Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Join the Nordic Chambers in Hong Kong for Nordic Christmas Mingle at Ocean Park on 21 December for an unforgettable evening filled with food, drinks, glögg, Christmas songs, lucky draws, …
Join the Nordic Chambers for Nordic Christmas Mingle at Ocean Park Read More
For the first time ever, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong will present a Digital Advent Calendar, filled with exclusive offers from its members and the members …
Get an exclusive offer every day until Christmas from SwedCham HK Read More
Together everyone achieves more and in light of that, the Embassy of Sweden recently held its annual planning day in Hanoi. According to the Embassy, it was an all-day event to …
Together everyone achieves more – the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi plans ahead Read More
The Swedish furniture giant has opened its Bali store which is the fifth IKEA store in Indonesia and the first one outside Java island. IKEA Bali is located at Kuta …
IKEA has officially expanded outside Java island with the opening of its Bali store Read More
In the evening on the 16th of November, SWEA Bangkok Professional, gathered together for an evening at our president Eva Steinbach’s home at Baan Kapi. This evening we had the …
An interesting and pleasant evening with SWEA Bangkok Pofessional Read More
The Swedish social commentator and author Kurdo Baksi urge Swedish publishers to stop cooperating with China by having their books, especially children’s books manufactured in China. This message comes in …
Kurdo Baksi: Swedish publishers should stop having books made in China Read More
The Scandinavian Community of the Faculty of Social and Political Science (Scanity UGM) at Gadjah Mada University is bringing back their largest annual event, Scandinavian Day 2021 on 20 November. …
Scanity UGM host Scandinavia Day 2021 Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Singapore invites you to join their upcoming M&A event focusing on legal aspects of M&A on 24 November. More about the event: M&A activities have …
Join SwedCham and Rajah & Tann on M&A: Anticipating Regulatory Hurdles Read More
Earlier this month, two people connected to the now-closed three Swedish schools (Römosseskolorna) in Gothenburg, were accused of having embezzled SEK 13 million of the school’s money. Now a review …
Employees at Swedish schools used embezzled money on the adult industry in Thailand Read More
The European Delegation to Malaysia launched on 15 November, the 22nd European Film Festival (EUFF) in the country. According to this announcement, the festival will run until 15 December and for …
European Union Delegation to Malaysia launch 22nd European Film Festival Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok is now handling Schengen visa applications from applicants legally residing in Singapore, the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore shares. Applications for Schengen visas are …
Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok now handles Schengen visa applications from applicants in Singapore Read More
On 15 November, Singapore-based Aeroter announced an exclusive five-year agreement with Swedish company Savback Helicopters AB to distribute and sell its innovative VRT500 light, single-engine helicopter. From its headquarters in Sweden, Savback …
Aeroter and Savback sign exclusive five-year sales agreement Read More
The European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore is pleased to announce that Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Trade and Industry, will grace the occasion at the EuroCham Sustainability Awards 2021 …
Join Eurocham Singapore’s sustainability Awards 2021 virtual seminar Read More
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and SIDA invite relevant stakeholders to apply for the 4th cycle of the International Training Programme in Disaster Risk Management (ITP DRM). According to the Embassy …
Applications for International Training Program – Disaster Risk Management is now open Read More
“I wonder what really happened between you and my mother” 18 years after Veronica Lin was found murdered in Högsbo, Sweden, her son Marcus addresses his Chinese father in Swedish …
Veronica Lin’s son appeals to his father in Swedish documentary ‘Veronica and the Chinese millionaire’ Read More
After having required lengthy quarantine for international travelers for more than 18 months, Cambodia will now allow vaccinated international visitors to enter the country without having to undergo quarantine …
Cambodia has lifted all quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travelers Read More
Last week, Sweden’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Dr. Joachim Bergström presents his credentials to the King, His Majesty The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan …
Swedish Ambassador Dr. Joachim Bergström presents his credentials in Kuala Lumpur Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA is finally ready to open its biggest store to date and in a recent press release, IKEA Philippines announced the official opening of the physical …
IKEA opens world’s biggest IKEA store opens in the Philippines on 25 November Read More
The Nordic Chamber of Commerce Vietnam invites you to join their upcoming ‘Nordcham Business briefing: updates on office rental markets and co-working space introductions’ on 16 November. More about the …
Join Nordcham Vietnam’s Business Briefing Read More
Telenor employees across the Nordics and Asia prove they intend to remain at the forefront of upskilling to meet the rapidly changing demands of global customers by setting a new …
Telenor employees across the Nordic and Asia write e-learning history Read More
Continuing the celebration of Hanoi Pride 2021, the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi turned on 10 November the Swedish Residence into a cinema. In a update, the Embassy of Sweden shared that …
Embassy of Sweden hosted movie screening in celebration of Hanoi Pride 2021 Read More
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Vietnam, with support from the Government of Sweden, is partnering with the Ministry of Justice of Viet Nam to develop a National Action Plan …
UNDP Vietnam and partners to host Workshop on responsible business practice in Vietnam Read More
Discover a new experience in education at Meet the Heads event ‘The Beginning of a Great Heart’ at King’s College International School Bangkok on 11 December 2021. King’s College International …
Discover a new experience in education at King’s College International School Bangkok Read More
The global shipping crisis is affecting many businesses around the world and IKEA Philippines is no exception. Although IKEA Philippines confirmed that the company is also having supply chain issues, …
IKEA Philippines affected by global shipping crisis but it will not affect physical store opening Read More
On 9 November 2021, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Brussels in cooperation with the European Parliament launched the Indonesia-European Parliamentary Friendship Group (IEPFG) for the 2021-2024 period, …
