Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Elleven families gathered on Monday 23 June at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok on the invitation of Margretheklubben – Danish Women’s Network – to celebrate a traditional Danish Sct. Hans …
Sct. Hans Feast in Bangkok Read MoreMargretheklubben – the Danish Women’s Network in Thailand – is considering a change of its name. The decission will be made on an extraordinary general meeting which will take place …
Margretheklubben considers name change Read MoreDenmark and Sweden leads the gang as Vietnam forecast export earnings of USD 320 million to northern Europe this year, a year-on-year increase by 15 percent, announced Vietnamese Ambassador to …
Denmark and Sweden main importers from Vietnam in northern Europe Read MoreTwo Swedish tourists first felt sympathy when approached by a robbed fellow Swede in a Manila hotel last week. But after handing out some funds they became suspicious and called …
Swedish imposter in Manila finally caught Read MoreThe Swedish dehumidification solution supplier Munters saw its Asian operations for the first six months of 2003 negatively affected by SARS and the Iraqi war. Customers postponed investment decisions and …
Munters’ Asia sales first half 2003 hit by SARS Read MoreFive sawmills in Jämtland province, central Sweden, have reached an SEK 100 Million agreement to supply hardwood and semi finished wood products to a Thai company. “The customer is a …
Thailand places SEK 100 Million order with Swedish sawmills Read MoreSwedish health care giant Mölnlycke posted a profit of 134,6 million SEK for the first half of this year, compared to a loss of 26,2 million SEK during the same …
Sars increased profits for Mölnlycke Read MoreJust weeks after WHO declared the Sars epidemic over in early June, travel increased rapidly in the Asia Pacific region. But it will still take time to get back to …
Asian travel picks up after Sars Read MoreHaving been the largest automotive market in ASEAN for six consecutive years, Malaysia certainly has ample opportunities for Swedish companies in the automotive sector, especially automotive components. The Commercial Section …
Swedish Embassy’s report on Malaysian automotive sector Read MoreMr. Yian Cheng Gan has taken over as Vice President for Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. in Singapore. Mr. Yian Cheng Gan succeeded by the end of June Mr. …
New VP for Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Read MoreCommercial Officer of the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur, Ms Tee-Jean Teh, will be in Sweden from 5-12 September. She will spend Friday 5 September in Gothenburg before leaving …
Commercial Officer in Malaysia to visit Sweden Read MoreA catalogue with Swedish companies operating in Malaysia has been produced by the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur. It is now made available for download as a pdf-file. This …
Swedish companies in Malaysia online Read MoreA 45-year old Swedish man has been granted a transfer from Bangkwang Central Prison in northern Bangkok to Sweden where he will serve an 18 year sentence. The man was …
First Swedish prisoner gets transfer home under new rules Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Business Association Singapore are jointly organizing the annual dinner cruise on The Imperial Cheng Ho Friday 5 September. Every first Friday of the …
Norwegian Dinner Cruise in Singapore Read MoreCarlsberg Breweries A/S has a tentative deal to acquire the Danish Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries’ (IFU) shareholdings of 25 percent in South-East Asia Brewery Ltd. and 15 percent in …
Carlsberg Breweries increases shareholding in Vietnam Read MoreFive Vietnamese writers take part in the Gothenburg International Book Fair at Gothenburg, Sweden between 24 September and 3 October. The visit is arranged under a cooperation programme of the …
Writers take part in Gothenburg book fair Read MoreTwelve North Koreans, six of whom are economy professors and the rest ‘coming’ forces in Pyongyang’s administration are currently in Hanoi learning how a market economy works. The course, which …
Sweden trains senior North Koreans in market economy Read MoreAn almost hour-long talk with Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecom tycoon turned politician, was one of the highlights when Ericsson’s new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Carl-Henric Svanberg, visited …
Ericsson’s new CEO says financial crisis over Read MoreTwo Swedish players, Chris Stafford and Bjorn Richardson, will take part in the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2003, which is held from 16th to 21st September 2003 in Hua …
Chris and Bjorn Swedish players in Elephant Polo 2003 Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read MoreBangkok’s new international airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport, which is scheduled to commence its operations in 2005, will feature a monorail system from MHE-Demag in Thailand (MDT), as part of the facade …
MDT secures maintenance deal for Suvarnabhumi Airport Read MoreThe recent dispute between Carlsberg Breweries A/S and Singapore-based Chang Beverages Pte. Ltd. over Carlsberg Asia Pte Ltd., which is the joint venture of the two companies, will have no …
Carlsberg production in Thailand continues Read More“If an outsider had looked in on us, he would have seen 5 overgrown boys with huge smiles on their faces as they explained with arms and legs,” says Thomas …
Racing dream comes true in Pattaya Read MoreOn 29 July Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson opened its state of the art regional hub in Cyberjaya, along Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), in presence of the Prime Minister of …
Ericsson opens regional hub in MSC Read MoreCharlotte Donvang Parks, one of the most high-profile Danish women in Thailand, is in September leaving for Malaysia, where she and her husband David lived before moving to Thailand six …
