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Police in Thailand are training volunteers to help patrol the beaches in Phuket, amid concern over the impact on the country’s tourism industry of the brutal murder of three foreigners.In …
Volunteers To Help Police Patrol Thai Beaches Read MoreWith only two months before ending its operations in the Philippines, the Swedish Embassy in Manila on Wednesday said it has stopped receiving new applications for residence and work permits. In …
Swedish Embassy In Manila Stop Receiving Residence and Work Permits Before Closing in May Read MoreIn addition to providing 2.3 million USD to the Government’s Recycled Energy Fund, Sweden will continue providing technical assistance to Viet Nam in developing recycled energy projects for rural areas, …
Sweden Helps Vietnam Develop Recycled Energy Read MoreA Thai man surrendered late Tuesday night for having allegedly murdered a Swedish tourist on a popular beach in this island provice.Akkaradej Tunkae, 31, who fled to Burma, contacted his …
Thai Man Arrested For Murder On Swedish Tourist Read More31 year old Ackaradet Tunkea known as Chon or Saichon has been identified as the murderer of Swedish tourist, Hanna Charlotta Backlund. His permanent address has been leaked by www.manager.co.th/local …
Suspect in Murder of Swedish Tourist Identified Read MoreA two week vacation turned into currently nine months of separation from her mother for six year old Swedish girl, Alicia Elfversson.The mother of Alicia, Maria Elfversson, held a press conference …
Missing: Six Year Old Swedish Girl Abducted To Asia By Father Read MoreA Swedish woman was Saturday 15 March around noon found stabbed to death on Mai Khao beach on Phuket only 300 meters from Mai Khao Beach Bungalow, where she was …
Swedish Woman Murdered on Phuket Read MoreSweden has pledged to work with Vietnam across a range of health services including primary health care, care for cancer patients and the treatment of hospital waste. The cooperation plan …
Sweden To Help Boost Vietnamese Health Care System Further Read MoreA Swedish business delegation is currently on a three-day visit to Brunei Darussalam to explore business opportunities in the country and at the same time, to promote investment opportunities in …
Swedish Business Delegation Currently In Brunei Read MoreThe Philippines will host this year’s International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development: Seizing Opportunities, Upholding Women Migrant Workers’ Rights” that will tackle the impact of migration on developing countries …
Philippines To Host 2-day International Conference On Women’s Rights Read MoreA total of 34 people, mostly from Vietnam, went on trial in southern Sweden on Tuesday accused of trafficking people from Vietnam to Sweden, judicial sources said. The suspects are …
Vietnamese Smugglers On Trial In Sweden Read MoreIn a Business-to-business exchange, the Department of Tourism (DoT) in the Philippines is set to present the country’s culture, natural attractions, tropical beach and diving destinations during a selling mission …
Philippines Approach Scandinavian Tourists Read MoreScandinavian residents in Singapore will have a unique opportunity to witness the first ever Youth Olympics, when the country will host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010. In a close competition …
Singapore To Host First Ever Youth Olympics In 2010 Read MoreThe Annual General Meeting 2008 of the Scandinavian Society Malaysia took place on the 29 February 2008 at 7.30 pm at The Royal Lake Club, on a side road to …
New Board of Scandinavian Society Malaysia Read MoreScandinavian tourists get more for their money in Malaysia than anywhere else in the world. If Denmark is set to index 100, living costs for tourists in Malaysia is only …
Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand Among Cheapest Vacation Destinations for Scandinavian World Wide Read MoreThe news portal ww.pattayacitynews.net on Wednesday 27 February reported on a 40 year old Swedish woman who has been living as a vagabond on the streets of Pattaya for several …
Mysterious Swedish Vagabond Woman in Pattaya Read MoreThe first International Puppetry Festival drew to a close on Saturday in Hanoi. The performance of ‘Hon Que’ (Country’s Spirit) by the Central Puppet Theatre of Vietnam won the only …
First Ever International Puppetry Festival Held In Hanoi Read MoreVietnamese opera singer, Thang Long, is right now preparing for her first overseas tour in Sweden next month. She will participate in Cay Sao Than (Mystical Flute), a work staged …
