Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Norwegian manufacturer of solar panel components, NorSun, will start building a wafer plant in Singapore this year, the company said Tuesday.“Solar energy will be the dominant source of energy …
NorSun To Build 300 Million Dollar Singapore Plant Read MoreA campaign aimed at raising awareness among young people about condom use is underway in Hanoi, part of a 20 million USD project funded by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
Norway Funds Safe Sex Awareness Campaign in Vietnam Read MoreSingapore-based artist, Oistein Kristiansen from Norway, is spreading his love for drawing to children in China.His hands-on exhibition in Shanghai has proved to be such a hit that it is …
Norwegian Artist Big Success In China Read MoreIn a Business-to-business exchange, the Department of Tourism (DoT) in the Philippines is set to present the country’s culture, natural attractions, tropical beach and diving destinations during a selling mission …
Philippines Approach Scandinavian Tourists Read MoreScandinavian residents in Singapore will have a unique opportunity to witness the first ever Youth Olympics, when the country will host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010. In a close competition …
Singapore To Host First Ever Youth Olympics In 2010 Read MoreThe Annual General Meeting 2008 of the Scandinavian Society Malaysia took place on the 29 February 2008 at 7.30 pm at The Royal Lake Club, on a side road to …
New Board of Scandinavian Society Malaysia Read MoreScandinavian tourists get more for their money in Malaysia than anywhere else in the world. If Denmark is set to index 100, living costs for tourists in Malaysia is only …
Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand Among Cheapest Vacation Destinations for Scandinavian World Wide Read MoreThe news portal ww.pattayacitynews.net on Wednesday 27 February reported on a 40 year old Swedish woman who has been living as a vagabond on the streets of Pattaya for several …
Mysterious Swedish Vagabond Woman in Pattaya Read MoreThe Norwegian Peace Facilitator, Ambassador Hans Brattskar visited former President Fidel Ramos during a recent visit to the Philippines. According to newspublished by the Royal Norwegian Embassi in Manila, the …
Norwegian Peace Facilitator Visited Former President Fidel Ramos Read MoreThe first International Puppetry Festival drew to a close on Saturday in Hanoi. The performance of ‘Hon Que’ (Country’s Spirit) by the Central Puppet Theatre of Vietnam won the only …
First Ever International Puppetry Festival Held In Hanoi Read MoreVietnamese opera singer, Thang Long, is right now preparing for her first overseas tour in Sweden next month. She will participate in Cay Sao Than (Mystical Flute), a work staged …
Vietnamese Opera Singer to tour in Sweden Read MoreAround 200 Muslims rallied outside the Danish embassy in Indonesia on Wednesday 20 February to protest the reprinting of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers. The group …
Muslims protest Muhammad cartoons in Indonesia Read MoreThe Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, is currently attending a series of state visits in Southeast Asia. Starting her tour in Indonesia on the 19th of February, President Halonen visited Banda …
Finnish President Touring South East Asia Read MoreThe Scandinavian Tourism Board held the first in a series of workshops promoting Scandinavian destinations to Asian tourists on Wednesday 20th of this month. The Norwegian ‘fjorde’ and ‘Wonderful Copenhagen’ …
Scandinavian destinations promoted in Thailand Read MoreThe Makassar Strait Explorers Consortium, including StatoilHydro, has leased Transocean’s ultra deep-water drill ship GSF Explorer to conduct a drilling campaign on the Karama block off west Sulawesi in Indonesia.The …
Transocean to drill Indonesia wells Read MorePresident Tarja Halonen began a state visit to Southeast Asia on Saturday. During the week-long trip, Halonen and her husband, Pentti Arajärvi, will travel to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. Minister …
Halonen Begins State Visit to Southeast Asia Read MoreReactions to the reprinting of the Muhammad drawings in Danish papers are being followed closely by the Danish embassies in the Asia pacific.Employees at the Danish embassy in Jakarta have …
