Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Thai government has rejected an offer from Sweden to try and mediate a peace deal in the strife-torn south of Thailand. In line with the government’s iron-fisted approach to …
Swedish Offer to Mediate in Thailand Rejected Read MoreRepresentatives of two Nordic IT companies and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce will go to Philippines next month to explore the country’s potential according to Mary Borromeo-Hedfors, Philippines trade representative …
Nordic Firms Considering Philippines for IT Potential Read MoreThe Aquaculture Research Institute of Vietnam plans to import more salmon eggs from Finland in order to expand a pilot salmon and sturgeon farming program in the northern mountains of …
Vietnam Plans to Import More Finnish Salmon Eggs Read MoreTelenor group’s president and chief executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas said January 17 that Total Access Communication (DTAC) is ready to compete with Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS). Advanced Info Service …
DTAC is Ready to Compete with AIS Read MoreFinnish ambassador to the Philippines Riitta Resch and Swedish ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Annika Markovic, were among other EU envoys who recently visited Mindanao in the southern Philippines to …
Swedish, Finnish Ambassadors and EU Envoys Visit Mindanao Read MoreScania, the Swedish heavy truck and bus manufacturer, has made a firm commitment to make Malaysia the hub for its Southeast Asia operations. This is mainly because of the growing …
Scania Chooses Malaysia as SEA Hub Read MoreWhen the Danish delegation – led by the Foreign Ministry’s Head of Department for Asia, Ms. Susan Ulbæk – arrived in Cambodia’s capitol Phnom Penh last week, it was with …
High-level Talks Between Denmark and Cambodia ‘Productive’ Read MoreItthiphol Jitphumsak is the editor and founder of Thai Tang Dan Newspaper, a Thai newspaper based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The paper is approaching the end of its second year in …
Volunteer Newspaper Binds Thai Community In Denmark Read MoreTechnics Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd (TOEPL), a subsidiary company of Technics Oil & Gas Limited, has secured a S$13.8 million contract from Norwegian company, Prosafe for the supply of gas …
Technics Oil & Gas Secures S$13.8 Million Contract from Norway’s Prosafe Read MoreSAS says ongoing contract negotiations with unions are not progressing toward the cost-saving goals it needs, according to a recent edition of the company’s internal newsletter. As a result, it …
SAS to Downsize Unprofitable Scandinavian Units Read MoreFinland’s Kuntarahoitus Municipality Finance (KMF) said it is planning an investor roadshow in Australia and Asia via Australia’s largest bank, National Australia Bank (NAB). The roadshow will be headed by …
Finland Firm Plans Investor Roadshow Read MoreDanish engineer Mr. Poul Erik Kristensen’s vision is to build comfortable office buildings with full electrical capacity and still save energy. To many, this may sound like an impossible task …
Danes Making Zero Energy Office Buildings in Malaysia Read More“It was a real kick start to the resort’s rebirth with TV crews from all over the world staying and filming here. And with as much as 300 meters of …
Swedish-Managed Khao Lak Resort Back in Service Read More
Peder Jorgensen has been more closely involved with the lives of the poor rural people of Thailand than any other living Dane today. For ten years, between 1962 and 1972, …
A Life at Rice Root Level Read MoreThe Nordic Chambers has organised a panel discussion involving four international schools in Thailand on January 11, 2006 at the Conrad Hotel, Bangkok. The schools invited to participate were Bangkok …
Nordic Chamber Meet Discusses Education in Thailand Read MoreBy Zosia Lav When the air navigation service provider of Thailand, AEROTHAI, was on the look-out for safety management expertise in connection with the construction of a new international airport …
Breakthrough in Thailand for Danish Consultancy Read MoreIndonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla will visit Finland soon to meet with exiled leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and to discuss further steps for maintaining peace in Aceh. …
Indonesian Vice President to Meet Aceh Exiles Read MoreFinnish meteorological and aerospace instrument maker Vaisala is to outsource some of the company’s measurement systems division production functions to Malaysia, the company said January 12. Vaisala is to start …
Finland’s Vaisala to Outsource in Malaysia Read MoreJournalists from Laos and Indonesia have been invited to apply to join a training program on journalism and democracy, scheduled for June 5-23 in Sweden. The application deadline is February …
Swedish Group Offers Seminar on Journalism and Democracy Read MoreMr. Lars, Swedish State Secretary, and his delegation have visited Indonesia January 12-14 for bilateral talks with the Indonesian Government. During his two-day visit, Danielsson had talks with Indonesian President …
Swedish State Secretary Visits Indonesia Read MoreAn exhibition of the famous Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto will take place in Museum Nasional, Jakarta from January 13 to February 06, 2006. The exhibition Alvar Aalto Houses …
Alvar Aalto’s Exhibition in Jakarta – Museum Nasional Read MoreAt a press conference at the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok, Lars Danielsson, Deputy Minister to the Swedish Prime Minister, informed that the proposal given to the Thai Government in November …
Swedish Fighter Aircraft Proposal Made Public Read MoreFrom January 2006, Nicklas Liss-Larsson is the new First Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Liss-Larsson will be attached to the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur for a period of three …
Sweden’s New First Secretary In Malaysia Takes Up Station Read MoreAfter recently selling the biggest of East Asiatic Company’s businesses, Nutrition, there has been a lot of talk about how long before the more than a century old Danish business …
EAC: The Name of the Company is not the Issue Read MoreAccording to the calculations made by the polling stations themselves, the number of Finns who came to vote at the Finnish embassies, consulates and other polling facilities abroad was well …
