Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Royal Danish Embassy in Malaysia and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) have entered a new agreement called the Partnership Facility programme 2006-2007. This pact offers a unique opportunity …
Danes and Malaysia Strike Partnership Agreement Read MoreThe bilateral agreement for implementation of “Support to the Legal Aid System in Vietnam” project between Sweden and Vietnam was signed in Hanoi on 2 December, 2005. This commitment constitutes …
Sweden Affirms Commitment to Supporting Vietnam’s Legal Aid System Read MoreLaying back in the bar of his Kura Kura resort in Indonesia, Swede Sören Lax is very pleased with the way his life has turned out. He owns a factory …
Wood, boats and aeroplanes make one happy Swede Read MoreSwedish Match has launched a luxury vintage snus named Kardus. This vintage snus (Swedish for snuff) is made out of carefully selected tobaccos from plantations in Vietnam, Hungary, India and …
Vietnam supplies tobacco for Swedish luxury snus Read MoreThe Commercial and Economic Counsellor of the Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Steen Hommel, does not hesitate in describing the recently held Malaysian-Danish Water Days seminar as a success. “The …
Successful Waterdays in Malaysia Read MoreThe Christmas Bazaar at the Scandinavian Church on Sukhumvit Soi 33 in Bangkok was more crowded this year than ever. The family day on Sunday 27 November started with a …
Double Opening at Christmas Bazaar in Bangkok Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Vietnam will start marketing the visit early next year in cooperation with the Confederation of Danish Industries according to the embassy’s homepage and great interest from …
Danish Oil & Gas Delegation To Visit Vietnam Read MoreNokia and Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS), one of Thailand’s leading mobile phone service operators, have signed a deal worth over USD 55 million to expand Thailand’s AIS GSM network …
Nokia Wins USD 55 Million Network Expansion Deal in Thailand Read MoreNordic Investment Bank (NIB) held a seminar on providing credits to Vietnamese businesses in Quy Nhon city in the central Binh Dinh province on 23 November, 2005. NIB vice president …
Nordic Bank Continues Lending to Vietnamese Businesses Read MoreVestas Asia Pacific’s office in Singapore is about to get bigger. Within 2006, functions that are currently positioned in the Danish cities of Ringkobing and Randers will be moved to …
Vestas Moves Jobs to Singapore Read MoreMore than 100 participants from 20 ASEM member countries, European Commission, international organizations and media agencies attend the seminar aiming to realize ASEM state leaders’ commitment ad raise effectiveness of …
Sweden Co-organizes Aids Seminar in Vietnam Read MoreSweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ms Carin Jämtin will visit Indonesia between 2 and 6 December. The details of her visit have not yet been …
Carin Jämtin visits Indonesia Read MoreIt was early evening November 15 and already ‘chuckle-hungry’ Danes were arriving at Cafe Citron at the heart of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to exercise their laugh muscles and …
Even fat people can have a thin stomach! Read MoreNorway is the most expensive country in the world according to a survey brought in the Danish newspaper, Jyllandsposten. The annual survey done by the analysis company ECA International shows …
Expensive Scandinavia Read MoreAccustomed to the pace of life in Thailand himself and looking for a new channel for his skills and energies in the publishing business, Håkan Wallenius was well aware that …
Publisher Gets Pleasure Pleasing His Public Read MoreIn a letter posted on the embassy’s website Monday, Denmark’s ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Peter Lysholt Hansen, has invited Vietnam-based Danes to an informal orientation meeting that can shed more …
Danes in Vietnam Invited to Bird Flu Meeting Read MoreChristmas is coming up faster than you can say “shopping spree”. So if Denmark seems far away here at the brink of this annual holiday season and if you’ve got the …
Danish Christmas Event in Hanoi This Sunday Read MoreThe Swedish consulting firm Sweco has been awarded a SEK 12 million pre study contract to scrutinize details in a projected hydropower project in central Vietnam. The contract is worth …
Sweco awarded hydropower study Read MoreSmedvig, Norwegian offshore oil driller, has been awarded two rig contracts by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in Malaysia on 17 November 2005. This transaction is worth US$74 million. In a …
Norway’s Smedvig Awarded Rig Contracts from Petronas Read MoreThree Tsunami sirenes have already been set up at Patong Beach, and the entire island of Phuket will have 18 sirenes installed in tall towers along the coast. The local …
Tsunami Sirenes Ready for New Tourist Season Read MoreEricsson extends the managed service partnership with Sun Cellular to include Ericsson’s hosted enterprise solution for push e-mail and Personal Information Management (PIM) called Ericsson Mobile Organiser (EMO) which allows …
Ericsson Provides Sun Cellular’s E-mail Read MoreThe Nordic countries had submitted 21 entries out of a total 679 to the official Thailand tsunami memorial design contest when the deadline for proposals was crossed 15 November. Finland …
Finland leads Nordic entries to tsunami memorial design competition Read MoreThe Scandinavian Church’s playground has been renovated to new equipment. The new playground will be opened on 27 November. A group of Scandinavian women comprising Gitte Svantemann and Gitte Holm …
New Playground at the Church Read MoreHer Excellency Helena Sångeland arrived in Malaysia in August 2005 to take up her new post. But a state visit to Sweden by the Malaysian King and Queen coincided with …
