Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Translated by Nana Christiansen Kaj Andersen arrived Singapore twelve years ago with a couple of suitcases and a briefcase full of brochures on industrial washing machines. His assignment was to …
Bringing Bornholm’s industrial pride to SE Asia Read MoreA familiar sight on roads and seas in South East Asia, Norwegian energy and materials company Hydro’s viking ship logo, has been given a overhaul. The new worldwide corporate logo …
Hydro’s viking ship overhauled Read MoreNeither Sweden’s Adoption Centre (AC), the second largest adoption agency in the world, nor any other adoption organisation in Sweden has applied for authorisation to adopt from Cambodia during 2004. …
No Swedish adoption organisations seek authorisation for 2004 Read MoreMalaysia will enhance economic and trade relations with Denmark, Second Finance Minister Datuk Dr. Jamaludin Jarjis told reporters on December 3, after witnessing the signing of the protocol to amend …
Malaysia to enhance trade, economic ties with Denmark Read MoreSweden is the main market when Epoch Stockholm, a new Swedish luxury watch brand, is launched this fall. For collectors abroad Epoch takes a keen look at South East Asia. …
Watch collectors in South East Asia targeted by new Swedish brand Read MoreA financial support of DKK 44 million (USD 6.7 million) from Denmark will assist efficient and effective solid waste management in Thai Nguyen city in Thai Nguyen Province and Vinh …
Denmark supports urban environs management in Vietnam Read MoreSome twenty Norwegian-expat and Thai members of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (TNCC) gathered at the Admiral’s Pub & Restaurant, Sukhumvit 18, Bangkok on December 11 for a great Christmas …
TNCC Christmas Lunch Read MoreIt was Christmas eve. The Swedish couple Camilla and Stefan Lebert and their daughter Thelma were sitting on the beach in Koh Lanta looking at the bright stars, feeling the …
Koh Lanta’s inspiration Read MoreTicket, an independent agent chain with sales in some 100 outlets plus phone and Internet in Norway and Sweden, reports that Thailand is the most popular destination judging by confirmed …
Thailand most wanted destination again Read MoreSwedish-owned OM has been chosen by Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) to provide a new integrated trading engine. It will be the first fully integrated trading platform in the world to …
OM wins contract for Singapore Exchange Read MorePaint manufacturer Jotun expects a slightly lower result for 2003 than the year before. That is mainly due to a weak home market as well as in Europe, according to …
Jotun paint’s South East Asia operations expected to make a good 2003 result Read MoreThe Swedish controlled mobile phone operator Mobifone on 10 December announced its one millionth subscriber on its GSM network in Vietnam. “We are delighted to have reached this important milestone …
Mobifone reaches one million subscribers in Vietnam Read MoreGlobal shipping and logistics company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has recently renewed its Appropriated Berth Agreement (ABA) with PSA Corporation Ltd. (PSA), which is the operator of the world’s largest container transhipment …
Wallenius Wilhelmsen makes PSA its SE-Asian hub Read MoreStatkraft Norfund Power Invest AS, a 50-50 venture of Norway’s top power company Statkraft SF and state investment fund Norfund, is hunting for projects in Indonesia and the Philippines among …
Statkraft Norfund Power hunting for projects in Asia Read MoreSvenska Handelsbanken, SHB, is the largest Nordic bank in Asia and the strategy is to continue on that track. Growth, both in terms of added offices and more services – …
Growth in Asia priority for Svenska Handelsbanken Read MoreNorway’s support for Vietnam in the latter’s project to construction schools in flood-prone areas has now completed its first phase, which saw 19 schools with 184 classrooms built between 2001-2003 …
Norway’s support for school construction in Vietnam continues Read More“A real breakthrough,” say four representatives from Ragunda municipality and the county of Jämtland after meeting their Thai counterparts in Bangkok 5-9 December to outline the next phase of what …
Ragunda delegation in Bangkok receive full support by Minister of Culture Read MoreThis June was Michael Olsson, a long time resident in Indonesia and Secretary in the Swedish Business Association in Jakarta, assaulted by dozens of knife wielding men while trying to …
Michael Olsson on trial for hurting his assailants Read MoreNorwegian Tandberg Data Asia Pte Ltd, which supply and manufacture professional tape information storage products worldwide, has launched a website especially for its Asia Pacific customers and business partners. The …
Tandberg Data launches ‘marketplace’ website in Asia Read MoreAn annual meeting among Lao and Swedish officials from Lao National Statistical Centre and Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) was held on December 5 in Vientiane City to review the …
SIDA cooperation in statistics with Laos continues Read MoreThe Norwegian Trade Council (NTC) in Singapore and the Association of Norwegian Maritime Exporters (NME) are together organizing a Norwegian Pavilion at the forthcoming Asia Pacific Maritime 2004, which is …
Norwegian pavilion at Asia Pacific Maritime 2004 Read MoreMalaysian wireless operator Maxis Communications Berhad has signed a contract with Ericsson as its new partner for 2G and 3G deployment to ensure a smooth evolution of Maxis’ network to …
Maxis pick Ericsson for upgrade of mobile phone network Read MorePacketFront, a Swedish broadband infrastructure provider, has been selected to provide an operator independent network solution, enabling true broadband services, to Cyberjaya in Malaysia. Cyberjaya is at the heart of …
Cyberjaya gives broadband order to Swedish firm Read MoreThe Swedish produced reality TV series Robinson, Survivor in the US, has made a number of Malaysian islands off the Mersing coast well known and more importantly well visited by …