Vietnamese Opera Singer to tour in Sweden Read MoreThe Scandinavian Tourism Board held the first in a series of workshops promoting Scandinavian destinations to Asian tourists on Wednesday 20th of this month. The Norwegian ‘fjorde’ and ‘Wonderful Copenhagen’ …
Scandinavian destinations promoted in Thailand Read MoreMalaysia’s fastest growing mobile operator, DiGi, announced the successor to Mr. Morten Lundahl as company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) this Tuesday. The new CEO will be the Swedish Mr. Johan …
Johan Dennelind New CEO in DiGi Read MoreThe Swedish designer, Anna Efverlund, keeps her inner child alive so she can come up with the funkiest, most fun designs. After 25 years with Ikea, Smaaland remains Anna Efverlund’s …
Meet The Swedish Designer Behind Big Hit Cushion In Malaysia Read MoreThe European Commission plans to spend 5 million kronor to bring the Nordic site-blocking technique to other EU member states. The move was met with enthusiasm by ECPAT, an anti-child …
Nordic Site-Blocking Technique Favoured by Thailand-based Anti-Child Pornography Organization Read MoreAccording to a research by the Swedish packaging company, Tetra Pak, Thai consumers represent a challenge to the packaging industry because they focus heavily on high quality and attractive design.In …
Sweden’s Tetra Pak See Thai Consumers As a Challenge to Packaging Industry Read MoreThai Air Force head Air Chief Marshal Chalit Phukphasuk was scheduled to sign an agreement with the Swedish government on Febuary 11, 2008 during his trip to Sweden to buy …
Thai Air Force Head Signed Agreement with Swedish Goverment to Buy Gripen Fighter Planes Read MoreIn a feature about overseas Vietnamese coming home for the Lunar New Year, Tet, one Danish and one Swedish based Vietnamese was interviewed on the website VietNamNet Bridge about their …
Scandinavian Vietnamese Back For New Year Celebrations Read MoreSingapore has concluded three bilateral Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) with the Scandinavian countries, comprising Denmark, Norway and Sweden. With these OSAs, airlines of both Singapore and the Scandinavian countries will …
Singapore and Scandinavian Countries Conclude Three Open Skies Agreements Read MoreSwedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson said on Febuary 1, 2008 that 4,000 jobs worldwide would be cut as the company reported flat sales for fourth quarter 2007 and a 37-per-cent drop in …
Ericsson Chief Executive Noted That Political Unrest in Thailand Caused Investment in 2007 to Slow Down Read MoreA major child smuggling ring is suspected of bringing dozens of children from Vietnam to Sweden. Between 30 and 40 people suspected of involvement in the smuggling operation are to …
Suspects in Child Smuggling from Vietnam to Sweden to be Prosecuted in Sweden Read MoreKing Carl XVI Gustaf is to present medals to four Swedes for their service during the 2004 tsunami disaster in South East Asia, in which more than 500 Swedes were …
Swedish King Presented Royal Medals to Four Swedes for Tsunami Service in South East Asia Read MoreSet up by two Swedish Volunteers in 2000 to help children in need in the Chiang Mai province whose parents have died from HIV/AIDS, Kids Ark is now a non-profit …
Queen Silvia of Sweden Supports Kids Ark Foundation in Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish cabinet on January 24, 2008 formally approved that the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) should sign a deal with the Thai Air force regarding the sale of the …
Thailand to Recieve Swedish Gripen Jet Fighters in 2011 Read MoreSAS Cargo is entering Vietnam’s air-cargo market where it will conduct business through its general sales agent, Vector Aviation.The carrier said growing production of textiles, footwear and foodstuffs has helped …
SAS to Enter Vietnam’s Air-Cargo Market Read MoreSwedish artist Oskar Agler’s piece Nature of our Time will be put on display in the screening of Graphic Cities at the Thailand Creative and Design Centre (TCDC) on January 27, 2008.Oskar Aglert’s …
Swedish Artist Oskar Aglert’s Work on Display in Bangkok Read MoreBengt Carlsson has been living as a businessman in Singapore for almost 30 years. However, he still feels “More Swedish than the Swedes”. Therefore he sees the need for an …