H.E. Helena Sångeland: Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia Read MoreA stellar selection of award winning films will be showcased during the 6th European Union Film Festival in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, from 24 – 30 November and 2 – …
Sprängaren in the 6th European Union Film Festival Read MoreDanish Film ‘Young Andersen’ will be shown at the Art Central, Singapore on 2 December, 9 PM. ‘Young Andersen’ organized by Royal Danish Embassy in cooperation with the Hans Christian Andersen …
‘Young Andersen’ Film in Singapore Read MoreSwedish Match Tour, the leading professional sailing series in the world, will take place for the first time in Asia. Malaysia has been chosen to host a leg of this …
Swedish Match Tour to Races in Malaysia Read MoreJazz lovers in Bangkok should mark the evening of 3 December in their calendars because then the Blue Jazz Orchestra of the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation gives a two hour …
The Blue Jazz Orchestra plays charity concert in Bangkok Read MoreEuro-Vietnam Jazz Festival 2005 will take place from 30 November to 10 December, 2005 in Hanoi and HCM City. There will be nine European jazz bands and solo artists from …
5th EU Jazz Festival in Vietnam Read MoreAs a one-year AFS exchange student to Denmark in 1988, Watinee Kharnwong was supposed to speak English to facilitate communication there, but after three short months she found herself speaking …
Danish Days Fondly Recalled Read MoreMore than 90 Norwegian businessmen and embassy officials attended the 8th Norway-Asia Conference 2005 November 10-11, at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore prompting the organizers to qualify the meet as “a …
8th Norway-Asia Conference An Impressive Success Read MoreIt was October 2002 and the last day before Angela Vestergaard was to leave Sihanoukville, a beach town on the south coast of Cambodia, and continue her Asian trip, next …
Blissful Guesthouse: Cambodian Venture Helps Young Dane Discover Herself Read MoreThe technical police staff from Denmark has been working to identify all the Danes who were reported missing in connection with the Tsunami on December 26 2004. Based out of …
Leaving Without the Last Tsunami Victim Read MoreAll people injured and relatives of the diseased, who want to take part in the the Boxing Day memorial, can apply the Thai government to have the trip to Thailand …
Norwegians turn down Tsunami memorial Read MoreAll people injured and relatives of the diseased, who want to take part in the the Boxing Day memorial, can apply the Thai government to have the trip to Thailand …
Finns turn down Tsunami memorial Read MoreAll people injured and relatives of the diseased, who want to take part in the Boxing Day memorial, can apply the Thai government to have the trip to Thailand and …
Swedes interested in Tsunami memorial Read MoreWhen EAC’s board of directors got together this Monday and decided to accept the offer of 9 billion DKK from Duth-owned Royal Numico, it marked the beginning of the end …
Historic Sale Sends EAC Toward its Grave Read MoreWith the sale of EAC Nutrition to the Dutch company Numico, Niels Henrik Jensen, the current Vice President at EAC’s Group Operational Centre in Singapore, will be promoted CEO and …
Niels H Jensen to Turn The Lights Off Read MoreErik Winther – also known affectionately as ‘Budda’ by his many friends – was one of the three owners of Stable Lodge and Check Inn 99 until an accident in …
Erik Winther Opens His Own Restaurant Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Singapore will handle all the Schengen Visa applications on behalf of other Nordic countries due to the coming pilot project during 7 November 2005 – …
Nordic Embassies Singapore to Join Nordic Visa Co-operation Read MoreThe Danes have shown only little interest in participating in the memorial ceremony in Thailand on the anniversary of the Tsunami. On November 6th, the first deadline, only 18 Danes …
Danes turn down Tsunami memorial Read MoreTen Danish water sector related companies will be presents their expertise and experiences at a water seminar titled “Malaysian-Danish Water Day 2005” in Kuala Lumpur on 22 November 2005. The …
Malaysian-Danish Water Days 2005 Read MoreA wave of fake branded goods from the Far East is flooding Denmark. In 2003, Danish customs nettet 20 mill DKK worth of counterfeit branded goods on their way to …
Fake Goods Flooding Denmark Read MoreSwedish white goods giant Electrolux yesterday presented its third Design Lab Award to Airwash, a waterless washing unit designed by a team of students from Singapore. Students from leading schools …
Singapore students top Electrolux design award contest Read MorePhuket based news agency Phuketgazette reported that the charter flights from Nordic countries flying to Phuket has made a good record on this high season. Mr. Torben Andersen, head of …
Nordic Charters Return to Phuket Read MoreThe glittering spectacle of Viking helmets and Scandinavian flags greeted the European Young Professionals on Wednesday as they descended on Stable Lodge on Sukhumvit Soi 8 in downtown Bangkok for …
Vikings In Style Read MoreMr. Kokko, a member of a Swedish delegation, was a speaker at the “Model of Swedish development” seminar sharing Sweden’s development experiences with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on 9 November. …
Vietnam should focus on educational development: Swedish expert Read MoreCyclists form Denmark will be among other 25 teams that have confirmed to compete in the 870-kilometer Bangkok-to-Phuket Tour of Siam 2006 bicycle race, to be held between 15-21 January. …
Danes in Tour of Siam Read MoreThe Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Markovic wrote a note on the Swedish Embassy’ website suggesting all Swedish in the Philippines to keep an eye on information about the …
Swedish in PH Urged to be Informed About the Avian flu Read MoreFrom November 1st Tine Falther is the new secretary of the Danish Business Association of Singapore. She will be working from her home, but she will also be doing work …
New Secretary at DABS Read More