Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The deadline for the submission of tenders to supply Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) with a new fleet of 3,183 buses, was finally scheduled for January 2015. Conspicuously absent from …
Bangkok’s new bus fleet saga: why Scania, Volvo opt out Read More
[wzslider] On 13 December 2014 Swedish producer and disc jockey Steve Angello performed at the ZoukOut Festival on Sentosa island, Singapore, an event attended by 40 000 dance music revelers …
Dance music phenomenon part of ‘Brand Sweden’ in Singapore Read More
The Vietnamese government on December 29, 2014 issued a resolution on waiving visas within a certain time period for tourists from seven countries, starting in January. The waiver will be …
Vietnam waives visas for Nordic tourists Read More
Attended by more than 340 guests from the Business Councils from Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden, this year’s Nordic Business Christmas Dinner was held at JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur in …
Nordic Business Christmas Dinner in Kuala Lumpur Read More
Born out of a need for to create awareness about the new Nordic diet & paying back to Singapore, Smør decided to introduce a palatable & acceptable method in the heart of Singapore’s …
Smørrebrød near Raffles Place Read More
Christ Church was once again filled with Scandinavian residents in Thailand in the afternoon of Christmas Eve. The special service during which the gospel is read in your own tongue – with other …
Traditional Christmas Service in Bangkok Read More
Thai broadcaster PBS on Sunday 20 December 2014 broke the news in English about a 24-year-old Swedish man Jens Viktor Bengtson who jumped to his death from a rented condominium room on Soi Sukhumvit 13 …
Swedish youth jumps to death Read More
Denmark tops Forbes’ annual Best for Business list while Sweden, Norway and Finland all are in top ten. Denmark beat Hong Kong in Forbes Magazine’s yearly ranking of the worlds’ countries …
Denmark is the best country to do business according to Forbes Magazine Read More
Barely a few months into its Asia launch, the new range of Volvo Trucks so impressed customers that key agreements have been inked to supply regional hauliers. Pak Nam Po …
New Volvo truck range gains traction in SE Asia Read MoreFrom September 2015 SAS will operate 5 weekly flights between Stockholm and Hong Kong. According to Swedish newspaper SvD Naringsliv, the business communities in Stockholm have been complaining about a lack …
SAS opens direct Hong Kong route Read More