Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
In a newly developed ranking system, PriceWaterHouseCoopers rates Vietnam as the World’s currently most attractive investment country for manufacturing businesses, surpassing China, Poland, Chile and Malaysia. The report suggests that …
Vietnam is a Hot Piece of Cake for Investment Read MoreThe Viet Nam Cooperative Alliance is coordinating with the Swedish Cooperative Centre to carry out housing programmes at lowest cost for its members.The alliance said when joining the programme, cooperative …
Sweden and Vietnam to Carry Out Housing Projects for Low-income Earners Read MoreFinanced by the Swedish government, a project sponsored by an Asian Development Bank was launched during a workshop on July 2, 2007 in partnership with the government’s Department of Health, members of …
ADB Supporting Philippines in Combating Spread of HIV/AIDS Read MoreThe summer of 2007 marks the halfway point between the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs’) creation in 2000 and the deadlines in 2015. This survey was part of an awareness campaign …
Vietnamese More Aware on Survey about Poverty than Nordics Read MoreThe 3rd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Championship 2007 will take place in HCM City on July 20-21 at the Phu Tho Sports House with the participation of 215 athletes …
Vietnam to host World Vovinam Championship Read MoreHaidic’s hotel offers hunting and fishing tours in Fredrika, 100 kilometres west of the coastal city Umea that is located some 660 kilometers north of Stockholm. But to makes ends …
Swedish Moose and Deer Antlers Make Asian Love Pills Read MoreSwedish anti-paedophile police trying to stop child sex tourism have opened an email address for tourists in Thailand to report child sex abuse. The email address, [email protected] , has been …
Swedes in Thailand Asked to Report Paedophiles Read MoreAs from Friday, 15 June 2007, a new EC Regulation on controls of cash movements became effective in all EU Member States. In accordance with the Regulation, travellers entering or …
Passengers Carrying 10,000 Euros or More in Cash Must Declare the Cash at External Border of the EU Read More”Where were you last Wednesday? Are you having an affair?”. This is not marital problems, but the conversation in the ‘locker room’ of The Flying Farangs – Bangkok’s very own …
Flying Farangs – Expat Ice Hockey in Bangkok Read MoreThe Universiade is an international sports event for university students that is organised every other year. This year Thailand and Bangkok will host the games. The theme for this year’s …
Sweden Participates in Bangkok Universiade Sports Game Read MoreThis year it is 110 years ago King Chulalongkorn visited Sweden. To commemorate this visit a Thai Cultural Week is organised in Sweden 14-22 July.During the Thai Cultural Week an …
Thai Cultural Week in Sweden Read MoreAirline Services GSA has launched its third Nordic base, with the opening of a new subsidiary in Sweden. The Swedish company’s launch customer will be Singapore Airlines.The new addition to …
Sweden Airline Services to Launch with Singapore Airlines Read MoreInternational conference on poverty reduction and forests tenure, market and policy reforms will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-7 September, 2007 which is organized by the Regional Community Forestry …
International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms Read MoreSwedish telecommunications company Ericsson announced on July 9, 2007 that it has renewed its worldwide patent cross license agreement with South Korea’s Samsung.Under the terms of the worldwide royalty bearing …
Ericsson and Samsung Signed Telecom Cross License Deal Read MoreSwedish Trade Minister has suggested the European Union (EU) to remove import tax on ethanol due to the increasing demand for renewable fuels including ethanol based fuels towards a cleaner …
Sweden Proposed EU to Remove Tax on Ethanol Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand has come up with the marketing strategies for 2008 with wedding couples and young travellers as the target groups from places like Japan, Scandinavia and …
Thailand Looks to Quality, Trendy Tourists to Boost Tourism Revenue Read MoreCiting the increasing demand for renewable fuels including ethanol based fuels towards a cleaner environment. Swedish Trade Minister Mr Sten Tolgfors in a statement on 9 July 2007 said the EU commissioner …
Sweden Proposes EU Removes Import Tariff on Ethanol Read MoreThe donors are the World Bank, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the Irish Agency for International Development (IrishAid), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the International Fund …
Finland and SIDA Donate to Vietnam’s Development Programme Read MoreSweden’s international consultant organisation, Swenco Groner, said that the building of Vietnam’s hydroelectric power plants has not polluted the downstream of Se San River on Cambodia, as supported by field research …
Swenco Groner Supported Vietnam’s Commitment to Protect Water Resources Read MoreThailand appears to be on the verge of buying six Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, according to the Bangkok Post. On 4 July 2007 the government gave the go-ahead …
Thailand May Order Swedish Fighter Jets Read MoreIt must be hectic for expats to move from one country to another when they’re assigned for a new position in a different country. Can you imagine moving almost everything …
Move like a Tiger with Peter Karlsson Read MoreIt was just another Wednesday night in Bangkok, but if you were invited to Dream Hotel at Sukhumvit, you had the pleasure of experiencing a true diva. Caroline Henderson, who …
Interview with Caroline Henderson: Swedish-Danish Jazz Diva Visiting Thailand Read MoreSwedish researchers found that drinking two cups of coffee daily may cut the risk of liver cancer by 43% but a leading Singapore oncologist, Dr Ang Peng Tiam, felt the …
Two Cups of Coffee a Day Will Keep Liver Cancer Away? Read MoreVietnam will lift visa requirements for citizens from Scandinavian countries starting May 1, 2007 to help boost tourism, investment and business, a Foreign Ministry official said. Citizens from Sweden, Norway, …
Vietnam Gives Visa Exemption to the Scandinavians Read MoreOne of my first surprises doing business in Thailand was when a prominent Scandinavian company here announced that they had changed their supplier policy. “As of today, our company will …