More Swedish than the Swedes in Sweden Read MoreOn January 22, 2008 The Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, Lennart Linner, together with the representative of the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia sent their condolence on the …
Swedish King and Queen Sent Condolence on the Passing Away of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana Read MoreFrom August 2008 Sweden will no longer have an embassy in Laos. The Swedish government has decided to face out the bilateral development assistance to Laos. Consequently the Embassy of …
Swedish Chargé d’Affaires of Laos Regrets the Shutdown of the Embassy of Sweden Vientiane Read MoreEricsson, a leading telecoms group from Sweden, has announced the establishment of its wholly owned company in Vietnam on January 21, 2008.According to Eddie Ahnam, General Director of Ericsson Vietnam …
Ericsson Ventures Into Vietnam’s Market Read MoreIndonesia’s resort island of Bali will host the Sixth International Bird Flu Summit on March 27-28, 2008 in which a Swedish expert, Anna Thorson of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute will be …
Swedish Researcher from Karolinska Institite to Attend the Sixth International Bird Flu Summit in Indonesia Read MoreThailand‘s cabinet has approved a 19 billion baht ($568 million) budget for the first phase of its F-X fighter competition, advancing an order for six Saab Gripen C/D fighters, plus …
Thai Cabinet Approves Budget for SAAB Gripen Fighters Read MoreThe Swedish aid worth a total of 5 million U.S. dollars will be extended to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries which include Laos, Thailand and Vietnam through the Asian …
Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to Get Swedish Aid in Power Trade Under Great Mekong Subregion Program Read MoreAfter been clocking some 26 years with Volvo, it is not too much of a hassle for Robert Norrman to take his new posting as President of Volvo Car Malaysia …
Robert Norrman Taking on a New Helm in Malaysia Read MoreForeign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed regret over Sweden’s decision to shut down its embassy in the year 2008 because of budgetary constraints. The Philippine government expressed concern over the …
Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Philippines Regretted Over Sweden’s Decision to Close Down Its Embassy in 2008 Read MoreDue to a government decision 19 december 2007 the Embassy will be converted to a section office during 2008. All the consular, passport and visa services will be stopped. In …
Swedish Embassy to Close Down in Laos Read MoreSweden’s telco Comvik International is showing interest in MobiFone, with an aim to acquire a stake in this mobile Phone service operator when this company under the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications …
Sweden’s Comvik Shows Interest in Acquiring MobiFone’s Share in Vietnam Read MoreThe Swedish government is set to close its embassy in Manila by next year on or before June 30, 2008 a statement in the embassy’s Web site revealed December 20, …
Sweden to Close Down Embassy in the Philippines Read MoreThai-Swedish supermodel Patrick Ribbsaeter recently bared it all in PETA Asia-Pacific’s latest ad campaign against the cruel treatment of elephants in captivity. Cover in nothing but chains, Patrick appears in one …
Thai-Swedish Supermodel Bared All in PETA’s Ad Campaign to Save Elephants Read MoreOn December 10, 2007 a famous Swedish Go Karting Champion, Edvard Karl Jacobsson, was found dead in his rented room in Pattaya city of Thailand.Police inspected the body of Mr. …
Famous Swedish Go Karting Champion Passed Away on December 10, 2007 in Thailand Read MorePresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo witnessed on December 6, 2007 the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Servac Philippines Inc. and Sweden’s Pharmadule AB (PDH) on the construction of a $120-million …
Sweden’s Pharmadule AB Signed Contract with Servac Philippines Inc to Produce Anti-Rabies Vaccine Read MoreA timetable for a new climate deal was one of the main outcomes Sweden hoped for at the upcoming United Nations climate change conference to be hosted by Indonesia from …
Swedish Environment Minister to Attend Climate Change Conference Hosted by Indonesia Read MoreThis year’s Bangkok Jazz Festival will see a Swedish trombonist Nils Landgren and emerging Swedish band MusicMusicMusic is to make their Thailand debut at the festival which will be held …
Swedish Artists to Perform in Bangkok Jazz Festival 2007 Read More