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Introduction of luxurious, smart and informative packaging material with new designs by Phuoc Kim Thanh is contributing to higher prices for the flowers from Lam Dong province in the export …
Packaging Stimulates Flower Exports Read MoreIt was an historic occasion when the first Master Programme on Human Rights in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on September 7, celebrating the Vietnamese – Norwegian academic partnership on …
First Master Programme on Human Rights in Vietnam Read MoreDenmark will provide non-State businesses in Vietnam with VND422 billion to help them raise their competitiveness. The funding, will be supplied in the 2011-2013 period and VND40-50 billion will be …
Helping Hand to VN Businesses Read MoreA four-day training workshop was been held 17-20 August at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) on environmental accounting. The workshop was conducted within Danida’s Poverty Reduction Grant (PRG) …
“Green Accounting” Workshop in Vietnam Read MoreA first ever Asia – Europe (ASEM) Climate Change Forum was held in Ha Long City on 6-7 September 2010. The Forum gathered more than 100 experts, government officials and …
Europe and Asia in Climate Change Discussions Read MoreWhile participating in a woodworking and handicrafts trade fair, many Vietnamese enterprises obtained contracts with Sweden’s IKEA group. IKEA purchased products in large quantities, but the prices were not high. …
Handicraft, Fine Arts Producers Still Have IKEA Read MoreThe continuation of Sweden’s support to Vietnam’s media was confirmed in an agreement signed in Hanoi early September by Ms Marie Ottosson, the Minister and the Head of the Development …
Sweden Continues to Support Media Training Read MoreMaersk Line has appointed Thomas Knudsen as regional head of its Asia Pacific business. Knudsen will be responsible for the execution of Maersk Line’s day-to-day operations in Southeast Asia as well …
New Head for Maersk Line in Asia Pacific Read MoreFinland wants to boost security cooperation with Vietnam , especially in firefighting and search and rescue activities, said Finnish Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund. She emphasised that the time-honoured …
Finland, Vietnam Team Up to Fight Crime Read MoreDanish-Vietnamese Union was the only Western European friendship organization represented at the festivities when the 65 anniversary of Vietnam’s independence were celebrated in Hanoi. In total, around 55 people were …
Danish-Vietnamese Union Invited to Hanoi Read More
Yesterday at The Hanoi Club, the Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) held monthly coffee morning. More than 50 women participated the event. It was a forum to meet old and …
HIWC Thursday Coffee Morning Read MoreA delegation representing 15 Finnish enterprises said here on Tuesday they wanted to look for local partners to develop renewable energy, wastewater treatment, industrial waste management and other environmental technologies.A …
Wants to Develop Clean Technologies in Vietnam Read MorePresident of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, Vu Xuan Hong, recently presented the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia to Osmo Tapani Buller, General Director of the World Esperanto …
Finnish Esperanto Leader Honoured in Vietnam Read MoreThe image of migrant workers freezing, locking up their bosses and marching for better pay and conditions is not typically Swedish. Yet these are among the catalog of incidents that …
Asian Workers See Exploitation in Sweden Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan received visiting Finnish Minister of Labour Anni Sinnemaki in Hanoi recently. Deputy PM Nhan expressed his delight at the traditional relationship and developing multifaceted …
Deputy PM Receives Finnish Minister Read MoreMinister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received her Finnish counterpart Anni Sinnemaki on September 6 for a working session. Mrs. Anni Sinnemaki visited Mrs. Ngan …
Vietnam, Finland to Boost Labour Cooperation Read MoreA picture book entitled “Magic Hat” written by the well-known Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson was published in Vietnam on September 4. The book was introduced at a ceremony …
Finnish Book Introduced in Vietnam Read MoreFor the first time Non-State actors will be eligible to get financial supports to implement their initiatives on judicial reform if they submit successful applications to the Justice Initiatives Facilitation …
NGOs Get Funds for Justice Initiatives Read MoreThe Big Toe Crew will perform their debut hip hop theatre production at Ha Noi’s Youth Theatre on September 9 &10.Change of Emotion hopes to redefine people’s perception of hip …
Group Experiments With Hip-hop Read MoreA new partnership between Danish Sax Lift A/S and Vietnamese TN Technic Co. Ltd has begun a pilot project in scissor lifts and balers production with the support from the …
New Partnership About Lifting Read MoreThe out-going Ambassador of Sweden, Mr Rolf Bergman recently cast his vote at the Embassy in Hanoi to fulfil his right to vote in the General Elections in Sweden. He …
