Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Swedish Business Association, SBA, in Indonesia held its AGM last week. Its new board consists of Mr Per Brandt, Perstorp, Chairman; Mr Ilpo Saarisivu, SKF, Vice Chairman; Mr Per …
SBA’s new board identify 2004 top issues Read MoreScandinavian Airlines may keep on flying to Bangkok and Singapore according to Mikkel Nielsen of SAS’ corporate communications office in Copenhagen. Mikkel Nielsen confirms that “it has been rumoured” …
SAS flights to Bangkok-Singapore may survive Read MoreScandinavian Airlines, SAS, has just announced that there will be a temporary reduction of frequencies on the service Copenhagen – Bangkok – Singapore. SAS goes down from daily flights to …
SAS reduces routes to Bangkok and Singapore Read MoreA Swedish investigation team led by chief international prosecutor Tomas Lindstrand, Stockholm, arrived in Indonesia on Monday. They are in Indonesia to investigate alleged links to crime and acts of …
Prosecutor team has arrived Read MoreSome 600 Swedish travel agents voted Thailand number one destination again. For the third time in a row did Thailand take the top spot in Travel News’ annual survey, Grand …
Third time in a row on the top Read MoreThe big trade show Asian Paper 2004 in Singapore is just over a month away. Swedish pulp and paper companies can get extra attention at the event through a Swedish …
Paper trade fair features Swedish pavilion Read MoreThe Communication, Transport, Post and Construction Service of Khammouane Province in Laos has recently signed contracts with four local road construction companies to improve nine roads in five districts of …
SIDA funds improvement of nine more roads in Laos Read MoreHifab Development in Sweden has been awarded an assignment from a number of Swedish and international companies to perform around 30 supplier compliance audits in Vietnam and China. The audits’ …
Supplier compliance audits in Vietnam Read MoreThe Swedish telecom solutions provider Teligent has been awarded a deal regarding a network platform for mass calling to a leading telecom operator in Southeast Asia. Teligent’s package will initially …
Teligent wins major deal in Asia Read MoreThe Swedish privately owned cosmetics company Oriflame will send out a prospectus to potential investors this week, reports Swedish daily DN. The intent is to have Oriflame listed on the …
Oriflame prepares listing in Stockholm Read MoreSweden’s government sends ten election observers to monitor the parliamentary and presidential elections in Indonesia. The assignment takes place within the framework of the EU Commission’s election observation mission. Indonesia …
Election observers to Indonesia Read MoreThe Swedish business association, SBA, in Indonesia will conduct its annual meeting on Thursday 11 March. People who like to attend should contact SBA no later than 9 March. The …
SBA annual meeting due 11 March Read MoreBuddharama Temple, a Thai Buddhist association in Sweden, likes to raise a Buddhist temple in the outskirts of Fredrika, a municipality in northern Sweden. “This is good central location for …
Thai temple in Lapland Read MoreThe Swedish industry group SCA has acquired the Asian baby diaper company Drypers, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, for SEK 640 million. Dryper’s sales in 2003 reached SEK 550 …
SCA purchases Drypers Read MoreChief prosecutor Tomas Lindstrand in Stockholm travels to Indonesia in March. The purpose with the trip is to investigate alleged links between Swedish GAM residents and people in Indonesia. The …
Swedish GAM-prosecutor travels to Indonesia in March Read MoreThe SAS management has decided to turn the clock back 60 years, and once again establish a national company in each of the three Scandinavian countries, according to a report …
SAS to be divided into three Read MoreThere are basically no problems with tariffs in the Philippines. Rather it is the non-formal red tape issues, in many shapes and variations, that make life hard. Opportunities are best …
Swedish voices on business climate in the Philippines Read MoreGetting to know the Asian Development Bank, ADB, and how to win procurement contracts for goods, civil works and consulting services financed by the bank is why a business delegation …
Business delegation visits ADB Read MoreDanish and Swedish investors are among the 14 people that put in over 6 million USD in a non-existing quarry project located in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, reports the Vietnam news …
Danes and Swedes cheated in Vietnam investment fraud Read MoreIf you ever used Manila Ninoy Aquino airport during the past six years, there is a good possibility Tomas Jämtander took care of your in-flight meal. As head of operations …
In-flight delight from Manila Read MoreEricsson South East Asia expects a continued growth of mobile phone operations in the region this year, attributed to the issuance of new licenses, increased investments for coverage and capacity, …
Ericsson eyes larger share in continued SEA growth Read MoreSoft Touch AB – a Swedish importer of protective gloves from Asia for the Scandinavian market under the brand Soft Touch – has established their subsidiary in Malaysia in January …
Soft Touch’s MD in KL for next two years Read More“In January we had approximately 45 travellers arriving per day. Half of them are Swedish, and the rest are Norwegian and Danish with a few Finnish and Dutch as well,” …
Kilroy Travels gets “ambassador” in Bangkok Read MoreThai authorities are taking the next step forward to ensure further awareness in environmental matters. Last week Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) advisor Khun Pradech Phayakvichien was in Stockholm to …
Thai sustainable tourism initiative discussed in Sweden Read MoreChief prosecutor Tomas Lindstrand in Stockholm has decided to launch a preliminary investigation against leaders of the free Aceh movement, GAM, which resides in Sweden. The move follows several Indonesian …
Preliminary investigation launched on GAM leaders in Sweden Read MoreThe paper mill Bai Bang north of Hanoi is the most controversial and expensive foreign aid project in Sweden’s history. Sweden supported Bai Bang with around SEK 2.8 Billion from …
