Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) offers its member a level-1 Swedish language course aimed at tour operators, travel agents, hotel staff and travel-related businesses for developing their proficiency in …
ATTA Offers Swedish Language Class Read MoreIn September Lars Haugan is to replace Hilde Sirnes, who has come to the end of her three year term at the church in Pattaya. She moves on to take …
The New Seamen’s Priest Says Hallo Read MoreSawasdee Malaysia – Five Men and one Master – exhibition will take place at La Luna Gallery in Chiangmai, Thailand. The exhibition, which displays works of some Malaysia’s most exciting …
Sawasdee Malaysia Exhibits At La Luna Read MoreTotal Access Communication Plc (DTAC) is likely to list its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in December. Also the company is considering to delist parent company United …
DTAC To Delist Ucom, List Its Shares On SET Read MoreIn June the Nordic Investment Bank unveiled its new strategy. The bank is a multilateral financial institution, owned by eight member countries, that finances private and public projects in and …
Nordic Investment Bank Strengthens Activities In Asia Read MoreDenmark’s largest brewery group, Carlsberg, has dropped out of the race to buy the remaining Asian assets of their competitor, Foster’s Group. Carlsberg announced this decision on Friday, and later …
Carlsberg Drops Out of Race to Buy Foster’s Assets Read MoreLet the lobbying begin. In light of recent suggestions from members of the Danish governing party Venstre to phase out the economically booming Vietnam from the list of Denmark’s aid …
Ambassador Praises Own Efforts in Vietnam Read MoreThe four Nordic Ambassador to Vitenam; Ambassador of Denmark Peter Lysholt Hansen, Ambassador of Sweden Anna Lindstedt, Ambassador of Finland Kari Alanko, and Ambassador of Norway Kjell Storlokken, have been …
Nordic Share Experiences In Fighting Corruption Read MoreLaying off more than 900 employees at their headquarters in Billund, Denmark, the Danish toymaker Lego Group has announced that it will outsource large parts of its production to the …
Singapore Firm to Take Over Lego Production Read MoreDanish Embassy in Vietnam has provided a grant of DKK 486.000 to Vietnamese Department for Social Affairs, a specialist support unit under the Committee for Social Affairs of the National …
Danida Grants Vietnam To Stop Gender Based Violent Read MoreIn order to appeal to the beverage producers in Asia the Danish ingredients company has added new flavour profiles to its water-soluble range, for instance “more citrus” grapefruit profile.This process, …
Danish Company Adds Flavour to Asian Sports-Drinks Read MoreOn June 19, as an agreement was clinched in the province between representatives of the local authorities and Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Kjell Storlokken on June 19.In order to aid …
Norway Supports Administrative Reform in Northern Vietnam Read MoreNorway has pledged to help Vietnam on enhancing its testing capacity and certification processes for textile products, improve quality of electrical products in correlation with European standards, and also upgrade …
Norway Helps Vietnam To Enhance Products Read MoreA few months ago the Danish shoemaker Ecco saw their production facility in Thailand burn to the ground. Now the company is preparing to spend 350 million Thai Baht on …
Ecco is Getting Back on Their Feet Read MoreThai immigration police will deport two Swedish nationals wanted in their homeland for committing crimes and fleeing to “paradise” to enjoy their illicit earnings, a senior police official said on …
Thailand to Deport Swedish Crime Suspects Read MoreA small, selected crowd turned up at the Ambassador’s residence including people from the Danish community and diplomatic circles. Thanks to rain earlier in the day, the traffic was horrendous …
Farewell… and hello! Read MoreThe royal Swedish couple is currently visiting Phuket on a six-day unofficial visit – even as the couple took time out to celebrating their 30th wedding day on June 19, it was …
Swedish Royalty Attend Tsunami Exhibit Read MoreWinning the contract last year for delivering subsea equipment to Murphy Oils Kikeh field development was really a stepping stone for Aker Kværner’s expansion in this region, he says. Located …
Aker Kvaerner Expanding In Malaysia Read MoreAn Annual General Meeting 2006 of the Malaysia Norway Business Council (MNBC) was held at the Norwegian Ambassadors residence in Malaysia on June 15 and some 40 members and guests …
MNBC AGM and Farewell Dinner Read MoreThe ambassador Makku Niinioja greet the readers saying that the trade between the countries is better than last year in the first two months, adding that on his government side …
Second Issue Of Finn Biz Is Out Read MoreThe Thai-Danish Club will go on a full day tour to Kaengkrachan National Park together on Satuday 15 June 2006. This one day trip is the first event organized by …
Thai-Danish trip to National Park Read MoreMichael Lindblad and his company Precious Products Jewelry Co. Ltd. belongs to the winners. Turnover in 2005 increased around 30 per cent and earnings with around 50 per cent compared with …
Precious Products Read MoreAfter an impressive fight in the final against Zhang Jun and Gao Ling from China, Denmark’s Jonas Rasmussen and Britta Andersen had to settle for second-place in the mixed double …
Danish Duo Finished Second in Malaysian Open Read MoreWhen this year’s Roskilde Festival kicks off on June 29, nearly 70,000 people will gather for four days to enjoy what has slowly become one of Europe’s most famous, annual, …
Vietnamese Musicians to Play at Roskilde Festival Read MoreAlthough being Denmark’s leading badminton player, Peter Gade was outplayed when he faced Chen Jin from China in the quarter-final of the Malaysian Open. The defeat came only three months …
Peter Gade Out of Malaysian Open Read MoreAs experienced expatriates Elina and her family consisting in her husband and two sons, 13 and 14 years old, have chosen Bangkok as the permanent home outside Finland.“Luckily you don’t …
