Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norges Fiskerihogskole (Norwegian College of Fishery Science), University of Tromso and Tropical Marine Science Institute at National University of Singapore early in June entered into a memorandum of understanding opening …
Norway–Singapore aquaculture cooperation expanding Read MoreAn honest Bangkok taxi driver was on May 24 given more than Bt10,000 cash as a reward for returning a forgotten handbag with cash equaling over Bt300,000 to the owner …
Thai taxi driver rewarded by Norwegian Read MoreSiem Reap is truly the most unlikely place on earth to find a Norwegian managed guesthouse. But when you walk in the front door at Earthwalkers’ in the northern Cambodian …
Impossible Norwegian dream in Siem Reap Read MoreChang Beverages Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based subsidiary of Beer Thai (1991) Co., on June 23 threatened to sue Danish firm Carlsberg Breweries A/S for dropping Chang Beverages’ representatives from Carlsberg …
Thailand’s Chang Beverages may sue Danish partner Carlsberg Read More“Throw a party for the poor kids in Klong Toey!” That was what Ulf Claesson – maybe half in jest – had replied when asked what farewell gift from the …
Ulf Claesson’s party in Klong Toey Read MoreHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand will in September this year present two Thai elephants as gifts to the Swedish royal family. The elephants, which belong to Somrot Khujittikasem, …
H.M. King Bhumibol’s present for Swedish royal family Read MoreL.V. Technology, Thailand, on Tuesday 17 June celebrated its move into bigger and better offices on 9th floor in the KPN Tower on Rama 9 in Bangkok with a reception …
L.V. Technology celebrated opening Read MoreWhen the Swedish Church in February announced vacant positions both in Bangkok and Singapore, Lennart Hamark and his wife Lis applied for both positions. Five years have passed since the …
Swedish priest looking forward to Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish priest Ulf Claesson visited Vientiane for the last time on 23 May before leaving for Sweden this July. In Vientiane, a farewell get-together was held in the Swedish …
Swedish priest’s farewell to Laos Read MoreGro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, in early June visited Vietnam for the last time before leaving her job to go back to Norway …
Norwegian priest’s farewell to Vietnam Read MoreGro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, on Tuesday 17 June donated 10,000 Baht to help HIV infected Thai people under the care of the …
Gro Haaversen Barth supports HIV victims Read MoreFive new members were elected to the Church Committee of the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore. The new board members are Heine Askær-Jensen, Peter Borup, Søren Kjær Mortensen, Helle Mørup …
New Danish Church Committee in Singapore Read MoreNorwegian global provider of engineering and construction services, Aker Kvaerner, recently through its Canada-based subsidiary Chemetics entered into two new contracts for equipment supply and engineering services for two integrated …
Aker Kvaerner wins USD30-million contract in Indonesia Read MoreThe Importers Association of Indonesia (Ginsi) said at a press conference on June 5 that its members had begun a boycott of all imports from Sweden in a protest over …
Indonesian importers to boycott Sweden over Aceh Read MoreSwedish Falungong practitioner, Pirjo Svensson, who had been arrested and detained by Thai authorities for over a month without being charged, left the country on June 5 night after being …
Swedish Falungong member deported from Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on May 16 provided technical assistance to radio stations of Savannakhet and Luang Prabang provinces as part of the local radio station improvement project. …
Lao radio stations receive SIDA’s assistance Read MoreThe Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) will provide NOK 15 million to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok as its assistance in human resources development for the …
NORAD to give AIT 15 million NOK for human resources development Read MoreLaos’ Tax Department on May 27 received 214 computer sets from the National Tax Board of Sweden to computerize tax administration in the country. The hand-over ceremony took place at …
Sweden helps computerize Laos’ taxation system Read MoreThe Swedish government has taken part in supporting Laos’ Ministry of Education with a donation of USD 12 million in the latter’s second phase of educational improvement project. The second …
Laos’ educational improvement phase 2 launched with Swedish support Read MoreNearly half the international patients of Bangkok Hospital are Scandinavians. Some are residents of Thailand while others are Scandinavians living in countries around the region. For about one year, …
Bangkok Hospital expanding in the Scandinavian market Read MoreDiGi Telecommunications company on 27 May signed a strategic agreement with Siemens Malaysia to spend between 100 and 200 million ringgit on boosting its technological capabilities amid stiffer competition. …
DiGi in strategic partnership with Siemens Read MoreNeraTel, Singapore in April signed three new contracts worth a total of 62 Mill NOK. Two of the orders worth 44 Mill NOK were with two mobile telecom operators in …
NeraTel signs orders worth 62 Mill. NOK Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has already removed Singapore from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and no longer recommends exit screening …
Singapore removed from WHO’s list of SARS-hit areas Read MoreThe Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in May re-launched its magazine under the new name “Thai-Norwegian Business Review”. The new quarterly magazine came with visually attractive design and new concept for …
TNCC re-launches quarterly magazine in Thailand Read MoreStein Vangen, the Norwegian pastor at the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in Singapore since October 2002, will this autumn start in a full time job visiting the Norwegian communities in South …
