Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Swedish controlled mobile phone operator Mobifone on 10 December announced its one millionth subscriber on its GSM network in Vietnam. “We are delighted to have reached this important milestone …
Mobifone reaches one million subscribers in Vietnam Read MoreSvenska Handelsbanken, SHB, is the largest Nordic bank in Asia and the strategy is to continue on that track. Growth, both in terms of added offices and more services – …
Growth in Asia priority for Svenska Handelsbanken Read More“A real breakthrough,” say four representatives from Ragunda municipality and the county of Jämtland after meeting their Thai counterparts in Bangkok 5-9 December to outline the next phase of what …
Ragunda delegation in Bangkok receive full support by Minister of Culture Read MoreThis June was Michael Olsson, a long time resident in Indonesia and Secretary in the Swedish Business Association in Jakarta, assaulted by dozens of knife wielding men while trying to …
Michael Olsson on trial for hurting his assailants Read MoreAn annual meeting among Lao and Swedish officials from Lao National Statistical Centre and Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) was held on December 5 in Vientiane City to review the …
SIDA cooperation in statistics with Laos continues Read MoreMalaysian wireless operator Maxis Communications Berhad has signed a contract with Ericsson as its new partner for 2G and 3G deployment to ensure a smooth evolution of Maxis’ network to …
Maxis pick Ericsson for upgrade of mobile phone network Read MorePacketFront, a Swedish broadband infrastructure provider, has been selected to provide an operator independent network solution, enabling true broadband services, to Cyberjaya in Malaysia. Cyberjaya is at the heart of …
Cyberjaya gives broadband order to Swedish firm Read MoreThe Swedish produced reality TV series Robinson, Survivor in the US, has made a number of Malaysian islands off the Mersing coast well known and more importantly well visited by …
Robinson series boosts travel to Malay islands Read MoreThe Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. recently released an all new magazine-cum-directory to replace the chamber’s 11-year-old STEP Magazine and TSCC Year Book. “The …
Thai Sweden Review sets new standard for chamber publication Read MoreElectrolux new washing machine factory in Rayong is the company’s first in South East Asia. The 9000 square metres large plant, a THB 500 million investment that opened 27 November …
Double digit growth predicted for Asean market Read MoreWhere would you like to retire? asked Swedish daily Aftonbladet’s online edition and offered four alternatives: Sweden, Spain, Thailand and ‘other country’. So far 29.8 percent of the readers vote …
Spain gets more votes than Thailand Read MoreBy Mia Hansson Eva arrives forty minutes early to the interview, utterly surprised at the absence of traffic. I find her lounging in a red leather chair with a book, …
Eva Sophonpanich Read MoreWhen Mr. Sitthichai Olankun started working for the Swedish pharmaceutical company Astra 17 years ago, the company ranking among research-based pharmaceutical companies in Thailand was somewhere between number 12 and …
Sitthichai Olankun sees AstraZeneca on top in 4 years Read MoreBy Mia Hansson It’s hard enough for adults to arrive in a foreign country, knowing nobody, and not knowing what to expect from even the most everyday things like grocery …
Swedish kids in Thailand Read MoreThe smell of spices from various pots and sizzling pans fill the room. It is lunch hour and the place is packed and noisy. At one table, a man in …
Little Asia in Stockholm Read MoreThe agribusiness company Syngenta is using the EU approval of the dangerous pesticide paraquat to put pressure on Malaysia to lift the ban and phase out of paraquat the country …
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation attacks pesticide supplier in Malaysia Read MoreThe Stockholm School of Economics has participated in seven Asian trade fairs during November in an effort to recruit new students to the school’s new MBA-program, writes Swedish business daily …
Swedish institution wants Asian MBA-students Read MoreOn Thursday 27 November did Swedish white goods giant Electrolux celebrate the grand opening of its new washing machine factory in Rayong. HRH Princess Somsawalee was guest of honour and …
Electrolux inaugurates Rayong plant Read MoreHardworking entrepreneurs can make it in the Kingdom. But to get there, you must take in some hard earned advice and act accordingly. Otherwise you may end up a loser. …
Hardworking entrepreneurs can make it in the Kingdom Read MoreVietnam’s water puppeteers have just ended their performance tour of European countries where they received a warm welcome from audiences, writes the news agency VNA. The Central Water Puppetry Theatre …
Water puppeteers back after tour to Denmark and Sweden Read MoreThree Malaysian students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria won the National Science Quiz 25 September. Soon they will enjoy their prize, a trip to Stockholm and attend the Nobel Prize …
Students win trip to Nobel Prize award ceremony Read MoreAfter Singapore’s Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong first mooted the idea to erect a Nordic Centre in the island state during a round trip to the Nordic countries in June …
Nordic European Centre up and running Read MoreIf ever you have listened to the news on Swedish Broadcasting you have most definitely heard his voice. Lars Gunnar Erlandson, he has been a foreign correspondent for almost thirty …
Lars Gunnar Erlandson, Bangkok Read MoreThe Swedish Prosecutor General’s International Public Prosecution Office in Stockholm is still collecting material for its investigation about the Free Aceh Movement’s, GAM, activities in Sweden. “There is no conclusion …
Swedish investigation on GAM still on Read MoreHanoi Power Company has signed a SEK 38 million contract for delivery of a new operations center that will manage electricity supply in Hanoi. The center, which enables real time …
ABB secures SEK 38 million contract in Hanoi Read MoreFor the first time since Sweden began to support Vietnam with foreign aid over 30 years ago does a new aid package come with strings attached on democratic development, greater …
