Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Singapore’s minister of education, Gan Kim Young, makes an official visit to Sweden 14 and 15 December. On Wednesday 14 December, after a briefing about the Swedish education system by …
Singapore education minister in Sweden Read MoreIn the 1990s, she proudly represented Sweden in the Eurovision European Song Contest, and now Carola Häggkvist has agreed to sing during the upcoming Tsunami memorial ceremony in Khao Lak, …
Swedish Pop Star to Sing at Tsunami Memorial Read MoreThe Swedish medical equipment developer Elekta has signed a contract to deliver a Leksell Gamma Knife to the largest regional hospital in Vietnam, Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh …
Elekta gets VN order for Gamma Knife Read MoreOn 6 December, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ms Carin Jämtin visited Bangkok where she presented the United Nations Economics and social development in Asia …
Sweden donates USD 2.5 million to tsunami trust fund Read MoreIf you are in the vicinity of Vientiane and feel the urge for a cake and a pizza, you no longer need to do two stops thanks to the recently …
Laos is a Piece of Cake – and Pizza Read MoreThe Vietnamese operator Saigon Postel, SPT, has chosen Ericsson as its key supplier for its network upgrade to ADSL+ for high performance broadband services. The roll out of the equipment, …
Saigon Postel opts for Ericsson solution Read MoreThe bilateral agreement for implementation of “Support to the Legal Aid System in Vietnam” project between Sweden and Vietnam was signed in Hanoi on 2 December, 2005. This commitment constitutes …
Sweden Affirms Commitment to Supporting Vietnam’s Legal Aid System Read MoreThe Swedish Prime Minister, Mr. Göran Persson, carries the main responsibility for the lacking effort following the Tsunami disaster in Asia on December 26 last year. That is the conclusion …
Investigation: Lousy Swedish Tsunami Response Read MoreLaying back in the bar of his Kura Kura resort in Indonesia, Swede Sören Lax is very pleased with the way his life has turned out. He owns a factory …
Wood, boats and aeroplanes make one happy Swede Read MoreSwedish Match has launched a luxury vintage snus named Kardus. This vintage snus (Swedish for snuff) is made out of carefully selected tobaccos from plantations in Vietnam, Hungary, India and …
Vietnam supplies tobacco for Swedish luxury snus Read MoreThe Christmas Bazaar at the Scandinavian Church on Sukhumvit Soi 33 in Bangkok was more crowded this year than ever. The family day on Sunday 27 November started with a …
Double Opening at Christmas Bazaar in Bangkok Read MoreNordic Investment Bank (NIB) held a seminar on providing credits to Vietnamese businesses in Quy Nhon city in the central Binh Dinh province on 23 November, 2005. NIB vice president …
Nordic Bank Continues Lending to Vietnamese Businesses Read MoreMore than 100 participants from 20 ASEM member countries, European Commission, international organizations and media agencies attend the seminar aiming to realize ASEM state leaders’ commitment ad raise effectiveness of …
Sweden Co-organizes Aids Seminar in Vietnam Read MoreSweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ms Carin Jämtin will visit Indonesia between 2 and 6 December. The details of her visit have not yet been …
Carin Jämtin visits Indonesia Read MoreNorway is the most expensive country in the world according to a survey brought in the Danish newspaper, Jyllandsposten. The annual survey done by the analysis company ECA International shows …
Expensive Scandinavia Read MoreAccustomed to the pace of life in Thailand himself and looking for a new channel for his skills and energies in the publishing business, Håkan Wallenius was well aware that …
Publisher Gets Pleasure Pleasing His Public Read MoreThe Swedish consulting firm Sweco has been awarded a SEK 12 million pre study contract to scrutinize details in a projected hydropower project in central Vietnam. The contract is worth …
Sweco awarded hydropower study Read MoreThree Tsunami sirenes have already been set up at Patong Beach, and the entire island of Phuket will have 18 sirenes installed in tall towers along the coast. The local …
Tsunami Sirenes Ready for New Tourist Season Read MoreEricsson extends the managed service partnership with Sun Cellular to include Ericsson’s hosted enterprise solution for push e-mail and Personal Information Management (PIM) called Ericsson Mobile Organiser (EMO) which allows …
Ericsson Provides Sun Cellular’s E-mail Read MoreHer Excellency Helena Sångeland arrived in Malaysia in August 2005 to take up her new post. But a state visit to Sweden by the Malaysian King and Queen coincided with …
H.E. Helena Sångeland: Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia Read MoreSwedish Match Tour, the leading professional sailing series in the world, will take place for the first time in Asia. Malaysia has been chosen to host a leg of this …
Swedish Match Tour to Races in Malaysia Read MoreJazz lovers in Bangkok should mark the evening of 3 December in their calendars because then the Blue Jazz Orchestra of the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation gives a two hour …
The Blue Jazz Orchestra plays charity concert in Bangkok Read MoreEuro-Vietnam Jazz Festival 2005 will take place from 30 November to 10 December, 2005 in Hanoi and HCM City. There will be nine European jazz bands and solo artists from …
5th EU Jazz Festival in Vietnam Read MoreA stellar selection of award winning films will be showcased during the 6th European Union Film Festival in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, from 24 – 30 November and 2 – …
Sprängaren in the 6th European Union Film Festival Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Singapore will handle all the Schengen Visa applications on behalf of other Nordic countries due to the coming pilot project during 7 November 2005 – …
Nordic Embassies Singapore to Join Nordic Visa Co-operation Read MoreAll people injured and relatives of the diseased, who want to take part in the Boxing Day memorial, can apply the Thai government to have the trip to Thailand and …
