Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Health Ministers and senior government officials from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Singapore attended a ministerial virtual discussion in the CogX 2020 Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI and Emerging …
Health ministers from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Singapore shared ideas on digital Covid-19-response Read More
As of this week – 15 June 2020 – Iceland is welcoming tourists from all EU and Schengen countries, and the UK. Visitors are offered the option of getting tested …
Iceland now welcomes EU tourists Read More
Singapore Police Coast Guard’s Training Centre has now started regular training on four new Kongsberg simulators which was delivered end of last year. The four high-speed craft simulators are capable …
Kongsberg Digital delivers first K-Sim Fast Craft simulators to Singapore Police Coast Guard’s Training Centre Read More
The Norwegian ambassador to Singapore H.E. Anita Nergaard published an official statement with all information for travel restrictions for your consideration, on 5 June 2020. Please read full story here
The Norwegian ambassador gathered travel restrictions in Singapore for travelers and residents Read More
The Norwegian ships agency Wilhelmsen published an official statement on 6 June 2020. The subject is regarding the success in organizing crew for Synergy group with new safety measurement protocol. …
Wilhelmsen coordinates Singapore’s first full crew change for Synergy Group using new protocol Read More
The Foreign Ministry of Denmark are hosting a live event on 11 June 2020, where you can ask questions and get advice from Danish ambassadors in Sweden, Singapore, the UK …
Get export advice from a Danish ambassador on 11 June Read More
The Norwegian embassy Singapore announced on upcoming maritime online event on 3 June 2020. The statement said: The Norwegian young professional community in Singapore is closely linked to the maritime …
Next online maritime discussion for young professionals starts on 5 June Read More
The embassy of Sweden in Singapore announced on 3 June 2020 to get comfortable and ready to celebrate national day together online. The statement said: 3 days to go! Swedish …
Swedish embassy Singapore invites all to celebrate national day together online Read More
Danish designer Cecilie Bahnsen has entered into a partnership with the Singaporean fashion footwear and accessories retailer Charles & Keith. Bahnsen’s exclusive collection for Charles & Keith features four classic …
Cecilie Bahnsen designs shoes collection for Charles & Keith Read More
The KidsRights Foundation has released their survey of children’s rights, covering 182 countries. Scandinavian countries are well-known for ranking high in surveys researching human rights – and this survey is …
Scandinavia and Thailand top children’s rights survey Read More
Vestas announced their latest achievement on an official statement on 28 May 2020. They had secured its largest order in Vietnam to date for a total of 144 MW for …
Vestas won a largest order of 3 wind farms in Vietnam Read More
Members of Nordic and Swedish Chambers of Commerce in APAC can meet Anna Hallberg, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman of Investor AB in a webinar on …
Anna Hallberg and Jacob Wallenberg on Swedish Trade and Covid-19 Read More
Since Finland’s 100 Years independence celebrations in 2017, Helsinki Business Hub (HBH), a regional development and marketing agency, has been engaging with Singapore based on its ’Smart Nation’ initiative for …
Helsinki Business Hub continues smart building, construction Singapore collaboration Read More
Norwegian Business Association Singapore (NABS) members Heron Advisory, Ronny Waage together with Tim Polson from Klaveness Digital, are joining forces to provide an exciting afternoon focused on maritime tech innovation. …
Norwegian Business Association Singapore hosts the first Virtual Maritime Tech Conference Read More
The Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod launched a new large export and investment package on 26 May 2020. The packages aim to assist export businesses effected by the Corona crisis.which, …
Denmark cuts prices to get advice at Embassies Read More
“The way we network is changing now and it will probably be with us for the rest of our lives; it will be a different networking landscape when we come …
Swede Nick Jonsson and partners purchase EGN Singapore franchise Read More
On 5 May some 150 representatives of the various stakeholders and Danish businesses representatives attended a webinar hosted by the Confederation of Danish Industry
Representatives from the Danish missions in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam outlined the situation in the respective countries on the topic: ‘Markets in the shadow of Covid-19’.