Indonesia-European Parliamentary Friendship Group launched Read More
Johan Aledal joined the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong’s Board of Directors over a year and a half ago. Since May 2021 his role has been as the Treasurer …
Meet Swedcham Treasurer of the Chamber Johan Aledal Read More
St Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 (S107) would like to welcome prospective parents and pupils to an EY Online Open House Event on Thursday 25th November at 4 pm. More about …
St. Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 invites to Virtual Early Years Open House Read More
On the evening of 8 November, the Hanoi Pride 2021 was officially inaugurated during an opening ceremony hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Grete Løchen and the Hanoi Pride …
Ambassador Grete Løchen and Hanoi Pride organizers hosted opening ceremony Read More
Join the Nordic Ambassadors’ Forum organized by the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines on 9 December. The theme this year is health. More about the event: Publicly financed …
The theme for Nordcham Philippines Nordic Ambassadors’ Forum is health Read More
On 8 November, one year after parliamentary elections were held in Myanmar both the Embassy of Sweden in Yangon and the Norwegian Embassy in Yangon reiterated their support to the …
Sweden and Norway supports the democratic commitment of the people of Myanmar Read More
The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce invites you to the Crisis Management Webinar Series on 11 November and 25 November. More about the event series: The Great Resignation Trend is affecting …
Invitation: Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s Crisis Management Webinar Series Read More
Singapore will add new vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) between Singapore, Sweden, and Finland which means that vaccinated travelers can enjoy quarantine-free holidays from 29 November 2021, the government has announced. …
Singapore launches new VTLs with Finland and Sweden Read More
In a declaration released on 8 November by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the situation in Myanmar, the EU strongly condemns the grave human rights …
EU condemns grave human rights violations by the Myanmar armed forces since the coup Read More
Meet Sara Soto Guzman from Caracas, Venezuela, who has lived in Bangkok Thailand for 18 years. As a member of the TPF (Thai Powerlifting Federation) she went all the way …
This is heavy … Read More
On a rainy afternoon, I had the pleasure to sit down and talk to a Swedish man who knows a lot about coffee. We met at the Café ARTIS at …
COFFEE is not just COFFEE! Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh recently visited the Arbitration Council Foundation in Cambodia, to learn more about their important tasks and how ACF is working to solve labor disputes in …
Swedish ACF support can improve labor rights and labor dispute resolution frameworks in Cambodia Read More
As the Covid-19 pandemic is coming under control across Malaysia, an increasing number of employees are faced with the choice of whether to return to the office. Employers will eventually …
Malaysian Danish Business Council host webinar on Flexibility the Post-Pandemic Work Read More
A Swedish scholar has won an early-career research achievement award from Taiwan’s top research institute, the Academia Sinica, for his study of the Manchu language, Focus Taiwan writes. Manchu is a critically …
Swedish scholar wins Academia Sinica award for Manchu language research Read More
New evidence shows that the Swedish networking and telecommunications company Ericsson has been doing business with a Chinese factory accused of using the Uighur Muslims minority for forced labor. Swedish …
Swedish Ericsson connected to forced labor factory in China Read More
This autumn many exchange students at the Thai universities have been travelling the country while attending school. One of the students who has set out on such a journey is …
Covid benefit: Travel around while studying Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh recently joined Cambodia’s Minister of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS) together with the partners in Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF) in a field …
Sweden support quality education throughout Cambodia’s Covid-19 recovery Read More
The Nordic Embassies including the Embassy of Finland, the Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Sweden, and the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam affirm the Nordic Regions’ commitment to equal rights …
Nordic Embassies in Vietnam celebrate equal rights in connection with Hanoi Pride Read More
A spokesperson with the Embassy of China in Denmark has in a statement condemned NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s speech on China after he warned of challenges posed by China to …
Embassy of China in Denmark condemn NATO Secretary’s speech on China Read More
The Fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held in Shanghai between 5 to 10 November and in a recent interview with Global Times, Consul General of Sweden in …
Swedish and Norwegian diplomats take on the 4th China International Import Expo Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong has appointed Gabriella Augustsson as General Manager of the Chamber and she will be taking on her position in January 2022. According to the Chamber, …
SwedCham HK appoints Gabriella Augustsson as General Manager of the Chamber Read More
On 29 October, the Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (NordCham) announced the winners of the 2021 Nordic Business Awards. The results were revealed during an online event gathering together 70 Danish, …
Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam announces 2021 Business Award Winners Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA has officially opened its online store in the Philippines which will operate 24/7 starting 3 November, ABS-CBN News reports. IKEA Philippines started a test run of the …
IKEA Philippines online store to operate 24/7 Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce invites its members to join the SwedCham 35th Anniversary Dinner at Madame Fu in Hong Kong on 27 November. More about the event: On the …
Join SwedCham 35th Anniversary Dinner at Madame Fu in Hong Kong Read More
A group of young climate activists, including Swedish Greta Thunberg and Philippines’ Mitzi Jonelle Tan together with Vanessa Nakate from Uganda and Dominika Lasota from Poland, have appealed to world …
Swedish and Filipino youth activists appeal to world leaders to save planet Earth Read More
In a recent post, the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok spoke to Pongsatorn Chanwong who is currently working as a Consultant at Business Sweden Thailand, including Myanmar, Cambodia & Lao PDR. Pongsatorn …
Pongsatorn Chanwong on his current role as Consultant at Business Sweden Thailand Read More