Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The biking team of the Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce is planning a new 5 days ride, totally about 425 km, from Sukhothai to Ayutthaya either during the first two …
Danish-Thai Chamber Bicycling Team Back on Tour Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy in Thailand together with Thavibu Gallery will present a Norwegian art exhibition in Bangkok from 18 June – 10 July, 2005. Kjell Pahr-Iversen, Alfred Vaagsvold and Berit …
Norwegian Art Exhibition at Thavibu Gallery Read MoreThe Thai cabinet endorsed on June 28th a Foreign Ministry proposal to recognise the appointment Peter Truelsen as Consul General for Iceland and Denmark in Phuket. Government spokesman Chalermdej Jombunud …
Danish Consul General in Phuket Approved Read MoreThe Swedish business system software supplier IBS has signed a contract with Pearson Education Asia to install the book distribution system IBS Bookmaster in Malaysia, Thailand, China, Korea, Taiwan and …
IBS secures distribution system contract Read MoreErik Winther – Budda to his many friends – was in top form when The Stable Lodge on Saturday the 2 July held a farewell reception for him as Restaurant …
Erik Winther: 50 kilos down – and 25 to go! Read MoreInterdean Interconex Office in Bangkok, which for a few years gained visibility in the moving and relocation business in Thailand due to its dynamic manager, Jarmo Kihlstrom, has as of …
Jarmo Kihlstrom on the move Read MoreThe DISA Air Group, a leading supplier of dust extraction equipment – with the well known Airmaster, Cattinair, BMD-Garant and Nordfab product brands – has a new name. From July …
DISA Air Group changes name to Dantherm Filtration Read MoreThe success of Jotun in relocating expatriates to managerial positions in South East Asia is no coincidence. The ‘secret’ is the company’s high level of awareness and attention to the …
Jotun’s Successful Relocation Read MoreABB won a $63 million contract for its part in building an 1100 MW hydroelectric power plant in Laos, which will bring sustainable power to remote regions of Thailand and …
ABB Wins Nam Theun II Contract in Laos Read MoreOwing to its ongoing investment of Bt450 million, Electrolux Thailand will open a new kitchen-product manufacturing line at its Rayong plant. The factory is set to become an export centre …
Electrolux’s Expansion Read MoreOn June 15, several months of thorough search for the perfect cruise ship came to end for C&C Travel, as they signed the purchase agreement to buy what has already …
C&C Travel Buys New Cruise Ship Read MoreSweden is world famous for producing more groundbreaking innovations per capita than most nations in the world while Thais top global surveys measuring entrepreneurship and willingness to start up new …
Rangsit University signs cooperation agreement with Swedish academics Read MoreNorwegian Government pledged US$1.4 million to increase the quality of Vietnamese vegetables farmers. The fund is signed by the Government of Norway and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation …
Funds for Mekong vegetable farmers Read MoreNokia and Thai mobile operator Total Access Communications PLC (DTAC), co-owned by Telenor of Norway, have extended their frame agreement to expand DTAC’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in Thailand. For an approximate …
DTAC expands rural network in Thailand Read MoreThe Disaster Victim Identification Center set up in Phuket, Thailand, has been delivered and managed by the Norwegian company Normeca a/s, which is specialized in establishing emergency field hospitals on …
NORMECA’S DVI CENTER Read MoreIf you ever happen to pass through a remote village in the Malaysian Cameron Highlands, the Philippino Bagio Highlands, or a village north of Adelaide in Australia, and you stop …
Planting Danish Seeds in Asia Read MoreElectrowatt-Ekono, the Finnish consulting and engineering firm, has entered agreements with Amata to supply a 60-megawatt gas-fired co-generation power plant in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate, 57km southeast of Bangkok. The …
Electrowatt-Ekono Power Supply for Amata Read MoreAspocomp Group will increases its stake in its Thai subsidiary PCB Centre Co Ltd from 51 per cent to 75 per cent by buying a 24-per-cent portion worth Bt150 million …
Aspocomp to boost PCB Centre share Read MoreDr. Matti Pöyry, Executive Director of Finnish Dental Association and Prof. Dr. Kauko Mäkinen, a global expert on Xylitol, and Professor of the School of Dentistry, Turku University, Finland were …
Finnish dental professors in town Read MoreThe 14th EU Film Festival is held in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket, Thailand, between May 26th to June 26th. Nordic movies this year paraded into the 2005 festival. Stared …
Nordic movies joined EU Film Festival Read MoreUsing business cards bearing a remarkable resemblance to those of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, a civilian Norwegian man has been offering consular services to Norwegian citizens in Thailand for over …
Norwegians in Thailand Warned Against “Fake Consul” Read MoreThe only thing to keep Thomas Raldorf out of Formula 1 racing was Grand Prix racer Jan Magnusson! Tom and Jan joined the same Go-Kart club in Denmark as teenagers. …
A Danish Champion in Thailand Read MoreJanne Miikkulainen of Raya Divers in Phuket and his Finnish colleagues were by the end of March 2005 awarded by the Ministry of Education in Finland for their prompt dissemination …
Finnish divers awarded Read MoreCopenhagen-based airline Sterling continues its constant growth in number of passengers, will double its number of flights in the near future in 2005, and is considering starting low-cost flights to …
Icelanders purchase Sterling – might start flights to Thailand shortly Read MoreDag Hammarskj๖ld of Sweden, Secretary General of the United Nations 1953-1961 and one of the most admired and respected international leaders of our time, will be commemorated by the Swedish …
