Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Swedish Foreign Ministry has totalled its costs following the tsunami disaster at 315 million Swedish Kronor. The highest single cost – 97.4 million kronor – was incurred by the …
Tsunami Cost Sweden 315 Million Kronor Read MoreSAS has decided to terminate all its commercial traffic to and from Singapore due to the substantial – yet unspecified – deficit that this route produces. Thus the Scandinavian airline …
SAS Closes Singapore Connection; Finnair Seeks To Expand Read MoreIn 1992, prompted by a need which they felt was not being adequately addressed, Dr. Vicharn and his wife Dr. Prakong Vithayasai established the Support the Children Foundation. The primary …
NGO’s Success Sees Children’s Lives Transformed Read MoreSaxo Bank sees Singapore as only one of its goals, and the company believes its arms are long enough to reach out to the entire South-East Asian region using either …
Danish Bank Eyes South-East Asia Opportunity Read MoreOne of Denmark’s leading professional golfers, Anders Hansen, came in shared ninth place when last week’s stop on the European Tour was played at the Esmeralda Golf Club in the …
Danish Golfer Finishes Joint 9th in Jakarta Read MoreThe nominees for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize have been announced and the prestigious Norwegian peace prize might be going to Indonesia, as President Yudhoyono and former Finnish President Martti …
Indonesian President Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize Read MoreNguyen Thi Hong Yen, Vice Head of the Budget Department under the Ministry of Finance said that seven international donors have pledged support worth US$140 million for the Vietnam National …
Norway Helps Boost Vietnamese Education Program Read MoreDanish firm Brainstornes International has signed a US$35 million deal in Vietnam’s central Thau Thien Hue province. The Danish group will join hands with Ho Chi Minh City’s Gia Minh …
Danish Firm To Build Beach Resort In Vietnam Read MoreElectrowatt-Ekono, a subsidiary of the Finnish engineering and consulting company Jaakko Poyry Group Oy has announced they have been awarded a contract extention with Petro Vietnam. The contract includes project …
Finland’s Jaakko Poyry Group Wins Contract Extention In Vietnam Read More“We are now open again,” confirmed a receptionist at the Danish mission in Jakarta on Monday –thus rendering the Danish embassy in Jakarta open again. The mission closed down last …
Danish Embassy In Jakarta Is Once Again Open For Service Read MoreFinnish ambassador to Malaysia, Lauri Korpinen, last week announced that his government was eager to step up dealings with Malaysia. Right now the Finns are aiming for defence contracts and …
Finland Steps Up For Malaysian Defence Contracts Read MoreDanes in Indonesia will once again be able to have their interests handled by an official Danish embassy following news from the Danish Foreign Ministry Friday in Copenhagen that the …
Denmark Re-opens Jakarta Embassy From March 6 Read More“With that opportunity in the three countries, the Davao Region in Mindanao would have a huge market to showcase and sell its export products,” Cruz said. “The Nordic countries are …
Philippine Products For Swedish And Nordic Markets Read MoreAs March got underway, the International Garment Training Center (IGTC) opened in Ho Chi Minh City with the goal of helping the Vietnamese compete in the worldwide textile industry. As …
Danish Expertise To Assist Vietnamese Upgrade Textile Industry Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) funded a 2.1 million USD project called Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction from Industry in Asia and the Pacific (GERIAP), the principles of which …
Hanoi Workshop Plans Cleaner Production Methods With Swedish Help Read MorePromotion seminar reveals Vietnam is the place for Danes to invest but the still-developing country provides many challenges including incomplete infrastructure and a shortage of skilled workers.Participants at a Vietnam-Denmark …
Vietnam Investment Future Bright Despite Challenges Read MoreThe Thai spa industry is fast expanding into a market pioneered by Thailand’s hospitals, encouraging visitors to come to Thailand on a ‘health vacation’. As an industry it already has …
Thai Spas Switch Focus To Wellness Read MoreThey’re on a mission to monitor. On March 4th, the Danish government is sending a delegation of state auditors to take a closer look at the use of Danish public …
Denmark Takes A Closer Look At Vietnam Aid Spend Read MoreIn Chinatown, in Singapore, near the top of Ann Siang Hill you will find a little piece of Scandinavia tucked away from the busy downtown, albeit just two stories high …
A Little Bit of Scandinavia Goes A Long Way Read MoreEricsson sees potential in Malaysia for hosting and managed services and hopes to secure more contracts soon, according to its managed services vice-president Thomas Olsson.He said local telecommunication companies showed …
Ericsson Eyes Contracts In Malaysia Read MoreRumours had been rife for some time that Maersk’s current country manager in Thailand Michel Deleuran was to leave Maersk and work for another company.The man himself was eventually happy …
Danish Country Manager Takes Helm At Maersk Thailand Read MoreSweden is to invest US$ 7 million between now and the year 2010 to help preserve traditional music under a program developed to stregthen ties between the two countries.Under the …
Sweden Helps Preserve Vietnamese Traditional Music Read MoreIn Bangplee, just a few minutes off the main Bangna-Trad highway and 5 meters from lake Taco, you will find a small facility with some forty people working quietly away. …
Surfing The Weaknesses To Catch the Strengths Read MoreFrom the first of March, Maersk Line will have a new man in charge of operations in Thailand, as Dane Søren P. Jensen takes over from outgoing Dane, Michel Deleuran. Jensen comes from a similar position as …
Maersk Appoints New Manager In Thailand Read MoreScandinavian Airlines launched its new Business Class on February 17 at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, as part of its strategy to provide the convenience to passengers onboard to and from Bangkok …
