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Filipino Erich Caparas was supposed to be back in Philippines 15 September 2015 after a working trip in Thailand. Instead, one of the most photographer from Philippines was surrounded by 14 bald, …
Filipino photographer shoots for Scandinavian Make Up Studio Read More
Thailand is very popular in Norway. However, Norwegians are not very popular among Thais according to a new study from Hoegskolen in Hedmark. ”The cultural difference is the reason”, professor Ellen …
New study shows Thais likes Danes better than Norwegian Read More
Are you ready to travel? With the new app from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs you will be. The travel app ”UM Rejseklar” (=ready to go) will make you …
Denmark releases new worldwide travel app Read MoreThe Art Club Singapore is resided in the area of Geyland, and at the first glance it looks like any other home with a red bright couch, a small kitchen …
Prada and The Monk in Singapore Read More
The first batch of Gripen fighters for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) was delivered in February 2011, reports SAAB Defense. Since then, the Gripen squadron at Wing 7 in …
Milestone for Gripen fighters in Thailand: 5000 flight hours Read More
Singapore-listed YuuZoo Corporation has acquired distribution and marketing Rights for mobile games for 11 of the world’s most popular football clubs, including Chelsea FC, Real Madrid, Manchester City FC, FC …
YuuZoo Corp. partners with Swedish CoC to promote mobile football games Read More
Surveying a target sector for the new PR and marketing service platform for Thailand, EuroThaiLink, the ScandAsia team came across a Swedish confectioner and baker at the Food & Hotel …
Swedish baker showcases cake creations in Bangkok Read More
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ScandAsia now on Instagram! Read More
Vietnam’s Paediatric Society and Swedish company BioGaia organized a seminar on 26 August entitled “Functional gastrointestinal disorders in children, Colic and the role of L.reuteri Protectis”. Attended by the Embassy …
BioGaia product launch in Vietnam Read More
On 11 September Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg continued from China to Hong Kong, where the schedule for the day was busy and included some Swedish business …
Sweden’s minister Mikael Damberg on business in Hong Kong Read More
Business Sweden, Royal Thai Embassy, and Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) invites to investment seminars in Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden, on 21-22 September 2015. Among the presentations there will …
Thailand – land of investment seminars in Sweden Read More
Scandinavian Airlines took off with its maiden flight on September on the new route to Hong Kong, connecting Hong Kong as the only airline to connect the Asian metropolitan with …
Flight launch by SAS ensures direct Scandinavian route to Hong Kong Read More
The Swedish Embassy and United Nations Development Programme in Cambodia are the funders to a new multimedia initiative “Klahan9” (which means “Brave9”). The project is aimed to support young Cambodian …
Swedish Embassy funds multimedia developing project in Cambodia Read More
Flexenclosure AB, which is a Sweden-based developer of hybrid power systems and pre-fabricated data centres, has won a multi-million dollar order on a data centre from the Myanmarian broadband services …
Swedish Flexenclosure wins multi-million dollar order in Myanmar Read More
On Monday 7 September Prof Charles Edquist, Centre for Innovation Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Sweden was invited to Bangkok as a keynote speaker for …
Thailand seminar on innovation highlights case Sweden Read More
A new plan from the government of the Philippines would offer free wireless internet to people across the country while also likely eating into the annual revenue of the nation’s …
Free Wifi to Philippines, crowdsourced in Sweden Read More
China loves IKEA. The international furniture retailer said growth accelerated in its fiscal year ending 31 August 2015 boosted by sales in China. To IKEA China is the fastest growing …
IKEA increases sale thanks to China Read More
On 28 August the Trinh Cong Son Music Scholarship was inaugurated with special guest RedOne – the successful Swedish songwriter, musician and producer, marking the beginning of a collaborative effort …
Swedish producer RedOne inaugurates Vietnam music scholarship Read More
Pear & Carrot – SverigeShoppen, together with The Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong exhibiting at the Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong show 8 – 10 September. Supporting this …
‘Try Swedish’ exhibition on Hong Kong trade show Read More
The Summer of 2015 the Swedish museum Bildmuseet has chosen Contemporary Vietnamese art as main theme. The exhibition is called Mien Meo Mieng, which is translated as “the land of …
Modern Vietnamese art is main theme this summer at Bildmuseet Read More
On Wednesday 9 September 2015 Sweden’s Minister of Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on sustainable business between Sweden and China, as he visited Beijing. …
Swedish minister signs sustainable business MoU in China Read More
In a secret offer to the Swedish Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, a Chinese company has really caught the attention of Swedish politicians. Leaked to Sweden’s national TV broadcaster, SVT, …
China Railway Construction bids on Swedish high-speed railway Read More
The SYC Ensemble Singers have been practising since May for the concert that took place on Saturday the 5th of September. But Cecilia Rydinger Alin only just got to Singapore …
Cecilia Rydinger Alin conducting sold out Night of Music Read More
The Swedish-based development cooperation organization We Effect and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed, to work together to strengthen small-scale forest and farm producers’ organizations …
Myanmar and Vietnam included in new We Effect – FAO rural farming programme Read More
Finland-based Cleantech Invest have attracted new strategic investors from China, Silicon Valley and Sweden. Cleantech Invest itself invests in the most promising early-stage and growth cleantech companies in Finland, Sweden …
