Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A Norwegian top paints company JOTUN, planned to invest NOK 689 million or approximately USD 80 million on its new factory in Vietnam. JOTUN’s new factory will be its third …
JOTUN invested NOK 689 million on its new plant in Vietnam Read More
Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam, together with his spouse and delegation paid official visits to the capital cities of Norway and Sweden which took place on May 24 …
Vietnam’s PM completed his trips to Norway and Sweden Read More
Norwegian-headquartered Scatec Solar has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with a Vietnamese energy company MT Energy (MTE) for 485 MW of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) –a technology converting sunlight into direct …
Scatec Solar partnered with Vietnam’s MT Energy in 485 MW solar projects Read More
Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam, together with his spouse and delegation will visit the capital cities of Sweden and Norway between May 20 – 28, 2019 as a …
Vietnam PM to visit Oslo and Stockholm Read More
More than 200 years Norway got their own constitution that was signed on the 17th of May in 1814. In order to commemorate the significance of thier independence as a …
Norwegian National Day across SEA Read More
The group of four ambassadors to Vietnam consisting Norwegian Ambassador Grete Løchen, Cannada’s Ambassador Deborah Paul, New Zealand’s Ambassador Wendy Matthews and Switzerland’s Ambassador Beatrice Maser Mallor jointly took a …
Norwegian Ambassador visited Quang Tri, Vietnam Read More
Viettel, Vietnam’s largest mobile network provider and Sweden’s Ericsson successfully established the first call using fifth generation (5G) technology in Vietnam. As a part of Viettel’s 5G technical testing program, …
Ericsson and Viettel successfully tested 5G in Vietnam Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development co-presented a workshop on food safety management functions held on Tuesday, May 7. Sponsored by …
Danish Embassy co-hosted food management workshop Read More
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden and her spouse Prince Daniel arrived in Hanoi on Monday, May 6. The Crown Princess Couple was welcomed by Vietnam’s Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc …
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria arrived in Vietnam Read More
Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi proudly presents Artist Talk with Henrik Placht, Norwegian artist setting his goal to fill the Hanoi Museum with art in the future. The event will begin …
Artist Talk in Hanoi with Norwegian artist Henrik Placht Read More
Team Asia successfully completed the FWD ‘78° North’ Marathon organized by FWD, a pan-Asian insurance company. ‘78° North’ Marathon was held on April 16, 2019 at Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, …
Team Asia rocked at ‘78° North’ Marathon in Norway Read More
Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam co-sponsored a photography exhibition: “A little bit of this and that” with Exchange Fund and Canon Vietnam. “A little bit of this and that” …
Danish embassy in Vietnam co-funded for photography exhibition Read More
Monitor ERP System Sdn Bhd recently celebrated the opening of their new ASEAN headquarters in Penang, Malaysia. On that same day, the Monitor ASEAN team held a launch event for …
Monitor ERP System Levels Up in Asia Read More
Grete Løchen, Norway’s Ambassador to Vietnam had a meeting with Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam on April 9, 2019. As a part …
Norway’s Ambassador met Vietnam’s DPM Read More
The Vietnamese government held the inauguration ceremony of Vietnam’s first Internet of things (IoT) Innovation Hub at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi on April 10, 2019 in collaboration with …
Vietnam joined Ericsson to embark the first IoT innovation Hub Read More
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden and Prince Daniel will make a diplomatic visit to Vietnam between 6-8 May 2019. Acccompanied by Ann Linde, the Minister of Foreign Trade, the Crown …
Sweden’s Crown Princess and Prince to visit Vietnam Read More
Mr. Kim Højlund Christensen, Denmark’s Ambassador, Mr. Kari Kahiluoto, Finland’s Ambassador and Ms. Grete Løchen, Norway’s Ambassador were on a two-day field trip to Lam Dong, Vietnam around 26-27 March …
Nordic Ambassadors on the trip to Lam Dong, Vietnam Read More
Jan Gehl, the well known Danish architect, attended the launching ceremonies of a Vietnamese version of his book ‘Cities for People’ in Hanoi and HCMC from 19 to 22 March …
Jan Gehl, Danish architect, launched his book in Vietnam Read More
Grete Løchen, the Ambassador of Norway to Vietnam, had a meeting with Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam on Tuesday, 19 March 2019. The Ambassador …
Meeting on Fishery : Norway’s Ambassador met Vietnam’s Minister Read More
Grete Løchen, the Ambassador of Norway to Vietnam, was present at a mobile exhibition, “The safe journey”, on Wednesday, 6 March 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The exhibition was marking International …
Norway’s Ambassador, Vietnam’s PM at “The safe journey” exhibition Read More
The Embassies of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in Vietnam together with the National Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics co-hosted a week-long seminar on “Continuity and Change in the …
“Digital transformation”, a major seminar by four Nordic countries in Vietnam Read More
H.E. Mr Kim Højlund Christensen, the Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam and Laos made a visit to Laos from 13-14 February 2019. On Wednesday 13th, the first day of the …
Danish Ambassador to Vietnam and Laos visits Laos Read More
Everyone has heard about co-working places by now. But what is it really about? A ‘workplace revolution’ is under way where IWG (International Workplace Group) is leading the way in …
Lars Wittig, IWG leads the workspace revolution Read More
Embassy of Finland in Singapore has grown its contact network tenfold in the last three years. The number of new Finnish business entities starting their business in Singapore has grown …
Finland’s Singapore-based innovation, trade specialist continues Read More
‘Infrastructure Asia’ (IA) is one of the Singapore Government’s most recent and very important initiatives (launched during its presidency of ASEAN in 2018, at the 8th Asia-Singapore Infrastructure Roundtable) – …
Denmark takes pole position as Singapore initiates ‘Infrastructure Asia’ Read More