Covid-19 business impact on Southeast Asia: Danish business webinar report Read More
The government of Vietnam has announced 17 May their plans to bring back Vietnamese citizens stuck all over the globe, according to the Saigon-based Vietnamese daily Saigon Online. The Civil …
Vietnam to bring back Vietnamese citizens from Scandinavia and SEA-countries Read More
The Royal embassy of Norwegian in Singapore invites all Norwegians (and friends of Norway) celebrating Constitution day on 17 May to join a fun photo challenge. Since Singapore is currently …
Norwegian embassy Singapore invited all to share fun 17 May moment digitally Read More
Roland Tan Tong Meng has died in Denmark at the age of 72 – and has already been buried. The Singaporean man has been wanted since a murder in 1969, …
Singaporean gangster dies in Denmark after 51 years on the run Read More
IKEA Singapore announced in an official statement on 11 May 2020 its plan is to open the first ever new small concept store in South East Asia in 2021. The …
Ikea Singapore plans small concept store Jem shopping mall Read More
Norwegian offshore EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contractor Aragon has won a contract to deliver topside modules for Malaysia-based Yinson’s Anna Nery FPSO that will produce oil from Petrobras’ Marlim field …
Norwegian offshore engineering won Malaysian base crude oil production company contract Read More
The Danish Embassy in Vietnam would like to urge all parents of children with double Danish/Vietnamese citizenship, who are born before 1 September 2015 to contact the embassy for the …
Five-year transition scheme for re-acquisition Danish citizenship expires August 31st 2020 Read More
The Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) has announced that several national WISTA associations have come together in an initiative to support seafarers. WISTA Norway and WISTA Singapore are …
WISTA associations in Scandinavia and Asia start to collaborate Read More
Grundfos’ production in Bjerringbro will deliver up to 5000 face shields a day to aid Danish health services in the fight against coronavirus, according to Grundfos’s official statement update. 36 …
Grundfos ready to support Denmark healthcare system Read More
Two weeks after the Singapore Vikings Football Club with more than 100 of its members opened a fund raising campaign with the aim of collection 22.000 SGD, the club has …
Singapore Vikings Football Club raised funds for migrant workers Read More
Having your kids learning from home because of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic can be an exhausting (and sometimes intimidating) experience. In Singapore, Christa Craats, coordinator of Canadian …
Learning with Canadian International School: Fun, screen-free kids’ activities during Covid-19 Read More
Singapore Norway Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Norwegian Embassy in Singapore, are inviting all of members and friends to join a free webinar 23 April 2020 from 09.00 …
Insightful webinar for Norwegian business in Singapore today Read More
The insightful host Ludvig Landgren, VP and Head of Network Applications and Cloud Infrastructure at Ericsson (SEA, Oceania and India), will go through the basics of 5G and why it …
5G insight webminar organized by Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Singapore – deadline today Read More
The Nordic Innovation House Singapore, UNDP Singapore Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, Sustainable Developement co organize an upcoming webminar (online conference) happening on 22 April 2020. The topic of the …
UNPD Singapore and the Nordic Innovation house co-organize a webinar on how to fight Covid-19 digitally Read More
The European Union Delegation Singapore published an emergency contact information for every EU citizens to get in touch and coming home on 16 April 2020. The list of contacts is …
The EU Delegation Singapore published list of emergency contacts Read More
Successes and failures the norm in the world of start-ups This is the story about building a start-up and how things can go wrong, depending on how one goes about …
Scandinavian entrepreneur shares start-up insights Read More
A group of Swedish flight attendants from Scandinavian Airlines SAS who have been laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic, are training as assistant nurses to help relieve the load …
SAS and Singapore Airline cabin crew assisting hospitals to ease workload during Covid-19 crisis Read More
Scandasia is monitoring daily updates in Asia / South East Asia to make sure we serve the latest update on the region to our readers. Here’s the latest information from …
ASEAN update on restrictions to combat Covid-19 Read More
The embassy of Denmark in Singapore announced to remain open as usual,on 6 April 2020. “The embassy remains open and will continue to operate to 4 May 2020. We aim …
Embassy of Denmark in Singapore remains open Read More
IKEA Singapore is in cooperation with the announcement of the Prime minister regarding public health safety and decided to temporarily close their outlets from 7-30 April. Online shopping option is …
IKEA Singapore announced temporary closure Read More
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong made a public announcement on a policy to curb the rise of Covid 19 situation on 3 March 2020. The government called this tightening …
Singapore tightening regulations to curb virus spreading Read More
Asian countries are more scared to contract the novel coronavirus than Scandinavian countries, according to a new survey from YouGov based on the percentage of 27,000 participants from 26 countries …
Asian countries rank high in new corona-fear survey Read More
The Danish Seamen’s Church and Churches Abroad (DSUK) announced in a press release on 27 March 2020 that Selma Ravn’s first day as the new Dean of the Danish Seaman’s …
New Dean of the Danish Seamen’s Church and Churches Abroad Read More
Despite almost 3.500 confirmed cases of Swedes infected with the novel coronavirus and 105 deaths, Sweden refuses to install restrictions to prevent spreading of the virus. A clear contrast to …
Sweden continues to reject isolation Read More
Laos Immigration Department announced that foreigners and stateless people who can not leave Laos due to temporary closure of all borders, are able to request visa extensions,on 25 March 2020. …
Stranded travelers in Laos can apply for stay-permits Read More
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia published an official regulations statement regarding Covid-19 situation on 27 March 2020. The Royal Government of Cambodia is monitoring Covid-19 …
Cambodia suspends tourist visa from 30 March 2020 Read More
The Danish Ministry of Foreign created a facebook group to assist stranded Danes overseas due to Coronavirus crisis. The statement was published on 21 March 2020 that said: “Are you …
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs created facebook group to assist stranded Danes overseas Read More
Nationwide, Finland has confirmed 880 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths: the spread of the virus is further along in the region of Uusimaa that surrounds the capitol city Helsinki …
Finland install further measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Read More
Due to the novel coronavirus the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore is closing its doors temporarily, announced the Church in its newsletter 26 March 2020. The closure will last until …
The Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore closes temporarily – but offers social solution Read More
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is streamlining its operations concentrating remaining flights within only one terminal. Beginning on 28 March 2020,12:01AM, the following airlines will be operating to and from …
Flights advisary for travellers in Philippines Read More
With ongoing global government policies change in order to combat complex Covid-19 situation, Singapore Airlines is wavering all rebooking fees for tickets issued on or before 15 March 2020, for …
Singapore Airline reduced 96% flights until end of April Read More
Eight doctors from the Tongji Hospital and the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South Univeristy in the Chinese province of Hunan have volunteered to provide online consultations for overseas Chinese …
Chinese doctors to provide WeChat consultations for overseas Chinese Read More
The birth of Musiio is the story of how an AI (articifial intelligence)-based start-up came about thanks to a ‘talent investor’ facilitator, and where a Swedish tech-talent individual found his …
Aron Pettersson: Swedish AI specialist co-founder Singapore-based start-up Read More
If you are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed, you’re not alone. The corona virus epidemic has had a massive impact on our daily lives, and we may not be …
Tips for Staying Calm in Uncertain Times Read More