Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Danish Ambassador in Vietnam, John Nielsen, opened his home on February 27, to host a job fair for Vietnamese students finishing a four-year Bachelor of Science in Finance offered jointly …
Embassy job fair in Vietnam Read More
Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has approved the second phase of the Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Programme, which will be carried out during the 2014-2018 period by the Ministry of …
Finland, Vietnam extend innovation partnership Read More
Denmark’s fruit-concentrate company, Orana, attributes its success to an early entry to Vietnam The company continued to enjoy healthy revenue growth from 184 million kroner to 220 million last year …
Danish fruit-concentrate producer’s focus on Vietnam pays off Read More
This year’s Norway-Asia Business Summit, held in Bangkok on the April 24, highlights opportunities and challenges for Norwegian businesses in this fast-growing region. Inspiring speakers deliver expert advice and insights …
Keeping Norwegian business’ competitive Read More
The future is looking a little brighter for small farmers in the Khan Hoa province. With support from the Danish Embassy, the small scale vegetable farmers have been able to …
Denmark helps Vietnamese farmers export to Europe Read More
The preparations for this summer’s Asian Culture Festival in Aalborg in June has already begun. This year the festival will be held at Gammel Torv in Aalborg from the 20th …
Aalborg’s Asian again Read More
Hanoi’s leading businesses are seeking to boost trade promotion and penetrate the Norwegian market following a current fact-finding tour of the European nation. A roundtable exchange was held in Oslo …
Hanoi businesses promote trade in Norway Read MoreThe ScandAsia magazine for Thailand has been distributed by email to all recipients, who have signed up for this distribution form. The email presented the magazine as shown below. The …
ScandAsia for Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos distributed by email Read More
The leading financial newspaper in Denmark, Børsen, this week published an article on Vietnam as an attractive country to invest in for Danish companies, notwithstanding challenges related to corruption. In …
Danish media highlights Vietnam opportunities Read MoreSweden’s leading medical university Karolinska Institutet is going to offer online MOOCs (massive open online courses) to students worldwide, regardless of background or qualifications, said the university in a statement …
Sweden’s prestigious medical university to offer online courses Read More
Countries praised by the European Commission for experiencing little or no corruption at home are failing to stop their own companies paying bribes overseas, raising concerns that the squeaky-clean reputations …
Least corrupt Scandinavians fail to police bribery abroad Read More
KONE has been awarded four 2013 GOOD DESIGN awards for its design offering, functional elevator signalization series and sleek new elevator car design. This is the third time KONE has …
KONE wins prestigious GOOD DESIGN awards Read More
The application period for Swedish Institute scholarships is now open! SI scholarships cover tuition fees and living costs for master’s programmes in Sweden. Visit http://www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/ for eligibility guidelines and to …
Swedish Institute scholarships open for applications Read More
On the occasion of the new year of the Horse, Ambassador Camilla Mellander shares with Vietnam Investment Review about the Sweden – Vietnam bilateral relationship, as well as the position …
Sweden, Vietnam on track to fruitful relations Read More
Chris Beaufait has been appointed new Group Senior Vice President of Vestas and President of Vestas Asia Pacific & China. Chris, who comes from a position as President and General …
Vestas appoints new Asia/China chief Read More
Captain of the Swedish national football team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the star of Volvo’s latest campaign. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, his wife and their two sons were filmed in the north of …
Zlatan stars in new Volvo commercial Read More
Vietnamese young people, including design students across the nation, have been invited to participate in Design Lab, a global design competition hosted by Swedish household and professional appliances manufacturer Electrolux. …
Electrolux launches global design contest in Vietnam Read More
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed efficiency in the biomass supply and use for energy in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta as part of the Energy and Environment Partnership Programme …
VTT helps fasttracking bioenergy in Vietnam Read More
Two-way trade between Sweden and Vietnam exceeded one billion USD in 2013, according to Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Camilla Mellander, adding that over 60 Swedish companies have set up representative …
Sweden-Vietnam trade exceeds US$1 billion in 2013 Read MoreHanoi hosted a January 21 cultural and educational exchange programme between Vietnam and Sweden, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and launching the latest Vietnam-Sweden Friendship …
Sweden, Vietnam deepen friendship, cultural ties Read More
Blue Water Shipping, one of Denmark’s most successful freight forwarders, have opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City. The office has been set up by Flemming Johannesen and six …
Blue Water Shipping opens in Ho Chi Minh City Read More
Danish Foreign Minister Holger K Nielsen was quoted by Copenhagen Post on 16 Jan 2014 the embassies in Switzerland, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Slovakia will be closed down. The ministry …
Denmark’s diplomatic mission reshuffles driven by trade Read More
With a sharp drop in number of non-EU students coming to Sweden since tuition fees were introduced, industry and university heads argue that the only way Sweden can compete internationally …
Sweden needs foreign students to stay competitive Read More
Norgesskolen is an opportunity for children ages 9 to 18 from around the world to live in Norway for three weeks, between July 13th and August 1st. Students will receive …
Learn Norwegian language, culture in Norway Read More
Ambassador John Nielsen, who is also Chairman of the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF), on 9 January 2014 hosted an introductory workshop in HCMC on CDEF. CDEF provides support …