Robinson series boosts travel to Malay islands Read MoreThe Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. recently released an all new magazine-cum-directory to replace the chamber’s 11-year-old STEP Magazine and TSCC Year Book. “The …
Thai Sweden Review sets new standard for chamber publication Read MoreWhere would you like to retire? asked Swedish daily Aftonbladet’s online edition and offered four alternatives: Sweden, Spain, Thailand and ‘other country’. So far 29.8 percent of the readers vote …
Spain gets more votes than Thailand Read MoreElectrolux new washing machine factory in Rayong is the company’s first in South East Asia. The 9000 square metres large plant, a THB 500 million investment that opened 27 November …
Double digit growth predicted for Asean market Read MoreBy Mia Hansson Eva arrives forty minutes early to the interview, utterly surprised at the absence of traffic. I find her lounging in a red leather chair with a book, …
Eva Sophonpanich Read MoreWhen Mr. Sitthichai Olankun started working for the Swedish pharmaceutical company Astra 17 years ago, the company ranking among research-based pharmaceutical companies in Thailand was somewhere between number 12 and …
Sitthichai Olankun sees AstraZeneca on top in 4 years Read MoreBy Mia Hansson It’s hard enough for adults to arrive in a foreign country, knowing nobody, and not knowing what to expect from even the most everyday things like grocery …
Swedish kids in Thailand Read MoreThe smell of spices from various pots and sizzling pans fill the room. It is lunch hour and the place is packed and noisy. At one table, a man in …
Little Asia in Stockholm Read MoreThe agribusiness company Syngenta is using the EU approval of the dangerous pesticide paraquat to put pressure on Malaysia to lift the ban and phase out of paraquat the country …
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation attacks pesticide supplier in Malaysia Read MoreThe Stockholm School of Economics has participated in seven Asian trade fairs during November in an effort to recruit new students to the school’s new MBA-program, writes Swedish business daily …
Swedish institution wants Asian MBA-students Read MoreDanish suppliers of medicine and hospital supplies Missionpharma on July 3 this year signed a cooperation agreement with Danish biotech company ViroGates ApS to obtain the exclusive rights to distribute …
Missionpharma to distribute ViroGates’ new, low-cost HIV-test next year Read MoreHardworking entrepreneurs can make it in the Kingdom. But to get there, you must take in some hard earned advice and act accordingly. Otherwise you may end up a loser. …
Hardworking entrepreneurs can make it in the Kingdom Read MoreOn Thursday 27 November did Swedish white goods giant Electrolux celebrate the grand opening of its new washing machine factory in Rayong. HRH Princess Somsawalee was guest of honour and …
Electrolux inaugurates Rayong plant Read MoreBy Robert Kronberg “I will not go back to Denmark,” says five year old Mathilde. “Only for Christmas…,” she adds by second thought. Mathilde is the eldest daughter of Rikke …
Danish volunteers enjoy life in Thailand Read More“I think it’s a brilliant idea to have a Thai Danish alumni,” says Peter Sontidech, vice chairman of Thai-Danish Association in Denmark and probably the most respected Thais living in …
Prominent Thai in Denmark supports alumni initiative Read MoreTo build a subway in a city like Bangkok which is flooded several days per year, doesn’t seem like such a brilliant idea. But it’s there now. Three years after …
The Tube Read MoreThai police has arrested a 39-year Norwegian man wanted for a drug case in his native Norway. The arrest took place 26 November in Buriram northeastern Thailand where the man …
Norwegian wanted for drug case arrested in Thailand Read MoreDanish pump manufacturer Grundfos has been listed as one of “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” in a survey conducted by the renowned US business magazine, Fortune. To …
Grundfos listed in “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” Read MoreCharlotte Fung Korff arrived in Bangkok this February together with her husband, Kim Korff, who holds a position as Supply Chain Manager with the East Asiatic Company. But she is …
Charlotte Fung Korff – a Scandinavian coordinator at BNH Hospital Read MoreResponsive IT Solutions Ltd. has recently been awarded two Danish deals – a major network upgrade and maintenance contract with a Thai-based Danish maritime service provider in Sri Racha and …
Responsive IT getting more Danish deals in Thailand Read MoreJail House, reads the sign. Denmark, shouts the building. Next to the entrance there is one Danish flag and on first floor two more big Danish flags wave in the …
Danish Jail House in Hua Hin Read MoreVietnam’s water puppeteers have just ended their performance tour of European countries where they received a warm welcome from audiences, writes the news agency VNA. The Central Water Puppetry Theatre …
Water puppeteers back after tour to Denmark and Sweden Read MoreThree Malaysian students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria won the National Science Quiz 25 September. Soon they will enjoy their prize, a trip to Stockholm and attend the Nobel Prize …
Students win trip to Nobel Prize award ceremony Read MoreAfter Singapore’s Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong first mooted the idea to erect a Nordic Centre in the island state during a round trip to the Nordic countries in June …
Nordic European Centre up and running Read MoreIf ever you have listened to the news on Swedish Broadcasting you have most definitely heard his voice. Lars Gunnar Erlandson, he has been a foreign correspondent for almost thirty …
Lars Gunnar Erlandson, Bangkok Read MoreDanish National Rugby Sevens Team will be participating in the 2nd King’s Cup International Rugby Sevens Tournament at the Army Stadium in Bangkok on November 29-30, 2003. Grouped in pool …
Danish rugby team to compete for King’s Cup in Bangkok Read MoreThe Swedish Prosecutor General’s International Public Prosecution Office in Stockholm is still collecting material for its investigation about the Free Aceh Movement’s, GAM, activities in Sweden. “There is no conclusion …
Swedish investigation on GAM still on Read More