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The Vietnam Women’s Union presented Christine Elisabeth Johansson, First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Vietnam, with a medal “For the Emancipation of Women” at an award ceremony in Hanoi …
Medal to Swedish diplomat for emancipation work Read MoreThe Swedish government decided 10 July to contribute SEK 10 Million in budget support to Timor-Leste. Sweden has given support to Timor-Leste since 1997, primarily for the reconstruction of the …
Sweden gives budget support to Timor-Leste Read MoreVietnam will export 4.61 million tonnes a year between 2001-2005 and up to 5.42 million tonnes of rice a year during 2006-2010 if it maintains its present rate of export, …
SIDA-funded study sees Vietnam’s rice exports growing Read MoreMillicom International Cellular S.A, a global telecommunications investor in the Swedish finance Stenbeck family group of companies, reports a 45 percent annual increase in Asian subscribers from June 2002 to …
Millicom reports high cellular growth in Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreNorway and Sweden have, among other donors, provided financial aid for Vietnamese government to launch US$243.8-million Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children project aimed at helping underprivileged children in Vietnam complete …
Norway, Sweden help launch Vietnam’s primary education scheme Read MoreSwedish telecommunications group Comvik International has asked Vietnamese investment and planning ministry for permission to convert its business cooperation with local mobile operator into a joint venture, a report on …
Comvik seeks joint venture status in Vietnam Read MoreVietnam’s Culture and Information Minister Pham Quang Nghi has strengthened cooperation and cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark during his 10-day working visit to Europe in May. In Stockholm, Minister …
Vietnam’s cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark boosted Read MoreThe second phase of cooperation between the parliaments of Sweden and Vietnam will be carried out through the next four years. The agreement has been signed in Hanoi on June …
Sweden-Vietnam parliamentary cooperation continues Read MoreIt is six o’clock in the morning. The Bangkok-Chiangrai coach has just arrived at Chiangrai bus station. Many of the Thai and foreign visitors sleep-walk across the street into a …
Swedish Bakery brings “new life” Read MoreMr Lars Andreasson, currently Minister at the Swedish Embassy in Manila, has been appointed new Consul General for Sweden in Shanghai, PRC. A successor in Manila has not been named …
Lars Andreasson leaves Manila for Shanghai Read MoreIn response to an UN appeal for 2003, Sweden has decided to contribute SEK 13 million to humanitarian assistance for IDP’s, internally displaced persons, in Indonesia. The assistance will be …
Sweden contributes to humanitarian assistance in Indonesia Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has approved the second phase of ‘Study on Integrated Modernization Plan for Air Transport in Eastern Indonesia’. The project will improve the security …
SIDA approved 2nd phase of air transport modernization plan in Indonesia Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction Read MoreBangkok Vikings, the football team of Scandinavian expatriates in Bangkok, will the end of August play against the national football team of Laos. The match will take place in afternoon …
Vikings to fight the National Team of Laos Read MoreSwedish-born EF Education will this year expand its network of EF English First schools in Bangkok and major provinces in Thailand to achieve a significant growth from the Thai operation. …
EF English First targets 80% growth in Thailand Read MoreVice Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato’ Seri A. Wahab Nawi, Chairman of Ericsson (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., has been awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander First Class, by …
Ericsson’s Malaysian chairman awarded royal Swedish decoration Read MoreLars Olsson has passed away. A Swedish resident in Thailand since 1977, Lars died quietly in his home in Soi Watcharapol off Ramintra Road north of Bangkok on Sunday 15 …
Lars Olsson has passed away Read More“Throw a party for the poor kids in Klong Toey!” That was what Ulf Claesson – maybe half in jest – had replied when asked what farewell gift from the …
Ulf Claesson’s party in Klong Toey Read MoreHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand will in September this year present two Thai elephants as gifts to the Swedish royal family. The elephants, which belong to Somrot Khujittikasem, …
H.M. King Bhumibol’s present for Swedish royal family Read MoreWhen the Swedish Church in February announced vacant positions both in Bangkok and Singapore, Lennart Hamark and his wife Lis applied for both positions. Five years have passed since the …
Swedish priest looking forward to Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish priest Ulf Claesson visited Vientiane for the last time on 23 May before leaving for Sweden this July. In Vientiane, a farewell get-together was held in the Swedish …
Swedish priest’s farewell to Laos Read MoreThe Importers Association of Indonesia (Ginsi) said at a press conference on June 5 that its members had begun a boycott of all imports from Sweden in a protest over …
Indonesian importers to boycott Sweden over Aceh Read MoreSwedish Falungong practitioner, Pirjo Svensson, who had been arrested and detained by Thai authorities for over a month without being charged, left the country on June 5 night after being …
Swedish Falungong member deported from Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on May 16 provided technical assistance to radio stations of Savannakhet and Luang Prabang provinces as part of the local radio station improvement project. …
Lao radio stations receive SIDA’s assistance Read MoreLaos’ Tax Department on May 27 received 214 computer sets from the National Tax Board of Sweden to computerize tax administration in the country. The hand-over ceremony took place at …