Cleantech Invest (FIN) attracts new strategic investors from China and Sweden Read More Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg is visiting China on 9-11 September 2015 Minister Damberg’s trip will have a strong focus on CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), while he …
Sweden’s enterprise, innovation minister heads to China, Hong Kong Read More
[wzslider] A ‘Scandinavian Makeup Studio’, based in Bangkok, Thailand, initially prompts some questions. Is it catering to the need for Scandinavian makeup products in Asia? Is it a studio by …
Scandinavians succeed with international makeup school in Thailand Read More
H&M have announced that they are positive to the uniform minimum wage that has been set by the Government in Myanmar. “A uniform minimum wage across all industries is essential …
H&M welcomes uniform minimum wage in Myanmar Read More
H&M’s unique fair living wage strategy, launched in 2013, is showing progress on many fronts, H&M has reported in an update for the first half of 2015, describing their goals …
H&M’s steps towards fair living wages Read More
[wzslider] In a major modern cultural initiative for Bangkok, multimedia ‘TEATRO’ and multidisciplinary workshops will begin on 4 October 2015, held at the five-star Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok. This rich, professional …
Theatre, and acting workshops at Rembrandt with Swede Ulf Pilblad Read More
[wzslider] The timing could hardly have been better: Sweden’s new team members at its Mission in Thailand, including the new Ambassador, having just arrived to Bangkok, and the Thai-Swedish Chamber …
New Swedish Ambassador to Thailand welcomed by community Read More
On 26 August 2015 the team at the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore bid farewell to two of its colleagues; Lennart Bengtsson, Defence Attaché to Singapore; and Marie Schram, First …
Farewells and welcomes at Swedish Embassy in Singapore Read More
In an announcement Volvo Cars says it has in August 2015 taken control of its three joint venture operations in China for SEK2.2bn in order to more accurately reflect its …
Volvo Cars acquires control of its China joint ventures Read More
Vietnam Airlines’ purchasing of new Boeing Dreamliner aircraft, with the first one of those delivered in the end of July 2015, has co-financing from the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK). …
Swedish export loan funding for Vietnam Airlines Read More
Sweden has a vivid history of innovation since the 17th century and has been continuously ranked among the top countries renowned for Innovation in the world. On 25 August, 2015 …
Tetra Pak equips second phase of Vietnamese soymilk production Read More
A delegation from the Swedish Tax Agency visited earlier this month Cambodia. In a meeting with the Cambodian minister of economy and finance, the ministry requested assistance from Sweden in strengthen Cambodia’s …
Cambodia asks Sweden to help collect more tax Read More
This year the legendary sour herring (‘Surströmming’ in Swedish) premiere in Sweden takes place on 20 August, since this is the third Thursday of the month in year 2015. This …
Swedish sour herring premiere August 2015 Read More
Fredrik Lager, General Manager of SEB Private Banking in Asia, wants Scandinavian residents in Asia to be aware of a new EU regulation, which took effect on 17 August 2015. …
SEB reveals a bombshell concerning inheritance Read More
SEB Private Banking in Asia is on a fast track of growth. Last year was the best year ever but even so, the first six months of 2015 have already …
SEB’s “Asia Growth Case” Read More
The Swedish Government has appointed Sweden’s next ambassador to Thailand, after Klas Molin. Taking on the Ambassador role is a diplomat familiar with the region, namely Sweden’s previous Ambassador to …
Sweden’s new ambassador to Thailand appointed Read More
On 13-14 August 2015 a seminar on Human Rights Research and Education was jointly organised by the Vietnam’s Human Rights Institute under the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy and …
Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights seminar in Vietnam Read More
Volvo Cars posted a 4.6 per cent increase in retail sales for the month of July 2015, selling 38,128 cars globally. Key drivers of growth were Europe as well as …
Volvo Cars reports summer sales growth and over 52,000 XC90 orders! Read More
On 30 July 2015 the Embassy of Sweden in Jakarta hosted a pre-departure gathering with new students going to Sweden, Alumni Swedia and PPI Swedia. Alumni and students of Swedish …
Jakarta gathering: 60 students getting ready to study in Sweden Read More
Mr Stuart Ward, Controller, together with Mr Kriangkrai Thitimakorn, National Programme Officer, from the Development Cooperation Section of the Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok, attended the Mekong Sub-Regional Forum on Climate …
Sweden-supported climate change adaptation forum held in Laos Read More
For Nordic visitors to Thailand, and residents of Bangkok a highlight for the late autumn calendar is confirmed as annual the Scandinavian Food & Jazz Week is returning to Shangri-La, …
Scandinavian Week: Swedish jazz and Finnish chef coming to Shangri-La Bangkok Read More
On 31 May 2012 the EU council authorized its Commission to to start negotiations with Vietnam on a free trade agreement, which began on 26 June the same year, while …
Swedish Trade Commissioner announces EU – Vietnam FTA Read More
On 30 June 2015 a workshop on investments for increased energy savings in China was organized in Shanghai, where Swedish companies shared practices on energy saving. Investing in energy efficiency …
Swedish energy-saving workshop held in Shanghai Read More
SAS and Finnair are getting some competition on the China routes, as direct charter flights from China to Copenhagen have been announced Beijing Capital Airlines, while a forthcoming route to …
Chinese airlines plan for new routes to Copenhagen and Helsinki Read More
As the Chinese slowdown is gaining strength in 2015 many Western companies are forced to take a hard look at their businesses there, leading many to reduce investments, costs and …
Swedish corporations comment on cost-management in China Read More
The year continues strongly for ASSA ABLOY, as it reported a sales increase by 22% in the second quarter of 2015. In Asia Pacific growth was however negative as result …
Weak China demand causes negative growth in Asia for Assa Abloy Read More