Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
SEB Large Corporates & Financial Institutions has an impressive track record and is today an established player in the global arena. Its presence in Asia is comprehensive, covering an area …
Jan Stjernström, SEB: “Significant growth happening in Asia” Read More
Fans of all things healthy, organic, and any wellness modalities that support longevity should here take notice! 137 Pillars Hotels & Resorts is for the first time bringing its ‘Asian …
Swedish hoteliers, 137 Pillars team host organic food, wellness festival Read More
One of the fields where Nordic countries may truly have a head-start is within renewable energy. Therefore you shouldn’t miss the three day Renewable Energy Summit 2018 in Vietnam. These …
Get ready for the Vietnam Renewable Energy Summit 2018 Read More
The Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce has just sent out the invitation to the Annual General Meeting 2018: Date: March 28, 2018 Registration: 6.15 PM – 6.30 PM AGM: 6.30 PM – …
TSCC invites to Annual General Meeting 2018 Read More
IKEA Southeast Asia’s largest store to date opened to great fanfare and enthusiasm on 15 March northwest of Bangkok, in the suburban province of Nonthaburi, with a very apparent celebration …
Ikea’s largest Southeast Asian store opens in Greater Bangkok Read More
Thailand ranks as one of the least accepting countries when it comes to immigrants. That’s one of the conclusions to draw from the recently published World Happiness Report 2018, which …
Thailand among the least accepting of immigrants Read More
The Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change Lars Ronnås and Dr Jacob Granit, Director-General of the Swedish Marine and Water Agency, both appeared on the Vietnamese talk-show Bizline earlier this week. …
Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change in debate on Vietnamese tv-show Read More
EuroCham Vietnam attended Asean – EU Business Summit in Singapore joined by Swedish EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem, International Trade and Industry Ministers as well as European chambers in SEA. …
EuroCham Vietnam at Asean – EU Business Summit in Singapore Read More
‘No more fake IP-adresses!’ That’s the general reaction after Spotify revealed that the streaming service would be available to the citizens of Vietnam within three days. In general the Swedish …
Spotify is coming to Vietnam Read More
EQT Partners Asia Pacific is part of the Swedish private equity (PE) firm EQT and recommends the EQT funds on which companies to invest in. Focus is on control or …
EQT increases efforts in Asia Read More
On 7 March the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China held its ‘International Women’s day – Breakfast and Inspiring Talks’ event in Shanghai. The Chamber thanks everyone who came to …
Swedcham China International Women’s day seminar Read MoreAt a ceremony held on the International Womens Day in the Embassy of Sweden in Thailand, the Stock Exhange of Thailand (SET) signaled a commitment to make and promote practices …
Thai stock exchanges ‘rings bell’ to help women in businesses Read More
A successful Nordic Seminar on the EU – Thailand relationship and its new diplomatic openings was held at the Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, as a Luncheon on the 7 March …
Nordic Bangkok seminar: EU-Thailand Trade Relations Read More
The number of long-haul flights from Stockholm Arlanda Airport continues to grow as China Eastern launches the first direct route between Stockholm and Shanghai on June 16 this summer. There …
New direct flight route Shanghai – Stockholm with China Eastern Read More
Sweden is ready to collaborate with Vietnam on preserving the natural water resources and climate change resistance, according to Viet Nam News. The statement was presented by the Swedish Ambassador …
Vietnam, Sweden to collaborate on water preservation Read More
During 2018 FBC- Finnish Business Council Singapore is organizing Singapore’s long-lasting Nordic monthly networking, ScandBizBar. This regular event is a splendid opportunity for networking on every first Thursday of the …
Second ScandBizBar 2018 Singapore Read More
A lot of websites is often the cause of a lot of confusion, especially when every single small branch of a large organisation has its own unique site. And public …
Sweden Abroad launches new website Read More
Just as the interest in Asia is large in some communities in Scandinavia, so is the interest in Scandinavia for some communities in Asia. That’s one of the reasons for …
‘Svenska språkstugan’ to bridge Swedes with Hong Kong students Read More
The 16th AEM-EU Trade Commissioner Consultation took place on 2 March co-chaired by Sweden’s Cecilia Malmström, the EU Trade Commissioner and and Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng …
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Singapore Read More
At the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Singapore’s AGM 2018 the CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Maria Rankka is invited as speaker. This Chamber of Commerce one of Sweden’s …
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce CEO invited to Singapore Read More
Swedish journalist Johan Nylander’s book draws big attention Swedish correspondent and journalist Johan Nylander is well situated to follow the development in mainland China. Based in Hong Kong since 2011 …
Shenzhen – China’s fast-growing Silicon Valley Read More
180 countries. That’s how many countries citizens of Singapore are allowed to enter visa-free, which makes it the world’s most powerfull passport, tied with Japan. Once every year Henley & …
Singapore has the world’s most powerfull passport Read More
The Finnish pork producer Atria is slowly climbing into the biggest pork-consumer in the world, China. In the past eight months Atria has exported 3.000 tons of raw pork, but …
Finnish pork to increase on the Chinese dinner tables Read More
Google is adding more languages to the digital assistant, Google Assistant. At Mobile World Congress last week the IT-giant announced that Google Assistant will soon be available in seven more …
Google Assistant expanding into Scandinavia and Asia Read More
Singapore is the best place in the world to live as an expat. That is the primary conclusion from the yearly survey done by HSBC, a banking and financial services …
Singapore – the best country for expats Read More
