Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The 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 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 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 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 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 More