Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Akzo Nobel’s business unit Decorative Coatings International has opened a plant in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam. The inauguration 1 June was presided over by Akzo Nobel’s chairman Hans …
Akzo Nobel inaugurates plant in Ho Chi Minh City Read MoreIn September 2004 Stuart Ward moved from the position as MD for the Polar Music Prize (one of the biggest and most unique music prizes in the world) to a …
Swedish music’s ambassador now with the Embassy of Bangkok Read MoreRed Card, a pr agency based in Singapore, has announced it opens its first office outside Asia in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. The Stockholm office will serve as Red Card’s European …
Lion city pr agency opens shop in Stockholm Read MoreSwedish volunteers that worked during the Asian tsunami will gather for a meeting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm on Thursday afternoon and evening. The government is represented …
Tsunami volunteers meet in Stockholm Read MoreSweden’s trade office in Kuala Lumpur will open for business on 1 July 2005, announced the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm 20 May. “Malaysia is one of the countries …
KL trade office opens 1 July Read MoreA support action from the Swedish Thai Chamber of Commerce, STCC, to tsunami-hit SME’s in southern Thailand continues. So far have 66 SME´s in Phuket and Khao Lak received financial …
Thai SME receive Swedish support Read MoreThe Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has signed a frame agreement with the mobile operator Viettel for the expansion of Viettel’s GSM/GPRS network in Vietnam. Ericsson will provide Viettel with core …
Ericsson awarded Vietnamese expansion agreement Read MoreThe National University of Singapore, NUS, will together with the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, in Stockholm open a college in the Swedish capital. The inauguration of NUS College, as …
Singaporean university sets up college in Stockholm Read MoreNo less than 22 Swedes are currently being shot in an archipelago in eastern Malaysia. On video for the reality series Robinson that is. Produced by Strix and aired this …
More shooting in Malaysia Read MoreThe Swedish company Gunnebo Entrance Control, in association with Thales, a French company within automatic fare collection integration, has booked orders to supply entrance control systems and related equipment to …
Gunnebo wins MRT deal in Singapore Read MoreThe Swedish oil and gas exploration and production company Lundin Petroleum has announced positive results from testing of two oil and gas wells in Indonesia. The strong flow rates from …
Lundin Petroleum upbeat on Indo assets Read MoreHad Michael Jenselius not been left stranded in Phuket in 1995 when his employer went bankrupt two weeks after his arrival, his life would definitely have been different today. A …
Online payments made simple Read MoreLooking at Duni’s buyer guide, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the variety of products, which makes it hard to describe what Duni’s core business is. Mr. Roland Grohmann …
The Food & Drinks Presenter Read MoreThe Swedish nutritional product company Bringwell has signed a new export agreement with Reborne in Singapore. Bringwell will buy a nutritional ingredient, developed by Reborne, and market it under its …
Bringwell enters new export agreement Read MoreThis year’s annual meeting for Swedish ambassadors in the Asean countries takes place in Manila, from Thursday 5 May to Sunday 8 May. Information exchange, policy guidelines and work issues …
Regional ambassadors meeting Read MoreSAS Ground Services (Thailand) Ltd. is a wholly owned company in the SAS Group to be established in 2005 incorporating SAS’s Central Departure Control Centre in Bangkok, SAS EuroBonus Retro-Registration …
Axel Blom appointed Managing Director of SAS Ground Services Thailand Read More‘Dear child’ is the name of a newly opened photo exhibition about men, children and gender equality. The photos, shot by Ulla Lemberg, are a historical account of the positive …
Men, children and gender equality Read MoreCambodia’s new ambassador to Sweden, Hor Nambora, submitted his credentials to HM King Carl XVI Gustaf on Thursday 28 April. The new Cambodian ambassador is born 1957 and has served …
New ambassador from Phnom Penh Read MorePrecise Biometrics AB, a Swedish-based company has received an order from Thai authorities to license Precise Match-on-Card technology in the initial phase of Thailand’s new national ID card project. The …
Thailand’s ID-cards order for Precise Biometrics Read MoreA negative first quarter report from Millicom International Cellular and a secretive meeting in Hanoi between Kinnevik’s boss Vigo Carlund and the President of Vietnam, Tran Duc Luong, made investors …
Uncertainty about Swedish telecom operator’s future in Vietnam Read MoreEffective May 1, 2005, Vietnam skips the visa requirement for all citizens holding passports from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. All travelers from those countries …
Vietnam skips visas for Nordic citizens Read MoreA conference on peaceful conflict resolution is being organised on 12-13 April, 2005, as part of the activities to mark the centenary of the peaceful dissolution of the union between …
Swedish-Norwegian conference on peaceful conflict resolution Read MoreThe Swedish IT consulting company Cybercom Group purchases 100 percent of Netcom Consultants, also Swedish, from its owner Modern Holdings. Netcom Consultants, a telecommunications consulting firm, has offices in Sweden …
Cybercom buys Netcom Consultants Read MoreYesterday, 15 April, marks the starting day for 24 hour satellite broadcasts of the Swedish TV channels SVT Europa, Text TV as well as radio channels Radio Sweden and P4 …
Swedish TV on air in Asia Read MoreDriven by increasing costs of operation and tougher competition the international airline industry has been forced to major cost cutting measures over the past decade. But not all of this …
