Finnish divers awarded
Janne Miikkulainen of Raya Divers in Phuket and his Finnish colleagues were by the end of March 2005 awarded by the Ministry of Education in Finland for their prompt dissemination …
Finnish divers awarded Read MoreShipbuilding in Vietnam Attracts Danish Companies
Several well known Danish companies – including Maersk, Aalborg Industries, Lyngsø Marine and MAN B&W – are already active in Vietnam, and several other companies are showing a strong interest …
Shipbuilding in Vietnam Attracts Danish Companies Read MoreIcelanders purchase Sterling – might start flights to Thailand shortly
Copenhagen-based airline Sterling continues its constant growth in number of passengers, will double its number of flights in the near future in 2005, and is considering starting low-cost flights to …
Icelanders purchase Sterling – might start flights to Thailand shortly Read MoreJonas Andersson stars TV-broadcasted Dag Hammarskjöld Centenary show in Laos
Dag Hammarskj๖ld of Sweden, Secretary General of the United Nations 1953-1961 and one of the most admired and respected international leaders of our time, will be commemorated by the Swedish …
Jonas Andersson stars TV-broadcasted Dag Hammarskjöld Centenary show in Laos Read MoreSwedish dive boat sank in the Andaman Sea
The liveaboard yacht MY Rhapsody, operated by Phuket-based Oceanic Divecenter, that takes divers to Similan Islands, sank in early April near Surin Islands. After a seven-hour ordeal six passengers and …
Swedish dive boat sank in the Andaman Sea Read MoreThai women exploited and dumped in Norway
Like in a similar report from Sweden recently where the Thai embassy warned Thai women of Swedish men, increasing numbers of women from Thailand marrying Norwegians and moving to Norway, …
Thai women exploited and dumped in Norway Read MoreSwedish pavilion at Communicasia 2005
Sweden showcases it’s know how in telecommunications with a country pavilion at this year Communicasia is held in Singapore 14 to 17 June. Six companies from Sweden exhibit in the …
Swedish pavilion at Communicasia 2005 Read MoreAkzo Nobel inaugurates plant in Ho Chi Minh City
Akzo Nobel’s business unit Decorative Coatings International has opened a plant in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam. The inauguration 1 June was presided over by Akzo Nobel’s chairman Hans …
Akzo Nobel inaugurates plant in Ho Chi Minh City Read MoreSwedish music’s ambassador now with the Embassy of Bangkok
In September 2004 Stuart Ward moved from the position as MD for the Polar Music Prize (one of the biggest and most unique music prizes in the world) to a …
Swedish music’s ambassador now with the Embassy of Bangkok Read MoreTommy Hansen leaving Viking Thailand
Tommy Hansen, Managing Director of Viking Life Saving Equipment (Thailand) Ltd. has resigned from his position with Viking Thailand and the Danish Headquarters is currently looking for his successor. …
Tommy Hansen leaving Viking Thailand Read MoreMetso closes Thai deal
The Finnish pulp and paper corporation Metso Paper has been awarded a contract for upgrading of the oxygen delignification process at the mill of Siam Cellulose in Thailand. Introducing the …
Metso closes Thai deal Read MoreLion city pr agency opens shop in Stockholm
Red Card, a pr agency based in Singapore, has announced it opens its first office outside Asia in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. The Stockholm office will serve as Red Card’s European …
Lion city pr agency opens shop in Stockholm Read MoreWärtsilä Power Plant for Indonesian is in Place
JAKARTA, the handing over ceremony of the 102 MW power plant for PT Antam Tbk took place in Jakarta, Indonesia on 26th April 2005. Wärtsilä Corporation was awarded the contract …
Wärtsilä Power Plant for Indonesian is in Place Read MoreNew Deal from Scandinavian Airlines
Fly Scandinavian Airlines this summer from Indonesia to Scandinavia or Europe from 01 June 2005 and return to Indonesia by 31 August 2005 and get extra point when issue ticket …
New Deal from Scandinavian Airlines Read MoreFinland Provides Fund for Tsunami Warning System
Twenty-seven Indian Ocean rim countries will benefit from a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean in the next six months. “Nine Countries consisting of the US, India, Norway, Finland, …
Finland Provides Fund for Tsunami Warning System Read More45 Finns Children Remain Unidentified in Thailand
There is a delay in the identification process of Finns children after the devastating tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in December last year. DNA analysis becomes progressively more difficult as …
45 Finns Children Remain Unidentified in Thailand Read MoreLess Danes Travel to Southern Thailand