Denmark, Vietnam in art, cultural exchange Read More
Denmark has provided more than 100 million USD in support to Vietnamese farmers and agricultural development. More than one million farmers and their families have benefited from this support. VTV1 …
Denmark granted US$100 million to Vietnam’s farm sector to date Read More
The landscape will soon be transformed in a part of Mui Dinh, Vietnam. Vestas – the Danish wind turbine company – is about to start the development of Mui Dinh …
Wind energy in Vietnam – powered by Vestas Read More
The Swedish author of the trilogy with focus on the topic of human trafficking in Southeast Asia has launched a new effort to promote donations directly to selected NGO’s doing …
Trafficking Author Initiates Campaign Read More
VANTAA, Finland – Navis Engineering has completed work on its latest project involving Singaporean offshore specialist Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO), following the commissioning of the DP-2 system onboard the Resolution, …
Finland’s Navis deepens ties with SE Asian shipbuilders Read More
The Danish Writers Association and Kim Dong Publishing House launched a 2013–2015 Writing for Children campaign in Hanoi on December 17. The campaign, part of a larger Vietnam-Denmark project supporting …
Denmark promotes children’s literature in Vietnam Read More
The call for the Swedish Institute Study Scholarships for the academic year of 2014/2015 is now open. The application period is 3-11 February 2014. Information about the procedure and eligibility …
Study in Sweden: Apply for scholarships! Read More
The Danish Embassy in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) organised a Seminar on Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Vietnam in early December 2013. …
Denmark urges Vietnam to invest in people Read More
A Danish government-funded six-year programme, contributed to the reduction in average poverty rate in the five provinces of Vietnam from more than 25% in 2007 to 10 – 12%. The …
Denmark’s US$42 million helped Vietnam reduce poverty Read More
IKORNESS, Norway — Upper-end upholstery producer Ekornes has signed a letter of intent to acquire fellow Norwegian producer IMG for an undisclosed price. Ekornes officials said the deal will give …
Norway’s Ekornes acquires IMG Read More
13 December is Lucia Day, celebrated around Denmark in nursing homes and hospitals as well as in many schools and day-care institutions. A small group, comprising mostly girls, processes along …
Swedes, Danes celebrate Lucia Day Read More
Swedish CENTEC Vietnam, the centre for environmental technology cooperation between Vietnam and Sweden, will close down at the end of 2013. The organisation was tasked with identifying and supporting partnerships …
Swedish CENTEC Vietnam closes down by end of 2013 Read More
Senior Norwegian officials have made clear their intention to facilitate trade and investment between Vietnam and European nations, in addition to pursuing bilateral partnerships in line with environmental protection as …
Norway seeks closer bi- and multi-lateral ties with Vietnam Read MoreForeign businesses, including those from Finland, will enjoy a number of preferential treatments when they invest in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho. Profitable investors in the field of …
Finnish firms urged to invest in Vietnam Read More
Bjørn Kjos and his low-cost carrier Norwegian Airlines now have a total of 55 routes from Copenhagen Airport. Latest they opened one to Fort Lauerdale in Florida. In an interview …
Bjørn Kjos and Norwegian aim at Asia in the future Read MoreTwo-way trade value between Vietnam and Finland totalled US$304 million in 2012 and both countries aim to raise the amount to US$1 billion in the coming years. The figures were …
Finland, Vietnam target US$1 billion in trade Read MoreChairman of Hanoi’ s Peoples Committee Mr. Nguyen The Thao and Danish Ambassador John Nielsen met to discuss cooperation between the Municipality of Copenhagen and Hanoi. They agreed to promote …
Copenhagen, Hanoi to cooperate on urban development Read More
Danish Police Force West accused the kingpins in a comprehensive case about pot growing in Denmark. 23 persons have already been sentenced in the case. Seven Vietnamese, one Dutch and …
Seven Vietnamese accused in huge pot and drug case in Denmark Read MoreVietnam – a country with more than 37 million registered motorbikes – seems like the right destination for the Danish company Ergofloor A/S to set up a business recycling rubber …
Danish-Vietnamese firm turns waste into flooring materials Read MoreAlmost all technologies being transferred in Vietnam are of the same advanced level or better than existing ones in the country, but they do not compare well with those in …
Technology transfer to Vietnam below par Read MoreFinnair’s traditional Change for Good collection in cooperation with UNICEF is once again being carrying out over the holiday period on international flights. This year the collection target is the …
Finnair, UNICEF jointly support education in Asia Read More
Since 1997 where the project Football For All in Vietnam (FFAV) was started have 147 new local football clubs seen the daylight. More than 16,000 Vietnamese children are playing in …
Growing number of Vietnamese children play football after Norwegian recipe Read MoreThe cultural development and exchange fund (CDEF) is part of an overall cultural program. Through CDEF the Embassy provides support to contemporary artists and performances in Vietnam as well as …
Denmark engages Vietnam in cultural exchange Read MoreA Swedish Business Delegation comprising high-level representatives from ten companies, largely based in Singapore, visited Hanoi on 17-19 November 2013.The event was organised by the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi …
Swedish firms assess Vietnam’s business climate Read More(VOV) – There is great potential for economics, trade, energy and environment protection cooperation between Finland and Vietnam. Finish Ambassador to Vietnam Kimmo Lahdevirta made the statement at a seminar …
Finland, Vietnam to boost trade links Read MoreAn ageing population and care for the elderly were discussed at a conference in Hanoi on November 19. The event was co-organised by the Ministry of Health, the Hanoi University …
Sweden shares elderly care experience with Vietnam Read More