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Having been the largest automotive market in ASEAN for six consecutive years, Malaysia certainly has ample opportunities for Swedish companies in the automotive sector, especially automotive components. The Commercial Section …
Swedish Embassy’s report on Malaysian automotive sector Read MoreCommercial Officer of the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur, Ms Tee-Jean Teh, will be in Sweden from 5-12 September. She will spend Friday 5 September in Gothenburg before leaving …
Commercial Officer in Malaysia to visit Sweden Read MoreA catalogue with Swedish companies operating in Malaysia has been produced by the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur. It is now made available for download as a pdf-file. This …
Swedish companies in Malaysia online Read MoreA 45-year old Swedish man has been granted a transfer from Bangkwang Central Prison in northern Bangkok to Sweden where he will serve an 18 year sentence. The man was …
First Swedish prisoner gets transfer home under new rules Read MoreFive Vietnamese writers take part in the Gothenburg International Book Fair at Gothenburg, Sweden between 24 September and 3 October. The visit is arranged under a cooperation programme of the …
Writers take part in Gothenburg book fair Read MoreTwelve North Koreans, six of whom are economy professors and the rest ‘coming’ forces in Pyongyang’s administration are currently in Hanoi learning how a market economy works. The course, which …
Sweden trains senior North Koreans in market economy Read MoreAn almost hour-long talk with Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecom tycoon turned politician, was one of the highlights when Ericsson’s new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Carl-Henric Svanberg, visited …
Ericsson’s new CEO says financial crisis over Read MoreTwo Swedish players, Chris Stafford and Bjorn Richardson, will take part in the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2003, which is held from 16th to 21st September 2003 in Hua …
Chris and Bjorn Swedish players in Elephant Polo 2003 Read MoreOn 29 July Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson opened its state of the art regional hub in Cyberjaya, along Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), in presence of the Prime Minister of …
Ericsson opens regional hub in MSC Read MoreThe planned opening 14 August of IKEA’s new, 35,881 square metres, store in Kuala Lumpur’s Mutiara Damansara went smooth. “The very first visitor arrived at 4 am and the crowd …
New IKEA store in KL opened Read MoreSingaporean telecom operator SingTel has chosen Ericsson as its as sole supplier for SingTel’s WCDMA, or third generation – 3G – mobile phone technology, system in Singapore. The contract is …
SingTel picks Ericsson as sole 3G system supplier Read MoreThe Swedish government 14 August appointed Deputy Director Annika Markovic the new Ambassador in Manila, Philippines. She has worked at the Global Security Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. …
Annika Markovic new ambassador in Manila Read MoreThe Royal Customs Department in Malaysia began to introduce a new drug detection device from Sweden, Alpha Six, in stages on August 1. It can scan through building walls, vehicles, …
Customs introduces Swedish drug detection device Read MoreSweden will not introduce any dramatic changes in its aid policy for Laos, says Ms. Lott Jansson at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm to ScandAsia. “Aid to Laos is currently …
No radical changes of Swedish aid to Laos Read MoreThe ASEM meeting of foreign ministers from Asia and Europe opened Thursday 24 Juli, 2003 in Bali. From Sweden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hans Dahlgren and from Denmark, …
Denmark, Sweden at ASEM meeting Read MoreSome 120 participants joined the two-day Thai-Swedish conference on culture and sustainable development 17-18 July in Bispgården, Ragunda. Besides information exchange and strengthening of relations between Sweden and Thailand, the …
Pavilion conference produces cooperation agreement Read MoreThe largest Nordic travel insurance company, SOS International a/s warns of a dramatic increase in Nordic tourists injured in motorcycle accidents when on vacation in South East Asia. For Thailand, …
Don’t rent a motorcycle! Read MoreThe governments of Norway and Sweden have set up a joint USD 3.6 million Poverty and Environment Fund to be administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the bank announced …
Norway and Sweden set up poverty and environment fund Read MoreHow to say and do ‘skål’ the proper way, and appreciate and understand Scandinavian food, was the theme of a recent dinner at the Admiral’s Restaurant, Bangkok, for a group …
Thai management students bound for Sweden Read MoreGeneral Johan Hederstedt, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, is making an official visit to Thailand between 31 July and 3 August 2003. He is invited by the Thai …
Supreme Commander visits Thailand Read MoreScandinavians are used to relax on short cruises and being spoiled on huge state-of-the-art ferries that cross the Baltic and North seas. And when Star Cruises introduced a similar concept …
Asia fastest growing cruising market in the world Read MoreStar Cruises was incorporated in September 1993 to tap Asia-Pacific’s potential as an international cruise destination. Nine years later it had grown to became the world’s third largest cruise company …
From zero to third largest cruise company in nine years Read MoreCabinet Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Population, Family and Children, Le Thi Thu, has been elected as new President of the Vietnam – Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA). …
Le Thi Thu new head of Vietnam –Sweden Friendship Association Read MoreThe 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 More