Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Sweden’s offset trade negotiations with Thailand regarding a sale of JAS Gripen jet fighters hit turbulence today as a Russian aircraft deal may be in the making. The Thai government …
Thai Gripen chickens go to Russia? Read MoreThe silence and darkness of the stage was broken by music and the sparkling lights, the audience had a great passion for ballets performed by Vietnamese and Swedish artists in …
‘New Discovery’ – a meaningful image of Asia-Europe cultural exchange Read MoreSweden and Laos celebrated forty years of diplomatic relations with a range of activities, formal as well business oriented, in the Lao capital Vientiane 11-12 October. “I am happy to …
Sweden comes up with ideas to boost Lao exports Read MoreKI, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden’s only medical university, has opened an office in Singapore. This is the first foreign based office ever for KI. The location is within the National University …
KI opens Singapore office Read MoreThe Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, the head of the Swedish delegation in ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi was received by Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on October 8. …
PMs promise to boost Vietnam-Sweden trade, investment Read MoreFounded in 1956 and with over 700 employees NIRAS is one of the largest consulting companies in Denmark. The company has been looking for opportunities to increase its activities within …
Danish NIRAS Consulting Engineers and Planners buys Scanagri Read MoreThe Nordic paper, packaging and forests company Stora Enso has sold out its majority shareholding in an Indonesian plantation owned by PT Finnantara Intiga. The buyer of the plantation, located …
Stora Enso sells Indonesian forest asset Read MoreBusiness opportunities in and with the Philippines is the title of the first in a range of trade promotion events held in Sweden this October. The road show is arranged …
Swedish road show promotes trade with Philippines Read MoreSweden and Laos celebrates 40 years of diplomatic relations next week. The festivities are scheduled to take place in Vientiane 11 to 12 October. Participants and details are not yet …
Forty year celebrations Read MoreThe Scandinavian church in Bangkok hosts a movie night showing Scandinavian films every month for an entertainment and get together purpose. The church began airing Scandinavian films last year …
Scandinavian Church airs movies monthly Read MoreSweden´s Prime Minister Göran Persson visits Hanoi in Vietnam between 7 and 9 October. He is there as Sweden´s representative in the fifth EU-ASEM high level meeting between government leaders …
Göran Persson to Hanoi Read MoreExperiences in restructuring railways, particularly Europe’s railway development policies were discussed at an international seminar held in Hanoi on September 29 The seminar was organized by the Ministry of Transport …
Sweden joins discussion on railway restructuring in Hanoi Read MoreTwo Swedes, Tage Levin and Per Martins, were among the 63 winners of this year’s Friends of Thailand award. It is part of the TAT sponsored event, Thailand Tourism Awards …
Tourism awards presented Read MoreThe Scandinavian Weeks guesting the three capitals are each a week of dinner shows with top artists and jazz bands from Scandinavia and a top class Scandinavian buffet or Smorgasbord …
Top Scandinavian entertainment in KL, Bangkok, S’pore November Read MoreSvenska Handelsbanken’s Chief Economist Jan Häggström is guest speaker at a Nordic Event luncheon 1 October in Jakarta. The speech is headlined ‘The outlook for the global economy and implications …
Economic outlook Nordic luncheon Read MoreThailand will intensify discussions with Sweden about a possible barter deal for JAS Gripen fighter jets. Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook has been assigned to lead the Thai side’s negotiations with …
Fighter jet and trade talks to continue after Thaksin visit Read MoreKvaerner Pulping Pte Ltd has recently moved its office to a new location in Science Park 1. The full new address and contact numbers are: Kvaerner Pulping Pte Ltd 73 …
Kvaerner Pulping in Singapore moved Read MoreSwedish oil and gas exploration company Lundin Petroleum announces that its exploration well in the Blora Block, Indonesia has spudded. The main target of this well is the Oligocene Sandstone …
One well fine another one not very well Read MoreOn September 21, 2004 in Hanoi, an agreement was signed on a credit worth US$30 million for investment projects of Nordic countries in telecommunication, small hydro electricity, processing industry, vocational …
Vietnam signs NIB credit worth US$30 million Read MoreNordic Secure 2004, a security sector-focused trade mission to the Philippines and Thailand, is organized by the Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and the commercial Sections of the embassies of …
Nordic Secure 2004 to be held in Manila and Bangkok Read MoreSweden’s Migration Minister Ms Barbro Holmberg arrives in Bangkok Friday morning 24 September for ‘quota intake of refugees in Thailand’. This according to her official calendar distributed to Swedish press. …
Smokescreen surrounds migration minister visit Read MoreSweden’s Migration Minister Ms Barbro Holmberg arrives in Bangkok Friday morning 24 September for ‘quota intake of refugees in Thailand’. She starts by meeting the UNHCR regional representative, the NSC …
Migration minister visit clarified Read MoreDr Jurgenne Primavera from the Philippines will be conferred an honorary doctor’s degree by Stockholm university on Friday 24 September. The ceremony takes place in the City Hall. Thirteen highly …
Environment academic receives honorary doctor degree Read MoreThe Singaporean state has so far injected EURO 110 million in the Stockholm stock exchange this year. Totally the island state has holdings in Swedish listed companies for more than …
Singapore increases shareholding in Sweden Read MoreSweden’s largest Buddhist temple will be inaugurated 4 June 2005. The temple itself can accommodate 300 people and a five meter tall statue of Lord Buddha will be placed on …
