Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The visit to Malaysia of Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Per Stig Moller and Danish Minister of Environment, Connie Hedegaard kicked off this morning in Kuala Lumpur with a busy …
Danish Double Ministerial Visit Kicks Off Read MoreThe successful 2nd Joint Nordic Golf Tournament was held during a long sunny day at Bangkok Golf Club on January 19 with a total of 86 participated golfers.The winner of …
A Successful Nordic Chambers Golf Trophy Read MorePassengers from Stockholm departed to Asia approximately 500,000 (up by 20 %) during 2006. The majority of these arrived into Thailand, around 150,000 passengers into Bangkok. “We have a total …
Passengers from Stockholm to Asia is Up by 20% Read More”The Butterfly”, ”Did you fall?”, ”The Thief of Books”, ”When Toad got tired”, and ”The Day Leopold got Evil”. Those are the five books, which have now been translated into …
Danish Children’s Books Translated Into Vietnamese Read MoreGrundfos A/S, the Danish pump manufacturing company, in collaboration with the Thai solar cell manufacturer Solartron on January 22 introduced cost efficient solar pump solutions to water problems in non-electrified …
Danish-Thai Solutions for Water Problem in Thai Rural Areas Read MoreNew phone number is 02 250 8801 and new fax number is 02 250 8802. In the case of emergency call embassy’s duty officer at 081 824 9158.
Embassy’s New Phone and Fax Numbers Read MoreThe visit to Indonesia of Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Per Stig Moller and Danish Minister of Environment, Connie Hedegaard ended Tuesday night after an adventurous day for the two …
Danish Double Ministerial Visit Ends Read MoreJari Hietala, a Vice President of Finpro South East Asia, stations in Bangkok, Finpro’s S.E. Asia Head Quarter. He’s been here once before in 1994-1998 as a Trade Commissioner of …
Finpro’s Growth Game Read MoreHe arrived in Kuala Lumpur last week on a stretcher, spending the first few days in a hospital bed. This week, Peter Gade leaves Malaysia’s capitol as the new-crowned champion …
Sick Badminton Star Took the Championship Read MoreEnough is enough. That was the message delivered by ten agitated community representatives from the north-eastern Cambodian province of Stung Treng during a meeting on January 12 with some of …
Dams in Vietnam Ruin Cambodian Villages Read MoreEvery day 100 people are newly infected with HIV in Vietnam, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Now Denmark is about to increase its support to the fight against …
Denmark Puts HIV/AIDS on the Vietnamese Radio Waves Read More“The seminar is very interesting and successful with lot of participants from both sides, and also some interested companies from Philippines” said Kim Kjaer, chairman of the Danish Fishing Equipment …
Successful Danish-Thai Fishing Equipment Seminar in Mahachai Read MoreThe Norwegian oil firm Statoil on January 16 signed a production sharing contract on a 40 percent share in a 5,000 sq km deepwater Kuma block off the coast of …
Statoil’s First Award in Indonesia Read MoreManaging Director of Dynatest Asia-Pacific Sdn. Bhd. based in Malaysia, Mr. Alauddin Mustafa, is expecting the alliance to pay off well already in 2007, the first year of the alliance. …
Danish COWI and Dynatest in strategic alliance Read MoreSince 2004, the Swedish government has spent more than 60 million USD (423 million SEK) on various development projects in Laos. This year, Sweden has committed to another 21.5 million …
Sweden Continues to Spend Aid Millions in Laos Read More25 year old activist, student and teacher Charm Tong from Burma will receive the Norwegian Students’ 2007 Peace award, Norwegian daily Bladet Tromsø reports. The award is given to Charm …
Burmese Teacher Wins Norwegian Peace Award Read MoreIn 2006 30 Norwegians died in Thailand. 30 out of a 4.5 million population might not seem like a big number. However, the number of Norwegians dying in Thailand has …
Number of Norwegians Dying in Thailand Doubled Read MoreTraffic between Helsinki and Asia grew by as much as 30%, with more than 910,000 passengers traveling to Asia. In 2006, Thailand is among the most popular Asian destinations, with …
Passengers from Finland to Thailand is Up by 27% Read MoreThailand was voted number one the world’s best tourist country by a Norwegian travel magazine for the fourth consecutive year, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.At the Norwegian Grand Travel …
Thailand Wins World’s Best Tourist 2007 Read MorePerlos, a finnish mobile phone casings company for Nokia, has said it will cut 4,000 jobs or a third of its worldwide workforce, by the end of 2007, with job …
No Lay-offs at Perlos in Singapore Read MoreThe request for help was made by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) at a meeting with a visiting delegation from the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (STUC), led by …
How to Train a Trade Union…? Call Sweden! Read MoreH.E. Ambassador of Thailand to Norway, Ms. Jittriya Pintong, received the 2006 Grand Travel Award presented at the annual award presentation ceremony organised by Travel News at the Radisson SAS …
Grand Travel Award Ceremony Read MoreThe Danish top player made his decision Tuesday evening, which means he will face the Dutch player Eric Pang in his first Super Series match on Wednesday. The match will …
Peter Gade Will Play Super Series in Malaysia Read MoreSNAP, a consortium made up equally of Aboitiz Power Corp. of the Philippines and Norway’s SN Power purchased the Philippines’s largest hydroelectric plant in December for a winning bid of …
Norway Wins Hydroelectric Plant Bidding Read MoreSo far two Finns, one Norwegian, and two Swede tourists aged 24 to 66 have fallen ill with pneumonia-like disease caused by Legionella bacteria after staying in the Grand Tropicana …