Both Southeast Asia and Scandinavia ranks relatively high in access to 4G network according to a study made by the connection testing company Open Signal. Basically they monitored 4.852.320 devices …
SE Asia and Scandinavia ranks high in 4G access Read More
Southeast Asia is still among the most corrupt regions in the world and, for the most parts, slowly descending into further corruption, at least according to Transparency International (TI) annual …
Corruption still reigns in Southeast Asia Read More
The Swedish Women Abroad‘s Bangkok chapter has launched SWEA Professional. This was announced with a kick-off event on 15 November. Swea met at Hotel Pullman Grande Sukhumvit and after a …
Swedish ladies launched Swea Professional Bangkok Read More
Sweden, China and Singapore ranks among the top of the most automated countries in the world in 2016 according to a new study published by The International Federation of Robotics. …
Asia dominates in automation – Europe falls behind Read More
A recently published study from Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) reveals an underground rich on Rare Earth Minerals (REE). REE is a core ingredient in the conversion to more energy-efficient …
Sweden to challenge China on mineral dominance Read More
Should the current bio fuel-demand for palm oil continue to rise, the demand for it may be six times higher than it is today. That is the basic conclusion of …
New study: Palm oil demand to increase six-fold by 2030 Read More
Nordcham Philippines hosted its Annual General Membership Meeting and Economic Briefing with Dan Steinbock, CEO and Founder of Differencegroup and Martin Guri, Chief Equity Strategist at Nordea Bank. The event …
NordCham Philippines 2018 AGM report Read More
Researchers from Lund University of Sweden has recently discovered a previously unknown language in the heart of the forest in northern Malaysia. The language has been named Jedek and according …
Unknown language discovered in Malaysia Read More
Swedish Church in Phuket will hold a 10 Years Anniversary sermon on Sunday 18 February, 11 am until 2 pm, at Phuket Orchid Resort Spa. The Embassy of Sweden in …
Swedish Church Phuket celebrates 10 years Read More
NordCham Philippines in Partnership with the EU-Philippines Business Network (EPBN) invites to the NordCham Awards Night 2018. The Awards Night recognizes prominent companies who have significantly contributed to economic growth, …
Invitation: NordCham Philippines Awards Night 2018 Read More
“Now is a good time to enter the Philippine market!” states Business Sweden, with a recently established office in Manila since September 2017. “Last year we saw an all-time high …
Business Sweden in Philippines’ market outlook 2018 Read More
In a recently published report by analyst firm Euler Hermes, Indonesia and Malaysia ranks as some of the worst countries in the world to collect debt, based on the complexity …
Indonesia and Malaysia among the world’s worst debt collectors Read More
Big data can tell us a lot of things; how people move in a city, what diseases a population is exposed to, how to advertise efficiently and target a certain …
Sweden ranking the second most productive country in the world – Denmark far in the bottom Read More
Palm oil is wrongfully discriminated against by the European Union. The notable message was delivered to reporters by the Swedish Minister for Entrepreneur and Innovation, Mikael Damberg, at the Sweden-Southeast …
Swedish minister criticizes EU’s stand on Malaysian palm oil Read More
The ’Nordic Day 2018’ was held at the Nordic House in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). Naw Susana Hla Hla Soe was guest of honour, holding a speech about gender equality. The …
Nordic Day 2018 held in Yangon Read More
H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden on 8 February visited Udon Thani to attend the Academic Conference for the Lay judges from the Juvenile and Family Courts of Thailand. Her Majesty …
H.M Queen Silvia’s child abuse Thailand speech Read More
As Penang develops and its economy keeps on growing, Nordic business solutions and brands can meet certain needs, use it for production and cater to consumer demand (such as in …
The Nordics in Penang: business solutions, brands, production and design Read More
Embassy of Sweden together with EU Delegation, Embassy of Belgium and SwedCham arranged two sold out screening in Singapore of the film ‘A Plastic Ocean’ on 3 and 8 February. …
Sweden/EU arranged ‘A Plastic Ocean’ Singapore screenings Read More
The EU-Philippine Business Network in partnership with Advantage Austria, the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), the German Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (GPCCI), the Italian Chamber …
EU-Philippine Business Network invitation Read More
H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden and World Childhood Foundation on 7 February made a project visit in Bangkok together with H.R.H. Princess Soamsawali. Friends International presented its efforts to support …
H.M. Queen Silvia, World Childhood Foundation visit Thailand Read More
“Sustainable, automatised and digitalised solutions can enhance lives of society and improve profitability for our customers,” writes Scania Malaysia. “The future of transport will be increasingly sustainable, automatised and digitalised …
Scania on sustainable transportation at Sweden-SEA business event Read More
When flying in over Penang and after landing at its airport it becomes clear that this island has a lot of industries. When driving towards George Town, passing by the …
Live, play, work – the formula for manufacturing hub Penang Read More
On 30 January dtac announced strategic targets to achieve its 2020 digital ambition. The company plans to increase the use of digital channels by up to seven times, allowing its …
dtac anticipates massive increase of digital channels use Read More
“The importance of the Southeast Asia region cannot be overstated. The region consists of 11 countries and around 620 million people. Therefore; the Swedish ambassadors conduct annual meetings to discuss …
Sweden held Southeast Asia ambassador’s meeting Read More
Delivery of the new car model XC40 to dealers started in January 2018, Volvo Cars’ first entry into the small premium SUV segment. Proving popular among car buyers, with global …
Successful car-sharing Volvo XC40 set for China launch Read More