Jonas Andersson stars TV-broadcasted Dag Hammarskjöld Centenary show in Laos Read MoreThe liveaboard yacht MY Rhapsody, operated by Phuket-based Oceanic Divecenter, that takes divers to Similan Islands, sank in early April near Surin Islands. After a seven-hour ordeal six passengers and …
Swedish dive boat sank in the Andaman Sea Read MoreLike in a similar report from Sweden recently where the Thai embassy warned Thai women of Swedish men, increasing numbers of women from Thailand marrying Norwegians and moving to Norway, …
Thai women exploited and dumped in Norway Read MoreIn September 2004 Stuart Ward moved from the position as MD for the Polar Music Prize (one of the biggest and most unique music prizes in the world) to a …
Swedish music’s ambassador now with the Embassy of Bangkok Read MoreThe Finnish pulp and paper corporation Metso Paper has been awarded a contract for upgrading of the oxygen delignification process at the mill of Siam Cellulose in Thailand. Introducing the …
Metso closes Thai deal Read MoreTwenty-seven Indian Ocean rim countries will benefit from a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean in the next six months. “Nine Countries consisting of the US, India, Norway, Finland, …
Finland Provides Fund for Tsunami Warning System Read MoreThere is a delay in the identification process of Finns children after the devastating tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in December last year. DNA analysis becomes progressively more difficult as …
45 Finns Children Remain Unidentified in Thailand Read MoreSwedish volunteers that worked during the Asian tsunami will gather for a meeting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm on Thursday afternoon and evening. The government is represented …
Tsunami volunteers meet in Stockholm Read MoreDenmark’s largest travel agency, Star Tour, has sold about 20 pct. less winter trips to Phuket than they did in the same period last year, Sales Director Stig Elling tells …
Less Danes Travel to Southern Thailand Read MoreA support action from the Swedish Thai Chamber of Commerce, STCC, to tsunami-hit SME’s in southern Thailand continues. So far have 66 SME´s in Phuket and Khao Lak received financial …
Thai SME receive Swedish support Read MoreHad Michael Jenselius not been left stranded in Phuket in 1995 when his employer went bankrupt two weeks after his arrival, his life would definitely have been different today. A …
Online payments made simple Read MoreLooking at Duni’s buyer guide, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the variety of products, which makes it hard to describe what Duni’s core business is. Mr. Roland Grohmann …
The Food & Drinks Presenter Read MoreThe Asia Pacific region is the world’s fastest growing market when it comes to cell phone services. Right now, Nokia is the indisputable market leader in this region, and it …
Keeping Booming Asia Connected Read MoreSAS Ground Services (Thailand) Ltd. is a wholly owned company in the SAS Group to be established in 2005 incorporating SAS’s Central Departure Control Centre in Bangkok, SAS EuroBonus Retro-Registration …
Axel Blom appointed Managing Director of SAS Ground Services Thailand Read MoreDetective Chief Inspector Lars Henriksson of the National Bureau of Investigation, Finland’s central criminal police, told that in the course of a raid on the man’s home a diary had …
Finnish men molest Thai boys Read MoreRamboll have sigend a contract with SIEMENS to supply 300 telecom towers to support the mobile network license owned by TELENOR in Pakistan. The agreement was confirmed on April 7, …
Ramboll have signed a contract for supply of 300 telecom towers to Pakistan Read MorePrecise Biometrics AB, a Swedish-based company has received an order from Thai authorities to license Precise Match-on-Card technology in the initial phase of Thailand’s new national ID card project. The …
Thailand’s ID-cards order for Precise Biometrics Read MoreHaving flown up to Bangkok following the memorial weekend in Khao Lak, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen had two official meetings lined up on Monday. At 11 AM, he arrived …
Fogh: “Thank You, Thailand” Read MoreThe delivery will include equipment for wood yard, fiber preparation, drying and forming, continuous pressing with cooling zone, and equipment for panel handling and finishing. Metso Panelboard will also be …
Metso to supply fiberboard production line to Thailand Read MoreDeres Kongelige Højheder, Kære pårørende og efterladte, Vi er samlet her i dag for at mindes ofrene for den tragiske flodbølgekatastrofe anden juledag 2004. Flodbølgen ramte uden varsel og med …
“Every Life is Precious” Read MoreVi er samlede her på stranden i Khao Lak for at mindes vores kære, de døde og de savnede efter flodbølgekatastrofen den 26. december – 2. juledag – 2004. Det …
“I Leave You With Peace…” Read MoreYesterday, 15 April, marks the starting day for 24 hour satellite broadcasts of the Swedish TV channels SVT Europa, Text TV as well as radio channels Radio Sweden and P4 …
Swedish TV on air in Asia Read MoreThe waves hit softly and continuously against the shore. As the little over 200 bereaved relatives and loved ones slowly found their seats, these waves provided such a soft and …
Beautiful Danish Memorial in Thailand Read MoreThe Swedish company Precise Biometrics has been awarded a license contract from the Thai authorities for a biometric technology solution which will be used in the initial phase of introducing …
Precise Biometrics gets Thai national ID-card contract Read MoreDid the tsunami have a damaging effect on Swedish travel to Thailand? Not if you look at what happens with incoming tourists to Bangkok. Swedish arrivals to Bangkok’s Don Muang …
Big rise in Swedish Bangkok arrivals Read MoreOn 5 April did the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) and OMX Technology (OMX) from Sweden sign an agreement for the use of CLICK Trade – the order entry system, CLICK …
Trading system deal done Read More