SIDA lays down conditions for democratic development and human rights Read MoreThe Thai Association in Dalarna, a province in the north east of Sweden, wants to locate a Buddhist temple in or close to the city Borlänge, reports local media in …
Plans underway for new Thai Buddhist temple in Sweden Read MoreHelene Benno, Swedish reporter with ScandAsia.se, could have been in a lot of trouble when she forgot her wallet in a Thai restaurant in Bangkok Airport had it not been …
Thai restaurant returns wallet to Swedish journalist Read MoreThe Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, SR, will protest and act forcefully against regular jamming of Radio Sweden’s Swedish language broadcasts in South East Asia, says Ms Kerstin Brunnberg, Director of Programs …
Vietnamese jamming of Radio Sweden broadcastings causes strong protest Read MoreIn February 1999 SWECO submitted a Feasibility Study concerning the Se San 3 Hydropower Project, located some 20 km downstream of the Yali Dam, writes the Swedish consultancy firm SWECO …
SWECO rejects allegations for bad advise on Yali dam Read MoreThe Swedish wireless network solution provider Aptilo Networks has, through its Malaysian consortium with Mutiara.com, been awarded a 1000 hotspot contract for northern Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur and Penang, according to …
Aptilo clinches major hotspot deal Read MoreThe Malaysian-Swedish Business Association (MASBA) on October 30, 2003 launched its new website, which have packed many improved features and functions under a clean and user-friendly design. The URL remains …
MASBA launches new website Read MoreTelecommunications was one of the hardest hit industries when the Asian crisis began with Thailand’s float of the baht 2 July 1997. Ambitious projects came to a halt and people …
Networking in the jungle Read MoreThailand is in the spotlight with five films selected for screening at the upcoming Stockholm International Film Festival, 13 – 23 November 2003. The films are Fake by Thanakorn Pongsuwan, …
Five Thai films to be screened at Stockholm festival Read MoreThe Swedish government has appointed Director Lennart Linnér as new ambassador in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to this, Lennart Linnér was Assistant Head of the Americas Department. He has also worked …
Lennart Linnér new ambassador to Indonesia Read More“Vietnam is a success that exceeds all our expectations!” says Johan Nordstrom, Regional Manager for Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame. Not an overstatement when you learn that Oriflame Vietnam met and …
Successful Vietnam launch for Oriflame Read MorePeople in the small Swedish city Finspång cheered when 22-year Jenjira “Mix” Kertprasop was crowned Miss Thailand World late Saturday night 25 October at BEC Tero Hall in Bangkok, watched …
Mix from Finspång Miss Thailand World Read MoreSix Swedish teenagers, aged 13 to 17, arrived in Bangkok early Saturday the 25th October invited by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Stockholm office for a week-long trip in …
Young tourism advisors arrives Read MoreMost economical of all or simply stingy? Call it what you like, Swedish tourists are most careful among Scandinavians with their expenditures when holidaying in Thailand. The average Swedish tourist …
Swedes smallest spenders of Scandinavian tourists Read MoreConsul General Victoria S. Bataclan of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong has been appointed ambassador of the Philippines to Sweden. The position includes accreditation to Denmark, Estonia, Finland, …
Former reporter RP ambassador to Sweden Read MoreA European Jazz Festival in Vietnam in mid-November is under preparation, involving among others bands or individual musicians from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. From Denmark, a concert with Alex …
Scandinavian Jazz in Vietnam Read MorePhilippine Airlines, PAL, began using its Carmen solution in October, three months ahead of the originally planned schedule. The airline signed a five year contract with the Swedish software provider …
Carmen solution implemented by PAL three months ahead of schedule Read MoreThe Swedish Government has agreed to provide 4.3 million USD in non-refundable aid to Yen Bai province’s anti-poverty project for the period 2003-08, reports the news agency VNA. An agreement …
Yen Bai receives more aid after new agreement signed Read MoreMr. Lars Bjerrek, Managing Director of SEB Private Bank S.A Luxembourg and Mr. Magnus Prim, Macro Analyst of SEB Singapore together with Ole Hamre, Head of Private Banking, Asia at …
SEB Private Bank in Bangkok Read MoreSeveral Swedish Companies participated in this years major Air and Marine Defence Material Exhibition in Langkawi, LIMA 2003, from 30 Sept – 5 Oct, 2003, reports the news page of …
Swedish companies at Malaysian Defence exhibition Read MoreFormer Executive Director of the three Scandinavian chambers in Thailand, Ms. Monica Holmgren has passed away in Sweden, writes the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce website http://www.dancham.or.th Monica Holmgren succeeded in …
Monica Holmgren has passed away Read MoreChiang Mai court has sentenced a 21 year old Swedish man to one year and a half in prison for sexual assault on a six year old girl. A rape …
Swede convicted on sexual assault charges Read MoreOne of Sweden’s largest consulting firms, Sweco, is accused of doing a bad job for the Yali dam project in Vietnam. Experienced hydro consultants could have predicted the catastrophic damages …
Sweco accused of sloppy work in Vietnam dam project Read MoreMillicom International Cellular S.A., a mobile phone operator company controlled by the Swedish finance family Stenbeck, reports a 47 percent Asian subscriber increase year on year for the third quarter …
Millicom reports 47 percent subscriber increase Read MoreThe Thai mobile phone operator AIS has selected Ericsson as sole supplier for their EDGE system in the Bangkok metropolitan area. EDGE stands for Enhanced Data for Global Evolution and …
AIS signs USD 10 million EDGE contract with Ericsson Read More