Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The southern part of the Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a tsunami, which was set off Monday by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 240 kilometers …
Swedish Boys Missing After New Tsunami Read MoreThe southern part of the Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a tsunami, which was set off Monday by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 240 kilometers …
No Danes in Tsunami Area Read MoreThe southern part of the Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a tsunami, which was set off Monday by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 240 kilometers …
”People Fled in Panic” Read MoreThe Vietnam Ship Building Industry Corporation (Vinashin) is building three passenger ferry boats as part of the Danish non-refundable aid programme to improve waterway traffic in the Mekong River Delta, …
Danes fund ferry boats for Mekong River Read MoreThe project starting in July 2006 will address gender inequality for women in the private sector – both for businesswomen and female workers in Vietnam.On one hand the goal is …
Lending A Helping Hand To Vietnamese Business-women Read MoreFrankly, this looked like a recipe for a disaster: You invite members of a club who have never met before to get up at five o’clock on a Saturday morning …
Great Thai Danish Outdoor Day Read More“More and more Scandinavians could be noticed among the tourists on the golf courses during the last five years. Now I would say Scandinavians represent 50 per cent of the …
Jörgen Persson – the swing doctor Read MoreISS is continuing its growth in Asia with its latest take over of the cleaning company Gayren Maintenance Service in the Philippines.Gayen has 1.500 employees, this makes it one of …
Growing ISS Enters The Philippines Read MoreAs reported earlier on ScandAsia the Danish brewery company Carlsberg is already fighting an uphill battle in Malaysia, where strong competitors are stealing valuable market shares. And it doesn’t looking …
Thai Rival Ready To Pounce Upon Carlsberg Read MoreMalaysian DiGi, which is 61 per cent controlled by Norway’s Telenor, is prepared to spend as much as RM 500 million if it is successful in getting a WiMAX wireless …
DiGi Looking For Alternate Routes Read MoreKeppel Seghers is the environmental technology division of Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) a subsidiary to the Singaporean Keppel Corp.The plant in Finland will be able to treat 300 tons of …
Singapore Firm Helps Transform Waste To Energy Read MoreThe value of the agreement is 30 million U.S. dollars, according to a statement issued by Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia.With Nokia’s support, M1 is expected to offer its mobile …
Nokia Lands High Speed Deal In Singapore Read MoreFinnish Juvenalia Youth Choir and Norwegian Viva Youth Choir will jointly present the choral performance, Voices of Joy, along with Operafest Children’s Choir from Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on July …
Youth Choirs From Finland, Norway To Perform In Kuala Lumpur Read MoreGeddy Aniksdal from Grenland Friteater, Norway will perform “No doctor for the dead” on July 11 at the Substation’s Guinness Theatre in Singapore.The show features the poems of Norwegian poet …
Theatre Artist From Norway In Singapore Read MoreUnder the agreement, Vietnam will receive technical assistance through the Vietnam Business Registration Reform-Implementation Planning and Mobilisation plan.Backed by a budget of US$626,000, the plan will be executed by the …
Norway To Help Put Vietnam’s Businesses Into System Read MoreFans of Norwegian music will have a rare opportunity this weekend to see and hear a live performance by a band from Norway in Kuala Lumpur, when Electric Ladyland takes …
Norwegian Band to Perform in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreThe Singapore-owned ST Technologies has decided to end its operations in the Norwegian city of Stavanger. The move follows plans by one of its major customers, SAS Technical Services, to …
Singapore Firm Shuts Down Operations in Stavanger Read MoreCarlsberg is going through tough times on the Malaysian market these days. Not only is the Danish beer giant seeing strong competitors run off with valuable market shares, it also …
Carlsberg Fights Tough Times in Malaysia Read MoreThe Norwegian writer and dramatist Ibsen was first introduced in Vietnam in the early 1970s with translations of his well-known plays such as A Doll’s House, Brand, Peer Gynt, Ghosts …
Learning Vietnam About Ibsen Read MoreScandAsia has joined a research project to help improve the experience of being an expatriate. The research project is set up by Saira Jhutty, a PhD Candidate at Alliant International …
Help Improve the Experience of Being an Expatriate Read MoreThe Web-based Tidal Atlas for Singapore is the world’s first and it is hoped to be able to help ship and berth operators save time and money.Danish DHI Water and …
Danish Company Maps Singapore’s Tidal Water Read MoreClothes producer H&M are again picking up headlines in Danish newspapers. It happens after the union newsletter 3F visited another one of the company’s factories in Cambodia and found that …
H&M Back In The Search Light Read MoreAs the world-famous Roskilde Festival took place in Denmark this past weekend, several of Vietnam’s top performers were present under the Vietnamese name “Vong Nguyet” or in English “Wishing upon …
Success For Vietnamese Music In Denmark Read MoreGeddy Aniksdal normally uses his skills at the Grenland Friteater in Norway. His show in Singapore features the poems of Norwegian poet Georg Johannesen set to song. They are performed …
Norwegian Theatre Artist Performs in Singapore Read MoreThe Lions Clubs International in Denmark and Thailand with the cooperation of the management of Skagen By-og Egnsmuseum has arranged an exhibition, “With oriental eyes: King Chulalongkorn’s visit to Skagen …