Controversial aid project closely watched by Carl XVI Gustaf Read More“Are they really inside?” asked a young blonde Swedish backpacker while I tried to catch a taxi outside Hanoi’s thousand year old Literature Temple. “Yes, and how did you know …
Royal glimpses and close encounters Read MoreKlas Eklund, chief economist at SEB, visits Singapore and SBAS on 19 February to give a luncheon speech titled “Will old Europe cope?”. He is one of the best known …
Klas Eklund speaks at SBAS event Read MoreKing Carl XVI Gustaf brought with him to Vietnam the largest business delegation ever at any Swedish state visit. It was a diversified gathering of people from all sectors of …
Mexico format fine tuned in Vietnam Read MoreOne of the participants in the Swedish business delegation to Brunei was Mr Kai Hammerich, Director General for ISA, the state owned Invest in Sweden Agency. ISA´s mission is to …
Sultanate told to invest in Sweden Read MoreA night at the opera rounded off the second day of the Swedish state visit in Vietnam. Soprano Anna Eklund Tarantino and conductor Mats Liljefors were the Swedish contributions at …
Sweden showed off opera and arts in Hanoi Read MoreThe new bilateral adoption treaty between Vietnam and Sweden, which was drafted last December, has now been signed in Hanoi. Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Ms Laila Freivalds, attended the 4 February …
Adoption treaty ratified by governments Read MoreSida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, will support drug prevention activities in northern Burma and Thailand through a new aid package valued at SEK 6.7 Million to the Swedish …
Sweden supports drug prevention in Golden Triangle Read MoreNo country escapes the effects of migration any longer, says Swedish Migration Minister Barbro Holmberg in an interview with Scandasia. She visits Bangkok and Manila between 8 and 13 February …
Migration Minister on fact finding mission Read MoreGetinge and Aqua-Nova, among other Swedish companies in the health sector, took the opportunity of the Malaysian-Swedish medical research dialogue early February to present themselves in the Malaysian market. Getinge …
Exhibit of Swedish companies in health sector Read MoreA cooperation agreement has been signed between the World Childhood Foundation – WCF, which is founded by Queen Silvia of Sweden, and the Association for the Promotion of the Status …
Queen Silvia foundation signs cooperation agreement Read MoreThe last two of four Swedish made submarines purchased by the Republic of Singapore’s navy were delivered to Changi Naval Base on Wednesday 4 February. The vessels RSS Centurion and …
Final two subs delivered to Singapore Read MoreA medical research dialogue between Malaysian researchers and Swedish experts from the Karolinska Institute was held on February 5-6 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to pave way for further research cooperation. …
Sweden, Malaysia to collaborate on medical research Read MoreSweden extends its ban on imports of poultry meat and products made of poultry from certain countries to 15 August 2004, reports the National Food Administration of Sweden. This follows …
Sweden impose extended ban on poultry imports Read More”Totally unacceptable,” says Sweden’s foreign minister Ms Laila Freivalds to Scandasia about the jamming by Vietnamese transmitters against Radio Sweden’s broadcasts. Foreign Minister Freivalds took issue with Vietnam 3 February …
Freivalds lashes out against Vietnam’s jamming of Swedish broadcasts Read MoreAt least four Swedish citizens have been stopped from entering Indonesia the past week because they did not have a visa. “No Swedes have contacted us about this yet but …
Several Swedes rejected entry to Indonesia because of missing visas Read MoreNorwegian Ambassador to Thailand, Mrs. Ragne Birte Lund hosted this year’s Garden Party of the Scandinavian Society Siam. The party was very successful with more than 150 paying guests who …
Garden Party in Bangkok hosted by Norway Read MoreIT and telecommunications, food and food processing, tourism and environmental work and consulting are the most promising areas for Swedish investment in Brunei as the oil rich sultanate prepares to …
Swedish business opportunities when Brunei diversifies economy Read MoreScandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is changing its contact numbers for Bangkok as the office is switching to new digital telephone lines, effective February 1, 2004. The Bangkok office at the …
SAS Changes Contact Numbers for Bangkok Read MoreThe county of ÖÖstergötland in south central Sweden has signed a contract with Scandinavian Healthcare, SHC, to send open clinic patients for treatment in Thailand. This is a first for …
Swedish patients get tax paid treatment in Thailand Read MoreThe first ever Thule store located in a shopping centre has opened in Malaysia in conjunction with the official opening of IKANO Power Centre at Mutiara Damansara, in which the …
Thule flagship store opened at IKANO Power Center Read MoreJyske Bank (Schweiz) will be on a tour to meet with investors in four South East Asian countries again, this time starting on April 19 with Singapore, then Thailand, Malaysia …
Jyske Bank to visit South East Asia again in April, May Read MoreTAC, a Swedish indoor climate systems supplier headquartered in Malmö, has received an order to deliver the complete building management system (BMS-system) for the passenger terminal complex at Bangkok’s new …
Swedish firm wins major project at Bangkok’s new international airport Read MoreLaminova Production AB, Stockholm, a subsidiary of Opcon AB, has signed a Letter of Intent with carmaker Proton of Malaysia concerning deliveries of oil coolers. The deliveries are expected to …
Laminova clinches oil cooler deal with Proton Read MoreEight films from Denmark, Norway and Sweden were screened at the Nordic Film Festival 2004 organized between January 14 and 20 at GV Marina cinema, Marina Square shopping centre, Singapore. …
Scandinavian films at Nordic Film Fest in S’pore Read More