Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Asian Oasis, another Thai package tour operator, has announced that it will no longer provide elephant rides with all tour packages, citing its objection to cruel treatment animals in …
More Thai operators drop elephant rides from tour package Read MoreSAS immediately stopped ticket sales to the new long distance route to Hong Kong. The airline does not have all the licenses. Only one week ago, SAS announced the opening …
SAS forced to stop sales to Hong Kong Read More
A growing number of European travel agencies have decided to exclude elephant rides from their package tour itineraries based on reports of widespread animal abuse. But one of Thailand’s leading …
Thai animal welfare activist urges gradual phase-out of elephant rides Read More
Karolinska Institutet is to set up its own research base in Hong Kong. This is made possible by a donation of USD 50 million, equivalent to SEK 400 million made …
Karolinska Institutet to set up research base in HK Read More
WWF rewarded five outstanding Chinese low-carbon enterprises for their innovative environmental technologies on Friday 23 January. The award, which is part of the Climate Solver Program, was launched by WWF …
Low-carbon Chinese enterprises awarded Swedish-inspired prizes Read More
Nordea has the most valuable brand in Scandinavia, according to the annual Banking 500 report by Brand Finance. The Sweden-based bank has a brand value of about 44.1 billion kroner, …
Nordea has the best Nordic bank brand Read More
Alfa Laval celebrated the opening of its new Compabloc factory in Jiangyin, China on January 18. The factory will produce welded plate heat exchangers for the Asian countries (China, Korea, …
Alfa Laval opens a new Compabloc factory in China Read More
Singapore’s Singtel and Sweden’s Ericsson on January 27 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on testing technologies for future 5G network deployments. The MoU covers the exploration of …
Ericsson, Singtel agree to test 5G in Singapore Read More
The last 5 years more Swedes and Norwegians have died in Thailand, while the death of Danes seems to be somewhat constant. A rising number of deaths do not seem …
More Scandinavians die in Thailand Read More
A group of MASBA members, took the time off and made a very informative morning visit to Invest KL in Menara SSM @ Sentral Kuala Lumpur. InvestKL helps to set up …
MASBA visit to InvestKL Read More