Construction starts of Thai temple in Fredrika Read More“I expect double digit growth for the next three years,” says Siam2you’s CEO Niklas Stålberg, a Swedish national, as the digital communications company announces THB 61 million in revenues for …
Siam2you surfs on wireless boom Read MoreThe Swedish Trade council’s latest market survey, published this September predicts 13 percent volume growth for Swedish exports to the Asia Pacific region for the full 2004. But that is …
Double digit export growth predicted for 2004 Read MoreThree of the four Nordic chambers of commerce in Thailand will this weekend Saturday 18 September move to larger, better and more functional premises on the fifth floor in an …
Nordic associations moving to one big office Read MoreThai chicken for Swedish aircraft, was one of the ideas Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra throw up in the air during a Monday 13 September cabinet meeting planning his visit to …
Thai chicken pay for Swedish jets? Read MoreNine of Sweden’s honorary consuls from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam began a week long visit to Sweden on Sunday 12 September. One of the most important …
Honorary consuls from Asean visit Sweden Read MoreThe Ministry of Culture and Information of Vietnam co-operated with the British Council, the Goethe Institute, L’Espace, and embassies of Asian and European countries to organise an Asia-Europe Film Festival …
Denmark, Finland, Sweden participate in ASEM Film Festival Read MoreThailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra makes an official visit to Sweden 23 and 24 September, confirm the PM offices in Stockholm and Bangkok in talks with Scandasia. The agenda for …
Thaksin visits Sweden 23-24 September Read MoreThe Viet Nam-Sweden Hospital and Viet Nam Fund for Children provided surgery rehabilitation for free of charge to 253 children between the ages of 3 to 16 years. Among …
Sweden supports remedial surgery in VN Read MoreThe Swedish Embassy and the Comvik International Viet Nam AB (CIV) announced in Hanoi that a “Vietnamese Day in Sweden” will be held in Stockholm on November 8, 2004. …
Vietnamese Day in Sweden to be held Read MoreSweden funded 210 billion VND under the project entitled “Sharing” for the Ministry of Planning and Investment to organize a training course on building a socio-economic development plan in the …
Sweden funds VN poverty reduction project Read MoreThe Swedish East Indiaman Götheborg is set to stop by in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore on its way to China and back with its 2 year maiden voyage departing from …
Swedish ship to visit SEA harbors Read MoreABB is now busy implementing the Philippines wholesale electricity spot market, WESM, system which will begin operations in January 2005. Norway’s Navita is subcontracted by ABB for a back-office solution …
Nation wide power trading bourse on schedule Read MoreSweden’s trade with Burma has gone down considerably first half 2004 compared with the same period last year. Imports from Burma dropped 38.5 percent to SEK 14.2 million while exports …
Burma trade drops first half 2004 Read MoreFinnair announced that its business class cabins on MD-11 aircraft will be renewed. Finnair is the first European airline to renew its Business Class cabins in every aircraft belonging to …
Finnair to renew Business Class cabins in intercontinental fleet Read MoreFinnair has announced that from October onwards its passengers will be able to check-in in advance with only a text message sent from their mobile phones. The service, created by …
Finnair to introduce new text message check-in Read MoreThe Swedish Business Association of Singapore SBAS invites you to visit the IKEA store for an introduction to the new IKEA range. The presentation will be followed by some drinks …
IKEA launches new products in Singapore Read MoreThe Swedish government grants non-refundable aid of 48 million SEK (6.154 million USD) in July to a project on health care for poor people in Tay Nguyen, the Central Highlands …
Sweden aids health care projects in Viet Nam Read MoreUrban Connection, from Norway and Swedish Jazz Kings are to perform at the Bangkok’s sixth annual International Music and Dance Festival this coming 6 October 2004 at Thailand Cultural Center. …
Norwegian, Swedish bands set to perform in Bangkok music fest Read MoreSwedish Eastjet company and Thailand’s Orient Thai Airlines have agreed to start their Bangkok-Stockholm flight from December 11 onwards. The weekly, non-stop flight departs Bangkok every Saturday 4:00 pm. and …
New Bangkok-Stockholm flight to start in December Read MoreThe Denmark-Vietnam Cultural Fund and the Sweden-Vietnam Cultural Fund together make an effort to reconstruct and preserve the Vietnamese cultural patrimony, which has been left unprotected from the climate in …
Denmark and Sweden help Vietnam preserve cultural legacy Read MoreSwedish software provider Teligent has been awarded a contract from SingTel, a leading mobile operator in South East Asia. The contract is for a sizeable Next Generation Messaging Solution replacing …
Teligent clinches SingTel deal Read MoreThe orthopaedic clinics at Alexandra hospital in Singapore and the county hospital in Halmstad will cooperate and exchange specialists. Dr Thaim Wai Chin, head of Alexandra hospital’s orthopaedic clinic is …
Joint venture Read MoreSweden’s passenger car brands, Saab and Volvo, fare well in Singapore’s highly competitive market. The island state’s strict regulations on car ownership and the mere costs to even be able …
Saab and Volvo perform well in Singapore Read MoreFilipino companies that look for new business opportunities, be it export or import, are the target group for a Swedish Trade Forum seminar in Cebu on 17 September. “Cebu is …
Trade Forum in Cebu will showcase business opportunities Read MoreSpecial police from the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila has arrested a 32-year Swedish man wanted for an execution style murder in Sweden 2001. A court in Sweden had …
Suspected killer arrested Read More