Denmark’s largest travel agency, Star Tour, has sold about 20 pct. less winter trips to Phuket than they did in the same period last year, Sales Director Stig Elling tells …
Less Danes Travel to Southern Thailand Read MoreTsunami volunteers meet in Stockholm
Swedish volunteers that worked during the Asian tsunami will gather for a meeting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm on Thursday afternoon and evening. The government is represented …
Tsunami volunteers meet in Stockholm Read MoreDanish Aid behind Vietnamese Fishing Adventure
Impressively clean and oozing with sanitary care – and the smell of fish – 44 year-old Truong Thi Le Khanh’s new fish factory lies in the outer proximity of Ho …
Danish Aid behind Vietnamese Fishing Adventure Read MoreDanida Provides the Flush in Rural Vietnam
The asphalt runs out and the tires instead find their grip in the mountains’ iron-red dust after about an hour’s drive south from Buon Ma Thuot, the biggest city in …
Danida Provides the Flush in Rural Vietnam Read MoreDanida Delegation Satisfied After Vietnam Tour
The five-day visit to Vietnam May 16-20 was meant to give her a taste of Danida’s frontline work, and so it did. Since being named Denmark’s new Minister for Development …
Danida Delegation Satisfied After Vietnam Tour Read MoreCarlsberg Wins the Beer Battle of North Vietnam
The smiles were wide and the faces full of relief, when Carlsberg’s executive delegation received their new partners from the North Vietnamese brewery, Habeco, at Hotel Sheraton in Hanoi late …
Carlsberg Wins the Beer Battle of North Vietnam Read MoreKL trade office opens 1 July
Sweden’s trade office in Kuala Lumpur will open for business on 1 July 2005, announced the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm 20 May. “Malaysia is one of the countries …
KL trade office opens 1 July Read MoreThai SME receive Swedish support
A support action from the Swedish Thai Chamber of Commerce, STCC, to tsunami-hit SME’s in southern Thailand continues. So far have 66 SME´s in Phuket and Khao Lak received financial …
Thai SME receive Swedish support Read MoreEricsson awarded Vietnamese expansion agreement
The Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has signed a frame agreement with the mobile operator Viettel for the expansion of Viettel’s GSM/GPRS network in Vietnam. Ericsson will provide Viettel with core …
Ericsson awarded Vietnamese expansion agreement Read MoreSingaporean university sets up college in Stockholm
The National University of Singapore, NUS, will together with the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, in Stockholm open a college in the Swedish capital. The inauguration of NUS College, as …
Singaporean university sets up college in Stockholm Read MoreMore shooting in Malaysia
No less than 22 Swedes are currently being shot in an archipelago in eastern Malaysia. On video for the reality series Robinson that is. Produced by Strix and aired this …
More shooting in Malaysia Read MoreGunnebo wins MRT deal in Singapore
The Swedish company Gunnebo Entrance Control, in association with Thales, a French company within automatic fare collection integration, has booked orders to supply entrance control systems and related equipment to …
Gunnebo wins MRT deal in Singapore Read MoreLundin Petroleum upbeat on Indo assets
The Swedish oil and gas exploration and production company Lundin Petroleum has announced positive results from testing of two oil and gas wells in Indonesia. The strong flow rates from …
Lundin Petroleum upbeat on Indo assets Read MoreOnline payments made simple
Had Michael Jenselius not been left stranded in Phuket in 1995 when his employer went bankrupt two weeks after his arrival, his life would definitely have been different today. A …
Online payments made simple Read MoreThe Food & Drinks Presenter
Looking at Duni’s buyer guide, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the variety of products, which makes it hard to describe what Duni’s core business is. Mr. Roland Grohmann …
The Food & Drinks Presenter Read MoreNorway Erases Vietnam’s Debt
Norway has cancelled all of Vietnam’s NOK 35 million debt to Norway. In return, the Government of Vietnam has agreed to mobilise an equivalent amount for development and poverty reduction. …
Norway Erases Vietnam’s Debt Read MoreDanish Development Minister to Visit Vietnam
The Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, ms. Ulla Tørnæs will visit Vietnam on May 16-20. During her stay the Minister will get a first hand impression of the fisheries sector …
Danish Development Minister to Visit Vietnam Read MoreBringwell enters new export agreement
The Swedish nutritional product company Bringwell has signed a new export agreement with Reborne in Singapore. Bringwell will buy a nutritional ingredient, developed by Reborne, and market it under its …