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) appoints Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit as a new envoy to represent the country’s seafood interests in Southeast Asia. Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit will replace Jon Erik Steenslid, …
Norway’s seafood council appoints new envoy to SE Asia Read More
The much anticipated joint initiative Nordic Innovation House – Singapore (NIH-SG), which opened in October 2018, is a new milestone of sorts in terms of business connections between the Nordics …
Nordic Innovation House chose Singapore as Southeast Asian hub Read More
In Vietnam the aid organisation Norwegian People’s Aid clears the land of explosives after the Vietnam War. The organization has established their very first all-female team of local Vietnamese women. …
Explosive girl power in Vietnam Read More
As Finnish education and know-how has increasingly become an export product, paired with rising start-ups within edutech going international, Finland’s Ministry of Education has strengthened its presence in the Finnish …
Finland’s new education expert resource for Southeast Asia Read More
IKEA, the Swedish world’s largest furniture retailer, plans to invest an estimated $450 million in a retail and warehouse system in Hanoi, according to Nguyen Duc Chung, chairman of the Hanoi People’s …
IKEA plans to invest in Vietnam Read More
As Cold Flood Prevention (an innovative alternative to the traditional use of sandbags) is making inroads into Southeast Asia – it already constitutes proof of concept that the SME business …
Danish innovation Cold Flood Prevention finds Southeast Asian market Read More
The telecommunication company, 3 Denmark, operate in country such as Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong has now extended its 3LikeHome roaming service to Vietnam, Malaysia, South …
3LikeHome cheap roaming in Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korean and Taiwan Read More
On Friday 11 January 2019, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Embassy held a ceremony in Hanoi to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sweden and Vietnam. …
Sweden-Vietnam: 50 years anniversary Read More
AndersenB2B, the digital business networking platform from Denmark for SMEs in the Nordics; and ScandAsia, the platform for Nordic News and Business Promotion in Asia, are partnering up to jointly …
AndersenB2B, ScandAsia partner up: business internationalisation Read More
Kai Pontinen, representing South Ostrobothnia Regional Council, and Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee, signed together a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation enhancement during a meeting …
Vietnam and Finland sign MoU on cooperation support Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi and the Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in teaching and learning English in higher education in …
Swedish Embassy to support English language teaching in Vietnam Read More
On 18 December Danish Ambassador H.E. Mr Kim Højlund Christensen paid a courtesy call to the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, following up on the PM’s successful official visit …
Danish Ambassor met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Read More
Many international aid organisations have left the old war-torn country infested with explosive remnants in favour of urgent cases. But one of the organisations still standing strong in Vietnam, is …
Tracing explosives in the Vietnamese soil Read More
Catriona Gray from the Philippines took home the crown at the beauty contest Miss Universe, that took place in Bangkok, Thailand on 17 December. Contestants from the Nordic countries did …
Miss Universe 2018: The Philippines won, Nordics not in top 20 Read More
“Sweden is one of the most innovative countries in the world. Together with Vietnam, we have been working on Innovation, Sustainability and Safety since 1969. The dinner In the Spirit …
Sweden Vietnam Nobel Gala Read More
On 5 December, the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam invited 15 Vietnamese journalists on a press tour to the Phu Lac Wind Farm, that features Danish wind turbines. During the …
Danish embassy took Vietnamese journalists on Wind Farm press tour Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark in Hanoi has welcomed the new Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, His Excellency Mr. Kim Højlund Christensen. The Ambassador presented his credentials to the Acting President of …
Kim Højlund Christensen: Denmark’s new Ambassador to Vietnam Read More
Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Grete Løchen took part in the run “Chay voi toi – 2gether” (Run with me – Together) on 2 December in Hanoi to mark the International …
Norwegian Ambassador ran together with Vietnamese disabled children Read More
On 30 November, Norway took over the presidency of the multilateral Mine Ban Treaty. Currently, Norway is funding mine action in 18 countries including Vietnam and Laos. The Norwegian presidency …
Norway takes over presidency of Mine Ban Treaty Read More
Swedish telecommunication company Ericsson has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Science and Technology in Vietnam on 28 November 2018. The MoU was signed to establish …
Ericsson signed MoU in Vietnam Read More
Taipei comes out as number 1 out of 72 cities worldwide in the Expat City Ranking 2018. The city is in good company, with many other Asian metropolises also ranking …
Surprise: Taipei tops list of World’s Friendliest and Safest City for Expats Read More
“Danish Week – Sustainable and Liveable Cities” is a week-long event in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City that started on 27 November. The event consists of seminars, masterclasses as …
Danish Week about liveable cities in Vietnam Read More
On the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Norway on November 25, Ambassador Grete Løchen send her first official address. In the official address, …
47th anniversary of Vietnam-Norway diplomatic ties Read More
On 22 November the 47th anniversary of the bilateral relationship between Denmark and Vietnam was celebrated with a mini concert hosted by H.E. Mr. Kim Højlund Christensen – Ambassador of …
Denmark-Vietnam bilateral celebration Read More
Nordcham Vietnam has announced that a new logo, officially implemented by Nordcham Vietnam from now on. “In partnership with Doodle Brands, we have altered our logo to reflect who we …
Nordcham Vietnam launched new logo Read More