The Exhibition Celebrating 100 Years of King Rama V Visit Denmark Read MoreTrying to stop the explosive growth in imports of leather shoes from Vietnam and Chine the EU-commission propose to limit the numbers of shoes entering the union. The solutions is …
EU Maintains Tax On Vietnamese Shoes Read MoreThis year the huge Danish rock-festival, Roskilde Festival, supports humanitarian projects in Cambodia.The 2006 edition of the festival is the fifth time that the organizers cooperate with the Danish NGO …
Drinking And Painting To Fight Slavery In Cambodia Read MoreAfter weeks of speculation regarding Denmark’s future aid to Vietnam, the Danish government has now sent a clear signal about their future intensions in the economically booming country. Vietnam is …
Denmark to Cut Vietnam Aid in Four Years Read MoreJarle Neteland, a 27-year-old Norwegian tourist, jumped from the fifth storey of Pattaya Inter Hospital, where he was admitted.A nurse said Jarle was depressed and started trembling before jumping from …
Norwegian Tourist Committed Suicide In Pattaya Read MoreFinnair opens the new route as traffic to and from Asia is still increasing.Just over 14,000 Finns travelled to Malaysia last year and there are already more than 40 Finnish …
Finnair To Open Direct Route To Malaysia Read MoreRepresentatives of the exiled Philippines communist umbrella organisation, the National Democratic Front (NDF) on arrived in Oslo Tuesday the 4th of July for four days of talks with Norwegian foreign …
Norway Continues Efforts To Resolve Philippines Deadlock Read MoreEricsson announced the signing of the contract with Viettel, the fastest growing mobile network operator in Vietnam in a press release on July 5th.Under the contract, Ericsson will provide Viettel …
Ericsson To Expand Viettel’s GSM Network In Vietnam Read MoreVietnam’s new ambassador to Sweden, Mr. Trinh Quang Thanh, has presented his credentials to HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Trinh Quang Thanh, who is born 1949, has served …
Hanoi Sends New Envoy To Stockholm Read MoreThe Swedish government has appointed Deputy Director-General Mr. Rolf Bergman to be the new ambassador for Sweden in Hanoi, Vietnam. Rolf Bergman is currently head of the administrative department at …
Rolf Bergman To Head Hanoi Mission Read MoreThe couple says that they decided to live together after meeting each other while working as Tsunami volunteers in the Phang Nga province.The wedding was a held at the groom’s home …
Tsunami Causes Marriage Read MoreBroadband growth in Thailand has well outstripped growth in the mobile-phone and fixed-line segments; and that growth is not expected to come to a stop just yet. This is something …
Ericsson Cashing In On Broadband Demand In Thailand Read MoreHeadquartered from Faaborg, where 14 people are employed, the Viking Rubber Company A/S, produces working clothes at their factories in Poland and Vietnam – and a booming order book is now …
Booming Viking Sales Create Jobs In Vietnam Read MoreVelletri Soccer Group, VSG, a newly founded soccer player development organization with Swedish management has begun operations in Asia starting with the Philippines. “Our business idea is to raise the …
Sweden brings football and education program to Asia Read MoreSo far nine international theatre-troupes have registered to participate in the festival. The international contributions range from an Indian troupe performing the drama: “The Rival,” to their Swedish counterparts, who …
Swedish “Doctor Jeckle and Mr. Hyde” On Stage In Vietnam Read MoreA group of Swedish investors, among others Mr. Michael Lindell, former founder, Principle and CEO of Outsourced Supply Management, OSM, and Mr. Lars Sternmarker, former CEO of IMG Scandinavia, have …
Swedish Entrepreneurs Introduce Prestigious Green Fee Concession Membership Read MoreTasty Thai, a unique franchise based Thai fast food concept, initiated by Gunnar Sjöbeck and his wife Pranee, will celebrate its grand opening in Sweden on Friday 7 September. “It …
Tasty Thai Opens In Sweden Read MoreSweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), decided on June 30 to contributes SEK10 million (approximately USD 135 million) to the humanitarian relief efforts in Timor Leste.Timor Leste …
Sweden Grants Timor Leste On Humanitarian Relief Efforts Read MoreEvery Wednesday afternoon the Scandinavian Church at Sukhumvit Soi 33 lends its facilities to something a little different from your usual service. Around 3 pm the garden comes to life …
Children Enjoying The New Sponsored Playground At The Scandinavian Church. Read MoreThe meeting recently held in Hanoi was the last of its kind being held under the Project – “Assistance to the 20 Year Review of Doi Moi in Vietnam” using …
Vietnam Needs To Promote Democracy Read MoreA small abscess is a problem that could bring a patient to the Mae Wang Hospital and the treatment is fairly simple.“It is a small procedure; you simply cut open …
Danish Doctor in Mae Wang Read MoreMalaysia gets more sunlight than many other countries in the world, while many would complain about the heat and run for shade, two companies see an opportunity in staying out …
Taking Advantage Of The Malaysian Sun Read MoreVestas, Danish manufacturer of wind power systems, said it has decided to establish a Research and Development (R &D) centre in Singapore.“We have chosen Singapore as the location for the …
Danish Vestas To Establish R&D Centre In Singapore Read More“Where will Vietnam be in five years?” that was the question up for debate on a recent meeting between donor-countries discussing Vietnam’s development plan for 2006 – 2010.During the meeting …
Danish Ambassador Foresees Brighter Future For Vietnamese Citizens Read MoreLike a ghost from the past, the famed ocean liner SS Norway now lies at anchor just off the southwest coast of India pending determination whether 900 tons of asbestos …
SS Norway Moves Closer To Indian Scrap Hub Read MoreBy Anna Pia Hudtloff. The kitchen in Lars Mikkel Johannessen’s house is filled with paintings and so is the rest of the house. A huge painting with lots of happy …
Danish Con-Fusion Creates Food In Vietnam Read More