Bringwell enters new export agreement Read MoreKeeping Booming Asia Connected
The Asia Pacific region is the world’s fastest growing market when it comes to cell phone services. Right now, Nokia is the indisputable market leader in this region, and it …
Keeping Booming Asia Connected Read MoreAPL opens new office in Kuala Lumpur
To the average Norwegian APL (Advanced Production and Loading) is not among the most well known companies. But to anybody in the oil and gas business APL is a name …
APL opens new office in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreRegional ambassadors meeting
This year’s annual meeting for Swedish ambassadors in the Asean countries takes place in Manila, from Thursday 5 May to Sunday 8 May. Information exchange, policy guidelines and work issues …
Regional ambassadors meeting Read MoreNew Danish Church Assistant in Singapore
Grethe and Allan Juel Jensen will start working as local staff and assistant at the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore on August 1, 2005 and for the next two years. …
New Danish Church Assistant in Singapore Read MoreAxel Blom appointed Managing Director of SAS Ground Services Thailand
SAS Ground Services (Thailand) Ltd. is a wholly owned company in the SAS Group to be established in 2005 incorporating SAS’s Central Departure Control Centre in Bangkok, SAS EuroBonus Retro-Registration …
Axel Blom appointed Managing Director of SAS Ground Services Thailand Read MoreMen, children and gender equality
‘Dear child’ is the name of a newly opened photo exhibition about men, children and gender equality. The photos, shot by Ulla Lemberg, are a historical account of the positive …
Men, children and gender equality Read MoreNew ambassador from Phnom Penh
Cambodia’s new ambassador to Sweden, Hor Nambora, submitted his credentials to HM King Carl XVI Gustaf on Thursday 28 April. The new Cambodian ambassador is born 1957 and has served …
New ambassador from Phnom Penh Read MoreFinnish men molest Thai boys
Detective Chief Inspector Lars Henriksson of the National Bureau of Investigation, Finland’s central criminal police, told that in the course of a raid on the man’s home a diary had …
Finnish men molest Thai boys Read MoreRamboll have signed a contract for supply of 300 telecom towers to Pakistan
Ramboll have sigend a contract with SIEMENS to supply 300 telecom towers to support the mobile network license owned by TELENOR in Pakistan. The agreement was confirmed on April 7, …
Ramboll have signed a contract for supply of 300 telecom towers to Pakistan Read MoreUncertainty about Swedish telecom operator’s future in Vietnam
A negative first quarter report from Millicom International Cellular and a secretive meeting in Hanoi between Kinnevik’s boss Vigo Carlund and the President of Vietnam, Tran Duc Luong, made investors …
Uncertainty about Swedish telecom operator’s future in Vietnam Read MoreThailand’s ID-cards order for Precise Biometrics
Precise Biometrics AB, a Swedish-based company has received an order from Thai authorities to license Precise Match-on-Card technology in the initial phase of Thailand’s new national ID card project. The …
Thailand’s ID-cards order for Precise Biometrics Read MoreDanes No Longer Need Visa For Vietnam
The background for the Vietnamese decision to drop the demand for visas in connection with shorter stays in Vietnam has to do with the improving bilateral relationship between Vietnam and …
Danes No Longer Need Visa For Vietnam Read MoreVietnam skips visas for Nordic citizens
Effective May 1, 2005, Vietnam skips the visa requirement for all citizens holding passports from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. All travelers from those countries …
Vietnam skips visas for Nordic citizens Read MoreKing Harald Admitted to Hospital for Heart Operation
King Harald V was admitted to the national hospital on Tuesday March 15th for planned heart surgery to replace a clogged valve later in the week, the palace said. …
King Harald Admitted to Hospital for Heart Operation Read MoreSwedish-Norwegian conference on peaceful conflict resolution
A conference on peaceful conflict resolution is being organised on 12-13 April, 2005, as part of the activities to mark the centenary of the peaceful dissolution of the union between …
Swedish-Norwegian conference on peaceful conflict resolution Read MoreVietnam to waive visas for Scandinavians
Four Scandinavian countries are the latest set to receive visa exemptions for travel to Vietnam beginning May 1st, announced Vietnam’s authorities April 19th. Citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland …
Vietnam to waive visas for Scandinavians Read More