SAS Launches New Business Class Read More“It’s not so very complicated,” she smiles.Pernille was born and grew up in Kolding in Jylland. She left Denmark for Laos in 2003 when she was still going through a …
Danish Mother & Son Thrive In Laos Read MoreFebruary 21 a chicken in Malaysia was confirmed to be infected by bird flu. The incident is the first in the country since autumn 2004. In an email to Danes …
Bird Flu Re-emerges In Malaysia – No Cause For Alarm Read More10 days after Denmark closed its embassy in Jakarta on February 11 and pulled out all diplomatic staff, the Danish ambassador to Indonesia has returned to the capitol. According to …
Danish Ambassador Returns to Jakarta Read MoreThe Swedish government has awarded USD2.8 million in aid to the National Statistic Institute of Cambodia in order to improve the country’s statistical survey system.The aid will be used for …
Sweden Helps Cambodia Improve Statistical System Read MoreThe Danish-owned Satair, who is slowly becoming one of the world’s leading distributors of production parts and spare parts for aircrafts, has just opened a strategically crucial door for themselves …
Satair Buys Singapore-based TPA Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark and the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Confederation of Danish Industries to organize a business delegation to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh …
Danish Business Delegation Heads For Vietnam Read MoreThomas Raldorf, a 35 year old Dane resident in Thailand, was officially installed January 17 as Thai Go-kart Champion for 2005. Amazingly, this is the fourth time that the racing …
Dane Wins Thai Go-Kart Championship Again Read MoreCISL Thailand began doing business in Thailand in August 2004 and has already signed contracts with DTAC, Hutchinson, TA Orange and in December 2005 – with the biggest fish of …
CISL Thailand Offensive Taking Shape In Mobile Opportunity Read MoreThe scene was set. Blue skies, burning sun, green grass and a stadium in Singapore home for a day to one hundred and forty-three Norwegians and eighty-six Swedes. Once a …
Thor Brings Battle Of The Nords To An Early Close Read MoreLeading Norwegian companies within the maritime industry, services and equipment suppliers and manufacturers, have joined Vietship February 21-24 in Hanoi. In addition to the exhibition, there will be a seminar …
Norwegian Maritime Companies Join VietShip 2006 Read MoreA joint venture sourcing furniture for export and joint production of furniture between Notio Direct A/S (Denmark) and TCT Company Limited (Vietnam) has received official approval. The production of furniture …
Danish-Vietnamese Furniture JV Approved Read MoreMore than 2,000 people are feared dead after Friday’s mudslide in the village of Guinsaugon in the Leyte province in the Philippines. After two weeks of heavy downpour the mudslide …
Mudslide Victims in the Philippines Helped by Danish Red Cross Read MoreDanish companies within the marine industry are to join the international VIETSHIP 2006 exhibition February 21-24 in Hanoi. The participation of Danish marine companies was facilitated by the Danish Marine …
Twenty Danish Companies Line Up For Vietship 2006 Read MoreSince retiring from a long and distinguished career in the oil industry, Norwegian Torkild Waagaard has dedicated his life to following his fascinating Viking ancestry as far back as to …
Norwegian Goes Back In Time To Enrich The Present Read MoreA 59-year-old Norwegian man, identified as Konrad Haugen, died on Tuesday night February 7 in a hotel in South Pattaya area, according to Pol Maj Chatchai Srisuwan of Tambon Pattaya …
Pattaya Sees Spate Of Nordic Suicides Read MoreA group of environmental journalists will be able to share their expertise in a workshop entitled “Enhancing Media Agenda in Environmental Journalism in Malaysia” which is funded by Danish International …
KL Workshop On Media Agenda In Environmental Journalism Read More“Finland –A Way Of Life” exhibition will be held at Melaka Historic City Council in Malaysia on February 20-25 2006. The exhibition provides an ipression of Finland, its nature, and …
Melaka Hosts “Finland – A Way of Life” Exhibition Read MoreThe Swedish Riksdagen’s Constitutional Committee, which recently put prime minister Göran Persson on the spot, is ready to chastise the Swedish government for its failures following the tidal wave in …
Swedish Cabinet Can Expect Hard Time From Tsunami Committee Read MoreWednesday a group of Indonesian importers introduced a trade boycott against Denmark. “This boycott will end after the government of Denmark apologizes to the Islamic community in Indonesia and the …
Indonesian Importers Boycott Danish Goods Read MoreMalaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said a formal request from the Danish government has yet to be forwarded to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Wisma Putra) asking for help …
Malaysians Pledge To Help Cool Cartoons Controversy Read MoreWith Danish exports to Indonesia very low by comparison to other countries – worth roughly 500 million Danish Kroner a year – Danish companies in general are shrugging off the boycott. By comparison, Danish exports to Saudi …
Danish Exports Little Affected By Indonesian Boycott Read MoreThe property boom in Thailand is not going unnoticed; especially the Scandinavian one. The interest among Northerners to escape the cold winter periods and reside here is growing substantially. It is …
A Nordic Garden in the Thai Tropics Read MoreFriday thousands of Muslims rallied in Malaysia, while smaller demonstrations were held in Indonesia and for the first the Philippines was hit by the worldwide demonstrations against the ofending cartoons. …
Demo Numbers Grow As Controversy Abates Read More“The transaction strongly supports Wärtsilä’s strategy to expand our Ship Power and Service businesses by broadening our global service offering,” Ole Johansson Wärtsilä chief executive said in a statement. Under …
Finland’s Wärtsilä To Acquire Singapore’s Total Automation Read MoreIn the newsletter of the Swedish Business Association in Indonesia Secretary Michael Olsson airs his concern that the issue might spill over and affect Sweden as well. “Even if the …
Danish Cartoon Controversy Also Affects Sweden Read More