More Than 29,000 Finns Voted Abroad in the First Round of Presidential Elections Read MoreNordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA) launched an Artist-in-Residence Exchange program. The program aims to negotiate cultural differences, explore the potential to engage in inter and cross cultural activities, as …
Nordic countries and Singapore join hands in Artist Exchange Program Read MoreMr Lennart Kollmats, Chairman of Swedish Parliament’s Committee Cultural Affairs, together with his nine colleagues has visited Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bali and Timor Leste between 5-16 January. The visit aims …
Head of Swedish Parliament Visits Indonesia and Timor Leste Read MoreOne of the issues to be discussed between the two foreign ministers will no doubt be the Danish government’s handling of the controversial case of the Muhammed drawings in the …
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister to Visit Denmark Read MoreThe 10-man Danish modern jazz band, the New Jungle Orchestra, played at the “No Black Tie” jazz club in Kuala Lumpur on 3rd and 4th January 2006 in front of …
New Jungle Orchestra a Success in KL Read MoreDanish ambassador to Vietnam Peter Lysholt Hansen and Cao Viet Sinh, Vietnam’s Vice Minister for Planning and Investment, signed a government agreement on the second phase of the fisheries sector …
Denmark Granted USD 39 Million to Support Vietnam’s Fisheries Sector Read MoreNorske Skog by the end of 2005 purchased Pan Asia Paper Company, previously owned by Canada’s Abitibi Consolidated, and is now the world’s largest producer of newsprint. Norske Skog completed the …
PanAsia Becomes 100 pct Subsidiary of Norske Skog Read MoreIt’s the Danish humanitarian organization, Tandsundhed Uden Grænser (TUG) – translated Dental Health Without Borders – that has sent out the team consisting of a handful of Danish dentists and …
Danish Dentists on a Humanitarian Mission in Cebu City Read MoreA 12 year-old Swedish girl on holiday with her family was reportedly raped Monday last week by one of the employees of the hotel that she and her family were …
Swedish Girl Raped in Koh Samui Read MoreThe owner and director of Bonus Travel has gone missing along with the money of the agency’s customers, who thought they had purchased a vacation in the Philippines. By Thursday …
Travel Director has Escaped with Stolen Money Read MoreDanish Ambassador to Vietnam Peter Lysholt Hansen and Vietnam’s Vice Minister of Education and Training, Mr. Tran Van Nhung signed a supporting agreement on 30 December 2005. This project is …
Denmark Supports Vietnam’s Arts Education Read MoreThe Danish Yggdrasil ballet troupe dancers will perform in Hanoi on January 10 and 11 and in Ho Chi Minh City on January 13. This program “Butterflies”, which incorporates both …
Danish Ballet Dancers to Perform in Vietnam Read MoreDanish and Vietnamese Governments jointly conducted a seminar on launching a Business Sector Support Program (BSSP) in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, in the Central Highlands on December 29, …
Business Support Program Launched in Vietnam Read MoreNorwegian gas company Golar LNG Ltd. has signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Ltd. of Singapore for the first ever conversion of an existing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) carrier into …
Norwegian Golar LNG Gets Contract from Keppel Shipyard of Singapore Read MoreSwedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson has signed an agreement to provide network systems to Indonesian operator PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler in Jakarta and surrounding areas. Under the two-year contract, …
Ericsson to Supply Network to Natrindo Read MoreThe National Danish Performance Team will do performances and workshops in major cities in Vietnam in this coming February. This tour aims to promote awareness of Danish gymnastics tradition abroad …
Denmark’s Gymnastic Tour in Vietnam Read MoreSweden’s Minister for Justice Thomas Bodström will pay a first official visit to Vietnam on 7-11 January. In Hanoi, Thomas Bodström is scheduled to talk with his Vietnamese colleague on …
Sweden’s Minister for Justice to Visit Vietnam and Cambodia Read MoreDanish Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen signed an agreement to support Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, based in Bangkok. Danish support aims to demonstrate how to develop community resilience to …
Denmark Granted DKK 9 Million for Asian Disaster Preparedness Read MoreThe Government of Finland will provide a $4.7 million grant for the Sustaining Livelihoods Project in the Tonle Sap in Cambodia. The project will help improve livelihoods and reduce poverty …
Finland Grants Cambodia’s Sustaining Livelihoods Project Read MoreThe Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore tested imported Norwegian salmon for heavy metals and assured the public that it is safe to eat. Some 197 tons of salmon …
Singapore Clears Norwegian Salmon Read MoreThe Danish Government has contracted to grant US$6.5 million to help Vietnam in the third phase of its legal and judicial reform project. The Government of Sweden also donates about …
Denmark and Sweden Grant for Vietnam’s Judicial Reform Project Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Vietnam and the Kim Dong Publishing House signed the agreement on December 29, 2005 to carry out a five-year project that aims at helping Vietnamese children …
Danish-funded Project for Vietnamese Children Read MoreDr. Alongkorn Chutinan, the brain surgeon in charge of treating the Danish patient Jan Johansen in Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, suggests that a Medical Insurance should be a precondition for tourists …
Medical Insurance Condition for Visa? Read MoreJan Johansen, a Danish tourist hospitalized in Pattaya for over a month, passed away early in the morning on Thursday 5 January 2006. Jan Johansen was 49 and died of …
Dying Dane Created Heated Debate Read MoreDenmark pledge DKK 2 million to support Vietnam’s renewed cultural cooperation program. A five years program aims to develop and promote Vietnam’s regional and ethnic culture. The fund will …
Danish Support Vietnam’s Regional and Ethnic Sustainability Read MoreSweden upgraded its representation to a general consulate on Phuket in early 2005, and as a new consul-general, Alf Karlsson, 61, came in September to stay for three years, the …
Sweden’s new consul-general look forward to three years on Phuket Read More