Attitude” contest …
WWF Launches Design Contest On Wildlife Protection Funded By DANIDA Read MoreOn The Last Day of the Biggest Thai Festival, The Songkran, The Dane, Jorgen Christian Rasmussen, 63, was robbed and stabbed, on his way back home after spending an afternoon …
Danish Man Robbed And Stabbed In Jomtien Read MoreA delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly visited Denmark from April 14-16 to learn from one of it´s most important donor’s experiences in parliamentary operations and socio-economic policies.The NA delegation, …
Vietnam Learns From Denmark’s Parliament Read MoreCSM, a domestic and international broadband data/multimedia satellite and terrestrial network service provider in Indonesia, has selected the Swedish company Aptilo’s Mobile Wimax AAA Connectivity Service Network (CSN) platform, to …
Swedish Aptilo Shall Blanket Indonesia With Broadband Internet Acces Read MoreSystemair has acquired Megcool Industries in Kuala Lumpur with 1st of May as day of taking possession. Megcool has an annual turnover of SEK 20 million with an operating profit …
Swedish Systemair Take Over Megcool In Malaysia Read MoreJonas Bergquist gives the thump up to a nervegas detector developed in Singapore. It´s a microfluidic device that can identify exposure to nerve gas. The device could help identify individuals …
Swedish Professor Impressed By Nervegas Detector Developed In Singapore Read MoreAt least 120 Danish women travelled to Thailand in 2007 to save money on their so deeply desired breast implant operation. That number is higher than ever before. And the …
More Than 120 Danish Women Got Bigger Breasts In Thailand In 2007 Read MoreThe Foreign Ministry of Vietnam held a political consultation with its Norwegian counterpart in Hanoi on April 17 to boost relations between the two countries. The event, co-chaired by Deputy …
Foreign Ministry Of Vietnam Holds Consultation With Norway Read MoreNorwegian related Thai-Scandic Steel has over several years successfully established itself as Thailand’s number one manufacturer of telecommunication towers, having delivered more than 6,300 towers for both the export and …
Thai-Scandic Steel remains SEA market leader Read More“We are not too positive on the situation in Thailand, though more upbeat on Thailand on a relative basis,” says Alex Klein Tank, adviser to the Elite Fund, which is …
Finnish Investment Fund Not Too Positive On Thailand Read More