Weird accounting ways Read MoreAn excursion for members of the Scandinavian Society Siam to visit the Ko Kret island in the Chao Phraya river took place on Saturday 30o June, despite a heavy downpour …
Scandinavian Excursion to Ko Kret Read MoreGunilla Nordström has been appointed head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia Pacific and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux succeeding Peter Birch, who will retire. She will be a member …
Gunilla Nordström Appointed Head of Electrolux Asia Pacific Read MoreThe brokerage and direct market access provider now offers trading and brokerage connectivity to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Singapore Stock Exchange.NeoNet already has access to the Tokyo Stock …
Sweden Brokerage Agency Expands in Asia Read MoreSwedish telecom giant Ericsson expressed on Wednesday, June 20 at the event, CommunicAsia in Singapore, to invest further in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, due to strong growth in mobile usage …
Ericsson to Invest Further in Southeast Asia Read MoreSwedish mobile video specialist Kamera has been selected as one of the broadcast partners for Singapore’s first live DVB-H mobile TV service TV2GO which will be launched this summer by …
Kamera Trained on Singapore Mobile TV Read MoreNORDIC Heavy Lift subsidiary Avonway has ordered a crane vessel with a record 5,000 ton single mast lifting capacity from Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard for 2010 delivery. Sea of Solutions, part …
Nordic Orders Giant Crane Vessel From Singapore Read MoreDozens of representatives from the Vulnerable Lao Youth Development Association (VYDA), the Lao National Theatre, the Lao National Puppet Theatre and other educational institutions are getting the chance to learn …
Lao’s Youths Learning New Moves from a Swedish Performer Read MoreA Swedish national, 42-year-old Hans Patrick Sungberg reportedly branded as a fugitive for allegedly embezzling more than 700,000 euros and large-scale fraud. The Swede was 8 June 2007 arrested by …
Swedish Fugitive Arrested in Philippines Read MoreSix experts, including a senior Swedish police officer, a German diplomat and prosecutor, a Finnish professor of international humanitarian law and a British prosecutor and expert in international cooperation, will …
Swedish and Finnish Experts to Help Philippines Solve Extra-Judicial Killing Read MoreThailand has implemented new aviation security measures for hand-carry bag on all flights departing Bangkok‘s Suvarnabhumi Airport from 1 June 2007. These measures also apply to passengers making transit/transfer connections …
Thailand’s New Security Measures for Hand-Carry Luggage Read MoreSwedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Markovic disclosed her government’s donation during her farewell call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang’s Music Room on 11 June 2007.Markovic was accompanied by …
Sweden Donates P100 mln to Strengthen Philippines’ Tax Law Read MoreAleenta Resort & Spa is a Thai resort company and developer, so far with two boutique resorts on prime beach locations in Pran Buri and Phang Nga (north of Phuket). …
Nishaville – Beach Front Villa Resort Aiming at Swedes Read MoreNow to improve bird flu drugs for humans. Still at Mahidol University’s faculty of tropical medicine, they analyze how the anti influenza drug oseltamivir and a similar medicine are received, …
Battling Bird Flu Read MoreLate during dry season the landscape in most places in Thailand is commonly dry, simply due to lack of rain.But a huge valley with open fields, 10 kilometres inland from …
New Swedish Initiative Opens Golf Course in Hua Hin Read MoreCan design traditions from minimalist Sweden blend smoothly with the melting pot of influences from Thailand? The result, no doubt, would be incongruous. However, after finishing this project, my conclusion …
Thai-Swedish Design Read MoreHans O. Karlsson was elected President of Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce at the Annual General Meeting of the members in April this year. The 47 year old Managing Director of …
TSCC Chairman Karlsson Read MoreVisiting a deluxe haven as the new upscale Four Seasons resort on Samui can be purely about indulging in luxury. “And what else?” you might ask, as the resort offers …
Balancing the Five Elements at Four Seasons, Samui Read MoreWhen Scandinavian Village, basically as the sole Scandinavian developer on the market at that time, was trying to introduce its project in Thailand for Scandinavian retirees back in 2003, it …
Scandinavian Village Moves Forward Adding Riverside Park Read MoreBorn out of the Thailand Island Foundation, IT entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein’s initiative to help out local victims from the tsunami on Phi Phi Island, the Swedish Microcredit Foundation …
The Swedish Microcredit Foundation Aided 230 Families in Thailand Read MoreThe development so far of the company Travel Insight on Koh Lanta (an island outside Krabi) is an especially inspiring example of what can happen when a couple of Swedes …
Taking Thaim-out Immensely Popular Among the Swedes Read MoreWhen calling up Phyathai hospital it’s not a problem at all to get through to Mr. Fredrik. And when showing up at the hospital asking for Mr. Fredrik the receptionist …
Phyathai’s Mr. Fredrik Read More“Every time I succeed in opening the eyes of someone to Thailand, making them see what I see, feel what I feel towards this country and its people, that’s when …
A Passion for Thailand Read MoreEU-Thailand-Malaysia Matchmaking Conference 2007 Between European And Asian Companies And Experts Active In Prevention And Care Of Lifestyle-Related, Non-Communicable Diseases.Finpro and the European Union has started a project to foster …
EU-Thailand-Malaysia Matchmaking Conference 2007 Read More“Relying only on overseas Filipino workers’ remittances is not a sustainable way. The Philippine government must find ways to invest in the knowledge OFWs have gained from other countries to …
Sweden’s Comments on Overseas Filipino Workers Read MoreThe Swedish and Singapore navies are conducting a Mine Countermeasure Exchange Programme being code-named as Lejon Singa in Stockholm, Sweden from June 4 – 14, 2007.The programme aims to strengthen …
Swedish and Singapore Navies Conduct Mine Countermeasure Programme Read More