Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Swedish FDA has so far during 2002 detected 23 substandard food shipments from South East Asia, writes the Swedish newsagency, TT. It is mainly crabmeat and shrimps from Thailand …
23 food shipments from South East Asia halted by Swedish FDA Read MoreSwedish State Secretary, Ms. Gun-Britt Andersson, on Monday 7 October 2002 opened the conference “Promoting Gender Equality to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children” in Bangkok. The three-day conference is being …
Swedish State Secretary opens conference in Bangkok Read MoreWhen Khun Vivat Antaprasit, CEO of Asia Paper Bag Co Ltd. visited a paper bag factory in Sweden in the early 1970’s he got the idea to establish a similar …
Swedish paper bag concept 30 years in Thailand Read MoreJakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) has dicided to implement a complete human resources solution from the Swedish software supplier IFS. The IFS purchase is part of the terminal’s commitment to …
Swedish IFS to implement software solution in Jakarta Read MoreThe Swedish FDA has issued a report warning that recent samples of spices from Thailand have been contaminated with salmonella (Typhoid?!). The positive tests were made in shipments of coriander, long …
Swedish authorities detect contaminated spices from Thailand Read MoreDon’t be surprised if the stamp on the next postcard from Thailand shows an image of the Royal Castle in Stockholm. Or a picture of the Grand Palace in Bangkok …
Joint Thai-Swedish stamp issued on 5 October Read MoreSweden will provide 24.5 million Swedish krona (US$2.5 million) in non-refundable aid to Vietnam to help the latter implement a ten-year socio-economic development strategy (2001-2010) and study anti-corruption solutions. Two …
Swedish gives Vietnam 2.5 Mill. US-dollars Read MoreSweden will be among the seven foreign commercial services who will have a booth at the Expo 2002 to be held by the Ho Chi Ming City’s Department of Trade …
Swedish booth at Expo 2002 in Vietnam Read MoreMr. Jarkko Harmala, Finnair’s new Sales Manager for Thailand and Australia, will be going more actively for among others the local business community flying frequently to Scandinavia. “One of my …
Finnair aiming for business travellers Read MorePhuket remaintains a top spot for Swedish travellers according to reports from Swedish tour organizers. In an interview with Star Tours, Thai daily Poochatgarn writes that this operator alone brought …
Phuket remains top Swedish destination Read More