Danish Embassies In Asia Not Worried Read MoreMalaysia’s fastest growing mobile operator, DiGi, announced the successor to Mr. Morten Lundahl as company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) this Tuesday. The new CEO will be the Swedish Mr. Johan …
Johan Dennelind New CEO in DiGi Read MoreNorway has agreed to contribute NOK60 million for 2007-2009 to two special funds set up under the Asan Development Bank, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. One trust fund finances water projects …
Norway Gives 60 Million NOK to Asian Development Bank Projects Read MoreIn celebration of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Thailand, the Royal Danish Embassy is introducing the publication ’Denmark in Thailand 2008. Celebrating 150 years of Thai-Danish …
New Publication To Promote Denmark In Thailand Read MoreOfficial from the Danish representation in Phnom Penh, Tom Barthel Hansen, expresses concern regarding Cambodian genocide tribunal’s wish to triple it’s budget to 170 million dollars from the original 56,3 …
Danish Official Questions the Cambodian Tribunal’s New Budget Read MoreThe Danish tourist, Henrik Rasmussen, 47, who was missing for more than ten days before being found dead on February 7th, is now believed to have been the victim of …
Danish Tourist From Phuket Believed Murdered Read MoreTwo years after one of the biggest international crisis in Denmark, also known as the Muhammad crisis, several European papers have reprinted one of the infamous drawings.This happens the day …
Reprint Of Muhammad Cartoon No Cause for Riots Yet Read MoreThe Swedish designer, Anna Efverlund, keeps her inner child alive so she can come up with the funkiest, most fun designs. After 25 years with Ikea, Smaaland remains Anna Efverlund’s …
Meet The Swedish Designer Behind Big Hit Cushion In Malaysia Read MoreDigi.Com Bhd. Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal stepped down after quadrupling profit at the Malaysian mobile-phone operator and overseeing a sixfold jump in its stock price. Lundal, who became CEO …
DiGi’s Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal Leaves for Vodafone Group Plc Read MoreBaan Sabaijai, the Norwegian nursing facility in Pattaya, celebrated on the Sunday the 10th of February its fourth anniversary. About a hundred people, mainly Scandinavian residents in Pattaya, gathered in …
Baan Sabaijai Celebrates 4 Year Anniversary Read MoreFinland is looking to the Philippines to help fill growing gaps in the Finnish health care system. However, a Finnish news agency YLE has learned that nurses applying for jobs …
Filipino Nurses Coming to Finland are Asked to Pay Illegal Fees Read MorePromoting Indonesia as a special and unique destination for foreign tourists was one of the main tasks of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki. In order to …
Inodonesia Promotion Campaign in the “MATKA NORDIC TRAVEL FAIR 2008” Held in Helsinki, Finland Read MoreThe European Commission plans to spend 5 million kronor to bring the Nordic site-blocking technique to other EU member states. The move was met with enthusiasm by ECPAT, an anti-child …
Nordic Site-Blocking Technique Favoured by Thailand-based Anti-Child Pornography Organization Read MoreAccording to a research by the Swedish packaging company, Tetra Pak, Thai consumers represent a challenge to the packaging industry because they focus heavily on high quality and attractive design.In …
Sweden’s Tetra Pak See Thai Consumers As a Challenge to Packaging Industry Read MoreThai Air Force head Air Chief Marshal Chalit Phukphasuk was scheduled to sign an agreement with the Swedish government on Febuary 11, 2008 during his trip to Sweden to buy …
Thai Air Force Head Signed Agreement with Swedish Goverment to Buy Gripen Fighter Planes Read MoreMalaysia came out as South East Asis’s fastest rising star in a report from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), comparing 124 countries in various ways. In education, Malaysia is now …
Malaysia Compares Favourably to Nordic Countries Read MoreThe Vietnam Selection Committee recently introduced the 2008 United World Colleges (UWC) Scholarship competition for Vietnamese pupils to study at top universities around the world including Norway. The UWC Scholarship …
Vietnam Kicks off 2008 Colleges Scholarship Competition Including One to Norway Read MoreA Danish Business Delegation to Thailand is planned to take place this spring, possible in May. The Danish Embassy in Bangkok, in close cooperation with the Danish Trade Council, is working …