Legionnaires’ Disease Attacks Nordic Tourists Read MoreAt Gleneagles Hospital in Ampang, doctors are still trying to find out, what the Danish badminton star Peter Gade is suffering from following an extremely uncomfortable flight to Kuala Lumpur. …
Danish Badminton Star Still Stuck in Hospital Bed Read MorePeter Gade was supposed to play his first match at the Super Series badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, yet his poor condition following his heavy migraine on the …
Peter Gade Released from the Hospital Read MoreAs the Asian market for offshore vessels is rapidly growing, Norwegian Aker Yards has decided to establish a shipyard in Vietnam, the company reports. The shipyard will be a joint …
Aker Yards to Establish a Foothold in Asia Read MoreFor reasons still unknown to Danish police, a man from the Danish city of Elsinore (Helsingor) decided to call in a bomb threat on Saturday morning to the Thai embassy …
Bomb Threat Against Thai Embassy in Copenhagen Read MoreThe night before Saturday, Danish badminton star Peter Gade fell ill during a flight to Kuala Lumpur, where he is to play in the Super Series tournament next week. The …
Danish Badminton Star Hospitalized in Malaysia Read MoreThe blooming aid assistance – which Denmark is giving through the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) – will be channeled through a program to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s), …
Denmark Hopes to Make Vietnamese City Blossom Read MoreLife is stressful, and that is why you deserve a vacation. However, with the wrong approach, your vacation can be more stressful than just going about life as usual. One …
Feel Secure as You Travel Read MoreThe religious rite for Ole Preben Wissing, the Commercial Director and DTCC representative of EAC who diagnosed with leukemia and passed away peacefully on January 4 in Copenhagen, was held …
In the Memory of Ole Wissing Read MoreScandinavian men coming on vacation to Thailand often meet and fall in love with a Thai woman. But the cultural differences easily leads to disappointments. Furthermore, those wishing to bring …
The Outspoken Norwegian in Jomtien Read MoreDespite having visited Thailand eight times since the devastating Tsunami, which they experienced while vacationing in Krabi, Lisbeth Finch and Morten Sjøstedt from Norway have hardly had any time for …
Norwegians build first rescue boat for Andaman Sea Read MorePham Tuan Hung went from glory to shame when his recently bestowed Talent Prize 2006 was revoked by the Danish embassy in Vietnam on Wednesday. Denmark’s ambassador to Vietnam and …
Denmark Strips Vietnamese Artist of Talent Award Read MoreTwo Danish teams, as well as one Norwegian boat participated in the increasingly popular Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, held for the 20th time in Phuket in early December 2006.Inaugurated in …
Danes Racing the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Manilla together with Mr.Mariano Akerman, Researcher and Lecturer will organize a series of lectures with different universities and educational institutions entitled “In the Spirit of …
In the Spirit of Linnaeus Read MoreThere are (at least) two Danish companies active in Vietnam with the word “Viking” as part of their name. One is Viking Rubber Company A/S. The other is Viking Life-Saving …
A Tale of Two Vikings Read MoreWhen Bangkok was hit by a series of bombs on New Year’s Eve, which killed three people and wounded 42, Thailand’s booming tourist industry feared the immediate repercausions. However, the …
Danish Travelers Not Scared by Terror Threat in Thailand Read MoreThe 1st annual Baan King Kaew golf challenge will be held at Gassan Khuntan, one of the finest golf courses up north in Chiangmai from 19 to 21 January 2007. …
Play Golf For a Good Cause Read MoreAmong the Swedish contributors are the Swedish Co-op Centre, KF project centre, the HSB and Riksbyggen housing co-operative alliance – all of which have entered into an agreement with the …
Swedish Partners Behind Low-income Housing in Vietnam Read MoreVietnam has previously been a popular travel destination for guided tours and, to a limited extent, for beach-hungry sun-tanners. Now, Apollo intends to put Vietnam at the top of the …
New Direct Flight Between Sweden and Vietnam Read MoreKalmar Industries, the world’s leading supplier of cargo handling equipment to ports, terminals and intermodal facilities has been awarded a record order of 247 terminal tractors from PSA Singapore Terminals. …
Kalmar Industries hits record of 247 orders of its terminal tractors from PSA Read MoreAfter nearly five years as MD of Jotun Thailand, Limited, Per-Harald Engesaeth will be leaving Bangkok on 22 January for the new task in Cairo with his family, wife and …
Jotun Thailand’s MD to Egypt Read MoreAn extra order worth US$ 525,000 is always welcome. Especially when it is placed by a new customer from the huge Chinese market. No wonder the people at Scanmach Asia …
New Scam: In It for the Gifts Read MoreRolf Bergman, Swedish Ambassador suggested that Vietnam should encourage the media, the private sector and the general public to monitor and actively follow the progress of anti-corruption work inline with …
Swedish Anti-Corruption Advice Read MoreRES Swedish monthly travel magazine recently conducted a survey among its readers in which Thailand was chosen as their most popular tourist destination for the best food and shopping, followed …
Thailand Ranks First Swedish Destination Read MoreThe competition encompasses both theoretical and practical tests in line with the European Union directive on compulsory driver training. The purpose of this new directive is to introduce professional training …
Scania’s Best Trucker Search in Malaysia Read MoreMartin Damslund Jensen, a 30 year old Dane, was on Wednesday arrested by Thai police and placed in the custody of the immigration police in Suan Plu. The Dane was …
Dane Arrested in Thailand Read More