Norwegian Priest in Singapore appointed new regional duties Read MoreThe website of DABS – Danish Business Association of Singapore – was recently re-designed by CAPS Media, the head office in Johor Bahru of the original creator of the website, …
New design of DABS website Read MoreThailand’s second-largest mobile phone operator Total Access Communication Plc. (TAC) has reported 19% year-on-year growth in net new subscribers to its DTAC service in April. TAC, 30% owned by Norway’s …
DTAC subscribers rise 19% in April Read MoreFinland’s national carrier Finnair will in June cancel three weekly flights from Helsinki to Bangkok and onwards to Singapore and Hong Kong due to weak seasonal demand, but repeated its …
Finnair to cut flights to South East Asia due slow season Read MoreFinance minister Keat Chhon of Cambodia and WTO’s Secretary General Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, former finance minister of Thailand, met on 27 May with Denmarks’s minister for foreign affairs Per Stig …
’Making Trade Work for the Poor’ Read MoreMore than 200 Norwegians and Thais celebrated the National Day of Norway in Thailand on 17 May 2003 in the usual grand style with hoisting of the flag, parade, speeches …
Great 17 May celebrations in Thailand Read MoreThe East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S (EAC) is setting up a new, shared IT platform to serve the group’s head office in Singapore and Denmark and Nutrition companies in Malaysia, …
EAC’s shared IT platform to optimize group’s operations Read MoreIn 2004, Scandinavian Airlines plans to become the first airline to offer Internet connection on board intercontinental flights. “Our home market is the world’s most IT-dense region, so it …
Internet on SAS flight Read MoreWithin the next two years, Danish systems solutions company Intertec A/S will be operational in Thailand as its Southeast Asian headquarters. The company eyes primarily at food and beverage processing …
Intertec Southeast Asia to be headquartered in Bangkok Read MoreSwedish businessman Hakan Alm was elected new Chairman of the Scandinavian Society Siam, replacing outgoing Chaiman Juha Pykko, at the Annual General Meeting of the Society held at Amari Boulevard …
Hakan Alm new Chairman of Scandinavian Society Siam Read MoreThe Swedish Embassy in Bangkok, in cooperation with the Scandinavian Church, SWEA and the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce will jointly host this year’s Swedish National Day 2003 Celebrations on June …
Swedish National Day 2003 Celebrations Read More“The risk was minimal. If it didn’t work out I could just hop on the plane and go back to Denmark,” says Ole Petersen about his “big step” almost ten …
Tapping draught beer world wide Read MoreDanish Interior decoration company Great Outdoors headquartered in Aarhus Denmark has decided to postpone their plans for establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur. Among others because Vietnam has demanded a …
Great Outdoors postpones Malaysia office Read MoreAfter 12 years of living and working for a big IT company in Paris it was about time for Bo Kristensen to move on. Half a year ago, the 38 …
Danish MLM expertise in Thailand Read MoreTelenor ASA’s Thai partner Total Access Communica-tion (DTAC) on May 21 launched its rebranded prepaid mobile phone service “Happy Dprompt” as part of its effort to gain a greater share …
Telenor re-brands prepaid mobile phone service in Thailand Read MoreGPV (Thailand) will in June this year move into a new building across from its existing building within the ABB compound in Bangpoo Industrial Estate Southeast of Bangkok, bringing its …
GPV Thailand moves electronics to new building Read MoreFrank Hansen, Managing Director of Ami Asia Group until his move back to Denmark last year has together with his wife Hjordis moved to Ribe in Denmark, where he is …
Frank Hansen in new business with Thailand Read MoreIn order to keep Danish companies informed about the development in the health care sector in Malaysia, the Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has had an interview with the purchasing …
Malaysia Health Care 2003 Read MoreViking Cup, the annual encounter of all Viking football teams from Asia, has been postponed this year to 25-28 September 2003 due to the uncertainties surrounding the SARS virus. …
Viking Cup moved to September due to SARS Read MoreThe Indonesian Norwegian Business Council (INBC), in co-operation with the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta, organized an evening celebration “Snowflakes Over Java” on May 17 at Jakarta Hilton International to mark …
Norwegian Independence Day in Indonesia Read MoreMr. Sim Boon Kiat, President of ABB Industry Pte Ltd., has since March 1 assumed Mr. Charles Sher’s responsibilities as Head of Low Voltage Products of the company. Mr. Sher …
ABB’s new head of low voltage products in Singapore Read MoreDanish senior executive of United Plantations Bhd., Tan Sri B. Bek-Nielsen, recently joined Malaysia’s latest effort to clear up negative perception among northern Europeans about palm oil industry, saying it …
Bek-Nielsen joins Malaysian effort to clear palm oil misconception Read MoreAt the height of the Asian crisis, a German contractor cancelled an assignment to upgrade an Indonesian cement factory. The company then turned to Mr. Hans Jorgen Nielsen, whom they …
LV Technology to be listed on the Thai stock exchange Read MoreTwenty young professionals within environmental journalism, fishfarming and seismic studies from nine Asian countries – including Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR – participated in an introductory course in Bangkok to …
Fredskorpset kickstarts first south–south exchange programme Read MoreLast year, Berli Jucker Public Co. Ltd. celebrated its 120th anniversary. This was also the first year under the new owners of Khun Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi of T.C.C. Group, the well …
Berli Jucker in a Danish perspective Read MoreDanisco’s acquisition last year of the Belgian-based flavour house, Perlarom, has enhanced Danisco’s position in Asia considerably. As part of the takeover, Danisco acquired Perlarom’s flavour plant in Singapore, as …
Singapore becomes Danisco’s regional flavour centre Read More