Swedes interested in Tsunami memorial Read MoreSwedish white goods giant Electrolux yesterday presented its third Design Lab Award to Airwash, a waterless washing unit designed by a team of students from Singapore. Students from leading schools …
Singapore students top Electrolux design award contest Read MorePhuket based news agency Phuketgazette reported that the charter flights from Nordic countries flying to Phuket has made a good record on this high season. Mr. Torben Andersen, head of …
Nordic Charters Return to Phuket Read MoreThe glittering spectacle of Viking helmets and Scandinavian flags greeted the European Young Professionals on Wednesday as they descended on Stable Lodge on Sukhumvit Soi 8 in downtown Bangkok for …
Vikings In Style Read MoreMr. Kokko, a member of a Swedish delegation, was a speaker at the “Model of Swedish development” seminar sharing Sweden’s development experiences with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on 9 November. …
Vietnam should focus on educational development: Swedish expert Read MoreThe Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Markovic wrote a note on the Swedish Embassy’ website suggesting all Swedish in the Philippines to keep an eye on information about the …
Swedish in PH Urged to be Informed About the Avian flu Read MoreFinland has submitted seven entries, most of all Nordic countries, to the official Thai tsunami memorial design competition. Sweden comes second with three entries followed by two from Denmark. Norway …
Twelve Nordic entries to tsunami memorial competition Read MoreThe Viet Nam-Sweden Friendship Association made their debut in the city on 8 November 2005. The event was co-hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) …
Viet Nam-Sweden Friendship Association debuts in HCM City Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Singapore will organize the exhibition titled “HOME SWEDish HOME”. The exhibition is part of the Singapore Design Festival 2005 which will be held between 9-23 …
HOME SWEDish HOME in Singapore Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Manila and the Swedish Trade Council (Exportrådet) are jointly organizing a business delegation to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 6-9 November 2005. The …
Swedish Business Delegation To The ADB Read MoreOver 10 Swedish companies will join Enviro Asia 2005, an second international environmental exhibition and conference at the Singapore Expo, between 9 -11 November. The Sweden pavilion located in …
Sweden Pavilion at Enviro Asia 2005 Read MoreJan-Olov Agrell, Swedish Minister and Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam, and Ms Anna Runeborg, First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy, were presented with “For People’s Health” Badge by the Ministry of …
Swedish diplomats honoured Read MoreSingapore has bought two second-hand Vastergotland-class submarines from Sweden to further boost its fleet, the Defence Ministry said Friday. “The agreement includes a logistics package and comprehensive training in Sweden …
Singapore Buys Two Second-hand Swedish Subs Read MoreSweden’s Ecton AB group announced US$ 250 million investment in Vietnam’s telecommunication infrastructure from now till 2010 on November. Ecton will invest in a production chain of C3Play equipment that …
Swedish Telecom Group to Invest US$ 250 Million in Vietnam Read MoreThe Bangkok offices of SENSA, the Swedish environmental secretariat in Asia, have welcomed Stuart Ward as its first information and communication officer. This is a newly-created position reflecting the increasing …
SENSA Appoints New Officer In Bangkok Read MoreEnvoys from Sweden visited Cebu this year to encourage exporters to sell more products to their country as the gateway of the Philippines’ goods to the EU market and …
Sweden Opens Market to Cebuano Exporters Read MoreThe Swedish embassy in Vietnam and the Swedish trade council there will make a road show to companies all over Sweden between 14 and 18 November. The purpose is to …
VN road show to Sweden Read MoreThe Swedish Export Credit Corporation, SEK, has signed a USD 10 million framework agreement with the Development bank of the Philippines, DPP, aiming at financing small and medium sized projects …
New credit facility for Filipino projects Read MoreThe Swedish IP surveillance vendor Axis Communications has together with Singapore Telecom launched a broadband based video service targeted at small and medium sized corporate users. Named SingTel/Expan eSurveillance the …
Axis and Singtel launches new service Read MoreOlof Skoog Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden visited Indonesia on 11-14 October 2005 to discuss the latest development in Aceh. In Jakarta, Olof Skoog …
Swedish Political Aceh Visit Indonesia Read MoreForeigners who wish to apply for the free visit to Thailand to participate in the Tsunami Commemorative Ceremony on 26 December 2005 must provide a number of traumatic evidence to …
Traumatic Application for Tsunami Commemorative Ceremony Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Manila and International Organization for Migration (IOM) in cooperation with Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Foreign Affairs, United Nations Country Team and the …
The Embassy Host a Seminar on Migration and Development Read MoreThe Swedish government’s commission for support and coordination after the tsunami, RSOS, has decided to grant 583 individuals, who are next of kin to Swedes that died in the December …
Tsunami memorials November and 26 December Read MoreA Swedish artificial ‘dog nose’ that instantly reveals drugs wherever it is used may revolutionize drug enforcement in Thailand. Last Wednesday did Thai drug enforcement officers perform a raid at …
Artificial ‘dog nose’ from Sweden employed in war against drugs Read MoreThe Government of Sweden decided on 5 October to provide debt relief to Indonesia. Resources freed by this decision are to be used for humanitarian and reconstruction needs following the …
Sweden Provides Debt Relief to Indonesia Read More