Danish Business Delegation to Thailand in May Read MoreDanish tourist Henrik Rasmussen, 47, who went missing on Phuket, Thailand more than a week ago, was on Thursday evening found dead in a canal on Phuket. Mr Rasmussen, who …
Missing Danish Tourist Found Dead on Phuket Read MoreSubmarine cables from Norway will provide a number of islands in Krabi Province in southern Thailand, on the shore of the Andaman Sea with new power interconnections. The 33.3 km …
Norwegian Cables to Power Thai Islands Read MoreIn a feature about overseas Vietnamese coming home for the Lunar New Year, Tet, one Danish and one Swedish based Vietnamese was interviewed on the website VietNamNet Bridge about their …
Scandinavian Vietnamese Back For New Year Celebrations Read MoreBjorn Hojgaard, a Danish national, has been appointed managing director of the Norwegian company Thome Ship Management, one of Singapore’s leading mangers specialising in oil and gas (LNG and Lpg) …
Norwegian Thome Appoints Danish Managing Director Read MoreDanish Thomas Marcher based in Kuala Lumpur has been appointed Crown Internationals sales director for Asia and the Pacific Rim. Crown International manufactures amplifiers, microphones, and systems control products for …
Thomas Marcher Joins Crown As Sales Director, Asia/Pacific Rim Read MoreSingapore has concluded three bilateral Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) with the Scandinavian countries, comprising Denmark, Norway and Sweden. With these OSAs, airlines of both Singapore and the Scandinavian countries will …
Singapore and Scandinavian Countries Conclude Three Open Skies Agreements Read More“Many people think that human trafficking always involves women and children who are forced into prostitution after being kidnapped from their home villages by a dodgy man (the trafficker). However, …
Human Trafficking: The Worst Form of Labour Exploitation Read MoreFirst Secretary Birgitte Hygen from the Norwegian Embassy together with Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, H.E. John Holmes, and Mr. M. Fakhruddin, Head of Legal Bureau of the Indonesian Department of …
Norway co-sponsors Human Rights Workshops in Banda Aceh Read MoreSwedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson said on Febuary 1, 2008 that 4,000 jobs worldwide would be cut as the company reported flat sales for fourth quarter 2007 and a 37-per-cent drop in …
Ericsson Chief Executive Noted That Political Unrest in Thailand Caused Investment in 2007 to Slow Down Read MoreA Danish tourist Henrik Rasmusen, 47, who was last seen at about 10:30 pm on Febuary 3, 2008 at the Royal Paradise Hotel has been gone missing. Mr Rasmusen is tall, …
A Danish Tourist Has Gone Missing in Phuket, Thailand Read MoreAt the invitation of the International Peace Foundation’s “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”, Professor Finn Erling Kydland of Norway, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2004 for …
Norwegian Winner of Nobel Prize in 2004 to Deliver a Speech in a Thai University Read MoreA major child smuggling ring is suspected of bringing dozens of children from Vietnam to Sweden. Between 30 and 40 people suspected of involvement in the smuggling operation are to …
Suspects in Child Smuggling from Vietnam to Sweden to be Prosecuted in Sweden Read MoreNorwegian Ambassador, Stale Torstein Risa was a keynote speaker of the the two-day International Maritime Conference hosted by John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JLFMU) in the Philippines which started …
Norwegian Ambassador Attended International Maritime Conference in the Philippines Read MoreOn Friday 14 December the DTCC/SSS cycling team returned to Bangkok, having completed the about 335 km ride from Ban Chang (near Pattaya) to Koh Chang.On Saturday morning 8 December, …
Viking Wheelers Completed 335 Km Eastern Seaboard Ride Read MoreFinnish Nokia Siemens Networks, together with Global Mediacom, announced on January 27, 2008 a joint collaboration to launch a commercial broadcast mobile TV service, based on Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) …
Nokia Siemens Networks Will Deliver its Biggest DVB-H Agreement Worldwide Starting in Indonesia Read MoreKing Carl XVI Gustaf is to present medals to four Swedes for their service during the 2004 tsunami disaster in South East Asia, in which more than 500 Swedes were …
Swedish King Presented Royal Medals to Four Swedes for Tsunami Service in South East Asia Read More