Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Star Cruises was incorporated in September 1993 to tap Asia-Pacific’s potential as an international cruise destination. Nine years later it had grown to became the world’s third largest cruise company …
From zero to third largest cruise company in nine years Read MoreCabinet Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Population, Family and Children, Le Thi Thu, has been elected as new President of the Vietnam – Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA). …
Le Thi Thu new head of Vietnam –Sweden Friendship Association Read MoreThe Vietnam Women’s Union presented Christine Elisabeth Johansson, First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Vietnam, with a medal “For the Emancipation of Women” at an award ceremony in Hanoi …
Medal to Swedish diplomat for emancipation work Read MoreThe Swedish government decided 10 July to contribute SEK 10 Million in budget support to Timor-Leste. Sweden has given support to Timor-Leste since 1997, primarily for the reconstruction of the …
Sweden gives budget support to Timor-Leste Read MoreVietnam will export 4.61 million tonnes a year between 2001-2005 and up to 5.42 million tonnes of rice a year during 2006-2010 if it maintains its present rate of export, …
SIDA-funded study sees Vietnam’s rice exports growing Read MoreMillicom International Cellular S.A, a global telecommunications investor in the Swedish finance Stenbeck family group of companies, reports a 45 percent annual increase in Asian subscribers from June 2002 to …
Millicom reports high cellular growth in Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreSwedish telecommunications group Comvik International has asked Vietnamese investment and planning ministry for permission to convert its business cooperation with local mobile operator into a joint venture, a report on …
Comvik seeks joint venture status in Vietnam Read MoreVietnam’s Culture and Information Minister Pham Quang Nghi has strengthened cooperation and cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark during his 10-day working visit to Europe in May. In Stockholm, Minister …
Vietnam’s cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark boosted Read MoreThe second phase of cooperation between the parliaments of Sweden and Vietnam will be carried out through the next four years. The agreement has been signed in Hanoi on June …
Sweden-Vietnam parliamentary cooperation continues Read MoreNorway and Sweden have, among other donors, provided financial aid for Vietnamese government to launch US$243.8-million Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children project aimed at helping underprivileged children in Vietnam complete …
Norway, Sweden help launch Vietnam’s primary education scheme Read More