Charlotte Donvang Parks moving to Malaysia Read MoreThe planned opening 14 August of IKEA’s new, 35,881 square metres, store in Kuala Lumpur’s Mutiara Damansara went smooth. “The very first visitor arrived at 4 am and the crowd …
New IKEA store in KL opened Read MoreDenmark has extended an interest-free credit scheme to development projects selected by the Vietnamese government and implemented by Danish exporters, said a Viet Nam News report. The new agreement, signed …
Denmark renews interest free-loan scheme for Vietnam Read MoreSingaporean telecom operator SingTel has chosen Ericsson as its as sole supplier for SingTel’s WCDMA, or third generation – 3G – mobile phone technology, system in Singapore. The contract is …
SingTel picks Ericsson as sole 3G system supplier Read MoreThe Swedish government 14 August appointed Deputy Director Annika Markovic the new Ambassador in Manila, Philippines. She has worked at the Global Security Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. …
Annika Markovic new ambassador in Manila Read MoreThe Royal Customs Department in Malaysia began to introduce a new drug detection device from Sweden, Alpha Six, in stages on August 1. It can scan through building walls, vehicles, …
Customs introduces Swedish drug detection device Read MoreSweden will not introduce any dramatic changes in its aid policy for Laos, says Ms. Lott Jansson at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm to ScandAsia. “Aid to Laos is currently …
No radical changes of Swedish aid to Laos Read MoreWindow panels in Rajali Tower, where the embassy of Denmark is located on the 25th floor, were shattered when a car bomb early August ripped through the American-run JW Marriott …
Jakarta bomb near Danish embassy Read MoreCarlsberg Breweries A/S has decided not to continue its joint venture with its Thai partner, Chang Beverages Pte. Ltd., after the two sides failed to resolve their disagreement regarding the …
Carlsberg Breweries ends joint venture with Chang Beverages Read MoreAsian Workers’ Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Institute (OHSEI), which was set up three years ago with support from the Danish workers’ union LO-FTF, will organize a Theme Conference 3-5 …
Danish support for regional union’s meeting Read MoreDenmark this year strengthen its cultural ties with Asia through a major festival of art and culture Images of Asia, which will takes place from August 8 to September 26 …
Thai veteran artist gets big honour at Images of Asia Read MoreThe ASEM meeting of foreign ministers from Asia and Europe opened Thursday 24 Juli, 2003 in Bali. From Sweden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hans Dahlgren and from Denmark, …
Denmark, Sweden at ASEM meeting Read MoreThe government of Norway has pledged more than US$2.18 million to help Vietnam’s Nha Trang College of Fisheries improve its training and research capacity. The agreement was signed in Hanoi …
Vietnam’s fisheries school gets Norwegian assistance Read MoreWith a financial backing from Norway and a technical support from UNESCO, Cua Van Floating Cultural Centre will soon be added to the attractions of UNESCO World Heritage Site Ha …
Ha Long Bay Eco-museum backed by Norway Read MoreDiGi.Com Berhad (DiGi), Telenor ASA’s mobile operation in Malaysia, on July 22 announced higher revenue of MYR 793.0 million for the first half year ended 30 June 2003, an impressive …
Telenor’s DiGi sees 33% revenue growth in H1 Read MorePhilippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC) is pinning its hope on the Norwegian government’s assistance in preventing fish kills that destroy millions …
Norwegian technology expected to prevent fish kills in Philippines Read MoreMogens Poulsen, Counsellor and Head of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSD) at the Royal Danish Embassy in Hanoi has launched a new website – – dedicated to help Danish …
New Danish website in Vietnam Read MoreA Danish mind combined with an Indonesian heart. This is how the Danish businessman Michael (a.k.a. Mike among friends) Mantzius Andersen describes himself. You could call it my “curse …
Danish-Indonesian Pottery Industrialist Read MoreSome 120 participants joined the two-day Thai-Swedish conference on culture and sustainable development 17-18 July in Bispgården, Ragunda. Besides information exchange and strengthening of relations between Sweden and Thailand, the …
Pavilion conference produces cooperation agreement Read MoreDanish bakeries. You can find them all over the world. So why write about this guy, Kai, who together with his Thai wife over the past eight years has established …
Kai’s Danish Bakery in Nongkhai Read MoreThe governments of Norway and Sweden have set up a joint USD 3.6 million Poverty and Environment Fund to be administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the bank announced …
Norway and Sweden set up poverty and environment fund Read MoreThe largest Nordic travel insurance company, SOS International a/s warns of a dramatic increase in Nordic tourists injured in motorcycle accidents when on vacation in South East Asia. For Thailand, …
Don’t rent a motorcycle! Read MoreOne year after the implementation of a new Danish immigration law, pressure is mounting on Danish Minister for Integration, Mr. Bertel Haarder to revise parts of a law approved by …
Danes should not marry non-Danes Read MoreNorway’s trade of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) with Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia slipped in …
Norway’s half-year trade with major ASEAN countries slipped Read MorePhilippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia said July 19 that the peace talks with the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) will definitely resume at the end of August in Norway …
Philippines’ peace talks with NDF to resume in August instead Read MoreHow to say and do ‘skål’ the proper way, and appreciate and understand Scandinavian food, was the theme of a recent dinner at the Admiral’s Restaurant, Bangkok, for a group …
Thai management students bound for Sweden Read More