Carmen Systems in Asian offensive Read MoreWhat’s the difference between studying in Sweden and at an international school in Singapore? “Discipline! And of course that we are taught in English and get a good understanding of …
Swedish kids study in Singapore Read MoreThe Swedish company Precise Biometrics has been awarded a license contract from the Thai authorities for a biometric technology solution which will be used in the initial phase of introducing …
Precise Biometrics gets Thai national ID-card contract Read MoreA not yet named operator in South East Asia has signed a significant order with Swedish telecom solutions supplier Teligent regarding development tools for various value added services plus a …
Secret customer opts for Teligent technology Read MoreSwedish telecom giant Ericsson has signed a contract with Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia’s largest mobile operator, to operate Maxis’ 3G network for a period of 18 months after which the …
Ericsson signs contract to operate Malaysian 3G network Read MoreA prosecutor in Sweden has asked the court to issue an arrest warrant against a woman who managed to dupe Danderyds hospital near Stockholm and health care centers in Örebro …
Arrest warrant against fake doctor Read MoreDid the tsunami have a damaging effect on Swedish travel to Thailand? Not if you look at what happens with incoming tourists to Bangkok. Swedish arrivals to Bangkok’s Don Muang …
Big rise in Swedish Bangkok arrivals Read MoreSwedish parliamentarians from the left, middle and right scale of politics have signed a common Nordic declaration in Manila conditioning Burma’s upcoming chairmanship of Asean 2006. The Nordic parliamentarians demand …
Swedish parliamentarians sign Manila declaration on Burma Read MoreOne more event aiming to promote ties between Sweden and Vietnam is held Wednesday 12 April in Stockholm. This time it is a theme day called ‘Discover Vietnam’, an event …
Vietnam promotion in Stockholm Read MoreOn 5 April did the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) and OMX Technology (OMX) from Sweden sign an agreement for the use of CLICK Trade – the order entry system, CLICK …
Trading system deal done Read MoreScania, the Swedish bus and truck manufacturer, has received a big order on 120 heavy Scania trucks from the Indonesian mining company Gunung Bayan. The first 70 vehicles will be …
Scania signs big truck contract in Indonesia Read MoreThe Swedish compressed air equipment company Atlas Copco opened its new Thai facility, located 36 kilometers east of Bangkok, on Thursday 31 March. Both Thai as well as regional operations …
Atlas Copco inaugurates new facility on Eastern Seaboard Read MoreThe Swedish video streaming company Kamera did early April sign a contract to provide the Indonesian telephone operator Telekomsel’s 3G subscribers with video clips. This arrangement is a six month …
Kamera secures trial with Telekomsel Read MoreA 40 year old Swedish man arrested for a killing in Pattaya 13 February, and held in Pattaya Remand Prison since early March, was set free 29 March after his …
Swedish killer free on bail Read MoreA Swedish parliamentary delegation led by third deputy house speaker Ms Helena Höij participates in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, spring session in Manila between 3 and 8 April. The main …
Eight parliamentarians attend Manila conference Read MoreSAS new General Manager for South East Asia, Mr Håkan Olsson from Sweden, was introduced to the airlines’ frequent flyers during a reception at The Forbidden City by Indochine in …
Håkan Olsson appointed new SAS GM South East Asia Read MoreThe Viking Cup has become the most significant and prestigious tournament in Asia. Forget about Tiger Cup, ASEAN Games and Asian World Cup qualifying. The Viking Cup is the place …
Kuala Lumpur Vikings Triumph in this Year’s Viking Cup Read MoreFollowing the powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia late Monday night, two Swedes have gone missing. This was confirmed by a spokeswoman from the Swedish Foreign Ministry …
Two Swedes still Missing after Earthquake in Indonesia Read MoreDuni is building a Bt40-million injection-moulding plant at its factory in Prachin Buri. Mr. Roland Grohmann, Duni group’s regional director for the Asia-Pacific, said the expansion is in response to …
Duni to Invest 40 Million Baht in New Injection-moulding Plant Read MoreThe center of the earthquake was located off the western coast of Sumatra and about 870 miles northwest of Jakarta – close to the rugged island of Nias, well known …
Tsunami Warning After Midnight Quake Read MoreAs part of the airline’s cost-cutting measures which started last year in the head office, SAS has now decided to consolidate its Southeast-Asian functions served by the Bangkok and Singapore …
SAS Consolidates Asian Operations Read MoreDespite a very tough period in business since the tsunami struck on the Andaman coast, the Phuket-based Thailandspecialisten, run by two Swedes, is optimistic about the future. They continue promoting …
The Thailand Specialists Continue Promotion in Scandinavia Read MoreThe demand among Swedes for trips to Thailand is back with full force. Proof for that is when the Swedish charter tour company Fritidsresor recently launched trips for the next …
Tourists from the north of Sweden can fly charter directly to Thailand in 2006 Read MoreThe Swedish Civil Aviation Authority, LFV, informs of more travel opportunities between Sweden and Southeast Asia. Both Thai Airways and Malaysia Airlines will increase their traffic to Stockholm-Arlanda airport. After …
Increased opportunities to travel directly between Sweden and Thailand/Malaysia Read MoreAccording to an announcement on the website of the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, the Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) of Singapore will host a seminar focusing on “The Global Economic Overlook …
SEB Financial Advice at Sheraton Read MoreA Swedish drama group along with other international art groups (i.e. entertainers from the Republic of Korea, China, and South East Asia) will perform at The Hung Temple Festival in …
Swedish drama group to attend Hung Kings Temple Festival in Vietnam Read More