Experienced Expat In Thailand Read MoreDanish Chamber trainee Mette Stanley Refnov was celebrated at the Networking evening on Thursday 16 June. The event was her last as a business trainee at the Danish-Thai Chamber of …
Trainee Leaving the Danish-Thai Chamber Read MoreWith the inauguration in the spring 2006 of the latest Jotun paint factory in Indonesia, the famous Norwegian company has now established its own production in four of the eight …
Coloring South East Asia Read MorePernille Leschly Halle ,32, thought she was going to relax around the swimming pool or go shopping to pass time when she first arrived in Kuala Lumpur with her husband …
Fashion Is Fun! Read MoreThe newly started Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) Board held its first board meeting on May 24 and was pleased to bestow grants on a total of four applicants.CDEF …
Danish Founding Mixes Danish and Vietnamese Music Read MoreYou reach the secluded factory of the Radi Medical Systems after a drive on narrow country roads on the East coast of Phuket. The site is one of a resort’s …
This is A Factory Read MoreDanish Ambassador to Thailand, Ulrik Helweg-Larsen, on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has signed a trade agreement with a Thai palm oil producing company from Suratthani, southern …
Denmark Purchases Carbon Credits From Thailand Read MoreThe Danida project ‘Enhancing Community Resilience to Natural Disasters in Southeast Asia’ on Cambodia and Vietnam is contributed to increased preparedness capacity of communities and local government authorities to coastal …
Danida Enhances Community To Cope Natural Disasters Read MoreThe first phase of the Vietnam-Sweden Cooperation Program on Strengthening the Capacity for Land and Environmental Management (SEMLA) in Vietnam which began in 2004 has been finished and the preparation …
Swedish-assisted Environmental Program Continues Read MoreAccording to Danish daily Berlingske Tidende founder and major shareholder, Bøje Bendtzen, under suspicion for having Scancom pay bills for nonexistent serviced to companies related to himself, thus putting the …
Scancom Under Investigation for Fraud Read MoreKing Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden are paying a private visit in Phuket, the resort island on the southern coast of Thailand. The Swedish royalty arrived in …
Swedish Royalty’s Private Stay in Phuket Read MoreNovozymes Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Southeast Asian Regional Headquarters for Danish Novozymes A/S, has been awarded the inaugural Malaysian Business Ethics Excellence Award for 2005, in the category of small international …
Novozymes Malaysia Receives Business Ethics Award Read MoreAccording to the Oslo Philharmonic’s webpage, the Norwegian Musicians’ Union has called a strike starting June 16. The strike also affects the Norwegian National Opera, the Bergen Philharmonic and other …
Musicians’ Strike Cancel Concerts in Singapore and Malaysia Read MoreThe Nokia powered solution will allow Celcom subscribers to increase connectivity speed by up to 10 times the current rate, and they will see prices drop as well, Nokia writes …
Nokia Lands New Deal With Malaysian Celcom Read MoreThe Danish grant of US$10.4 million is for a project on Pollution Control in Densely Populated Areas (PCDA) in four provinces of Vietnam; Ha Nam, Thai Binh, Quang Nam and …
Denmark Grants Vietnam’s Pollution Project Read MoreDuring the month of June this year, the Swedish Embassy together with the Swedish East India Company (SOIC) and the Swedish Institute host a Swedish Summer festival in Jakarta to …
Swedish Summer in Jakarta 2006 Read MoreAn international competition for Thailand’s Tsunami Memorial, dedicated to the victims of the devastating December 2004 earthquake and tidal wave, has been won by an unusual-looking Spanish project called “Mountains …
Finnish Contribution Takes Second Prize in Tsunami Memorial Contest Read MoreKONE from Finland and Vietnamese Thien Nam join hand together in escalator and elevator business in Vietnam and plan to deepen their cooperation in the future as the Vietnamese market …
Finland’s KONE Appoints Vietnamese Distributor Read MoreAker Kvaerner, Norway’s oil and gas engineering group, has signed a long term lease agreement to open a 17.6 ha manufacturing center in Malaysia’s Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). This …
Norwegian Aker Kvaerner, First Investor in New Malaysia’s Shipping Zone Read MoreNorway’s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were among royalty from all around the world who gathered in Bangkok on June 12 to honor His Majesty the King Bhumibol …
Norway’s Royalty Attend Thai King’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration Read MoreTuesday morning the air around the Ecco factory half an hour away from Ayuthaya was thick with tension, as managers and employees awaited a special visit from the Danish Prince …
Prince Consort Henrik Visits Ecco Thailand Read MoreEver tried calling someone in Thailand just to get disconnected before you even get through? That annoyance might be about to disappear as Mach, an international company with Danish roots, …
Danish Help Connects Thai Telephones Read MoreBy Mogens Rasmussen Photos Gregers Moller HRH Prince Henrik was celebrated with a reception on his 72 year birthday on June 11, 2006 at the Royal Danish Embassy. HRH was in Bangkok …
HRH Prince Henrik Celebrated Birthday in Bangkok Read MoreAs expected, Sunday’s final in the Singapore Open will feature two Danish players. Seeded first and second before the tournament started earlier this week, Peter Gade and Kenneth Jonassen each …
All Danish Final in Singapore Open Read MoreSweden’s role to help Vietnam in EUSince Sweden joined the EU, Sweden can have a direct influence on European politics and Swedish views are well known and respected. Sweden is …
Sweden – Vietnam Bilateral Ties Read More