Sweden helps computerize Laos’ taxation system Read MoreThe Swedish government has taken part in supporting Laos’ Ministry of Education with a donation of USD 12 million in the latter’s second phase of educational improvement project. The second …
Laos’ educational improvement phase 2 launched with Swedish support Read MoreNearly half the international patients of Bangkok Hospital are Scandinavians. Some are residents of Thailand while others are Scandinavians living in countries around the region. For about one year, …
Bangkok Hospital expanding in the Scandinavian market Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has already removed Singapore from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and no longer recommends exit screening …
Singapore removed from WHO’s list of SARS-hit areas Read MoreFinland’s national carrier Finnair will in June cancel three weekly flights from Helsinki to Bangkok and onwards to Singapore and Hong Kong due to weak seasonal demand, but repeated its …
Finnair to cut flights to South East Asia due slow season Read MoreIn 2004, Scandinavian Airlines plans to become the first airline to offer Internet connection on board intercontinental flights. “Our home market is the world’s most IT-dense region, so it …
Internet on SAS flight Read MoreSwedish businessman Hakan Alm was elected new Chairman of the Scandinavian Society Siam, replacing outgoing Chaiman Juha Pykko, at the Annual General Meeting of the Society held at Amari Boulevard …
Hakan Alm new Chairman of Scandinavian Society Siam Read MoreThe Swedish Embassy in Bangkok, in cooperation with the Scandinavian Church, SWEA and the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce will jointly host this year’s Swedish National Day 2003 Celebrations on June …
Swedish National Day 2003 Celebrations Read MoreViking Cup, the annual encounter of all Viking football teams from Asia, has been postponed this year to 25-28 September 2003 due to the uncertainties surrounding the SARS virus. …
Viking Cup moved to September due to SARS Read MoreMr. Sim Boon Kiat, President of ABB Industry Pte Ltd., has since March 1 assumed Mr. Charles Sher’s responsibilities as Head of Low Voltage Products of the company. Mr. Sher …
ABB’s new head of low voltage products in Singapore Read MoreDanish senior executive of United Plantations Bhd., Tan Sri B. Bek-Nielsen, recently joined Malaysia’s latest effort to clear up negative perception among northern Europeans about palm oil industry, saying it …
Bek-Nielsen joins Malaysian effort to clear palm oil misconception Read MoreManaging director Chanatt Laohawattana of the Forest Industry Organisation (FIO) on May 6 defended himself over an allegation the FIO misused a 16.9-million-baht budget for a pavilion in Phitsanulok botanical …
FIO chief denies budget misuse during Swedish royal visit to Thailand Read MoreChrister “Chris” Kridrakorn-Odbratt has his roots both in Bohuslan on the windy southwest side of Sweden and in the capitol, Stockholm. Since his father worked for Ericsson they moved around …
Swedish Professor in Thai Food Read MoreVietnam has been removed from the WHO list of countries hit by the mysterious pneumonia-like virus infection, SARS and the advice to avoidtravelling to Vietnam has been lifted. Vietnam registered …
Vietnam SARS free Read MoreScandinavian Airlines will suspend flying to Singapore from May 1 and until 21 May as the route is “currently not profitable.” Like other airlines, SAS has suffered low passenger numbers …
SAS drops flights to Singapore from 1 May Read MorePetter Gustafsson and Johan Granholm should have been back home in Borlange in Sweden by now. Their plan was to go on a long vacation for six months,three months in …
Restaurant owners on Koh Samui by chance Read MorePastry chef Sune Wissmar is most likely the only link between Soderkoping in Sweden and Vientiane in Laos. It was here, at Docks Hovkonditori in Soderkoping, that Sune started his …
Swedish Bakery in Laos Read MorePower and automation technologies company ABB Thailand has since December last year relocated its head office from Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakarn to SG Tower on Rajdamri Road Bangkok. …
ABB Thailand’s head office well settled in Bangkok Read MoreIn addition to the environmental requirements for lead smelter to ensure no lead contamination reached the public, the government has also announced an incentive plan to encourage lead smelters to …
Green efforts go unheard Read MoreThe Singapore National Championship in “innebandy” – called floorball in English – was recently won by the Scandinavian “innebandy” team in Singapore, Nhac Tre No 1. This is the first …
Scandinavian “innebandy” team wins Singapore National Championship Read MoreSunday 23 March, the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a special sermon for the more than 80 participants who joined the event followed by a …
Scandinavian Church celebrated 10 years in Bangkok Read MoreSwedish International Development Agency (SIDA) will support the reconstruction of Laos’ National Road No. 8 with a grant of SEK 15 million, according to Mr. Songsinh Chaleunsouk, head of National …
Laos to receive SIDA’s grant for road repair Read MoreLao Prime Minister Boun-nhang Vorachit on March 3 at his office received a courtesy visit from Swedish business delegation led by Mr. Bo Landin, chairman of Swedish Business Council for …
Lao PM visited by Swedish business delegation Read MoreSwedish clean air solution company Camfil Farr will on April 26 officially open its new factory in Ipoh, Malaysia. Camfil Farr specializes in filters for clean air solutions and is …
Camfil Farr to open new plant in Malaysia Read MoreA Swedish couple on March 11 laid a complaint at Phuket grievances office on a timeshare company over its failure to meet a membership contract with them. Signar and Margaretha …
Swedish couple laid complaint on timeshare firm in Phuket Read MoreSwedish producer of speciality healthcare products, Molnlycke Health Care AB, is proud of the performance of its Thai operation and expects to boost revenue to Bt3.3 billion this year. Headquarters …
Molnlycke Health Care expects more jump from Thai operation Read More