Fundamental Right of all Swedish Citizens Read MoreDalat Gap Ltd. has been able to get a network of small farmers to produce vegetables meeting the high quality requirements of the markets in Far East by introducing a …
New Model of Contract Farming Read More
Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) organized the Welcome Coffee Morning for Newcomers to Hanoi on 19th August at Eva’s House (8C, 76 To Ngoc Van). At the Newcomers Welcome you …
Get-together for Newcomers in Hanoi Read MoreVoice of Vietnam (VOV) radio drama series funded by Denmark and supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) aired the last of 104 episodes in July 2010. The purpose …
Radio Series on HIV Ends Read MoreThe Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation in the Energy and …
Vietnam and Finland Sign a Memorandum on Mekong Read MoreVietnam, along with Cambodia, Laos and Thailand will benefit from the Energy and Environment Partnership Programme for Mekong Region (EEP Mekong) funded by Finland, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. A …
Renewable Energy and Climate Change Read MoreTrouble is brewing in the forests of Sweden as foreign migrant workers complain about exploitation and poor harvests. For Swedes, a bowl of their fresh native berries – lingonberries, blueberries …
Sour Note to Beloved Swedish Tradition Read MoreSeadrill has secured drilling contracts with Premier Oil and PT PAN (P.T. Pertalahan Arnebatara Natuna)in Indonesia for the newbuild jack-up rigs, West Callisto and West Leda. The program in the …
Seadrill Secures New Important Contracts for Jack-Ups Read MoreResearchers studying livelihoods of poor population groups, ethnic minorities and women meet to discuss possibilities for improving cooperation with representatives from five poor provinces. Since January 2010, Denmark has been …
The Link Between Resaerchers and The People Read MoreSweden’s largest trade union group, LO, has slammed the government over the plight of foreign berry pickers in northern Sweden, many of whom claim that charges from employers for travel …
Union Blames Ministers for Berry Pickers’ Plight Read MoreWSP Findland is increasing its presence in Vietnam through the arrival of a team from WSP Lincolne Scott at WSP’s office in Ho Chi Minh City to extend its service offering …
WSP Finland Boosts Presence in Vietnam Read MoreSwedish police detained five berry pickers from Vietnam on Wednesday on suspicion of assault after they locked up their team leaders in a school building on Tuesday in a dispute …
Berry Pickers Arrested for Lock-up Read More‘Porcelain’ – an exhibition by the Danish artist group Superflex in collaboration with The Propeller Group will be launched at 6:00pm on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at San Art, 3 …
Exhibition by the Danish Group Superflex Read MoreA group of Vietnamese berry pickers have left their place of employment in Baggård south of Umeå in northern Sweden in protest against their pay and working conditions and have …
Berry Pickers in New Strike Read MoreIt is two years since Carlsberg sealed its place in the brewing big league when it teamed up with Heineken to buy Scottish & Newcastle, gaining assets in Russia, France, …
The Carlsberg Path to Asia Read MoreThe out-going Ambassador of Sweden, Mr Rolf Bergman has been honoured the Medal in Recognition of Contributions to Inspectorate Cause.The Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam, Minister Tran …
Out-going Ambassador Gets Recognition Read MoreAround 120 seasonal berry pickers from Vietnam staged two demonstrations against their working conditions in Sweden on Tuesday, days after a similar protest by Chinese workers, officials said. In one …
Berry Pickers Lock up Bosses in Protest Read MoreThe Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA) invites student from Singapore and elsewhere to visit their ScanArt 2010 Exhibition from September 29 to October 4th at the 1000 Pound Bend, …
Scandinavian Art Students Exhibition Read MoreIn the Philippines dental problems is the most common reason to school absence as a frightening 97 percent of all six-year-old Philippine children have active caries. In Vietnam and Cambodia …
Danish Volunteer Organisation Seeks Dental Assistants Read MoreA firm in northern Sweden has claimed in a letter to the Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) that its berry pickers face a slew of dangers including poisonous mushrooms, elk hunters, …
Elk Hunts and ‘Paparazzi’ Threaten Berry Pickers Read MoreThe first live show of Nguyen Tuan Nam, the youngest lecturer at the Vietnam National Music Institute will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on August 22, sponsored by …
Live Show for Jazz – piano in Hanoi Read MoreDamco, the logistics division of Denmark-based shipping group AP Moller Maersk, has expanded its operations in Thailand by starting operations at a new export freight hub in Bangkok and by …
Damco Connect Bangkok with Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreEnergy and Environment Partnership (EEP) with Mekong region countries is a grant offering program to promote the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies, financed by the Ministry …
New Call for Mekong Proposal now Open Read MoreA Vietnamese competent software company, IMT Solutions Corporation has joined hands with Danish Conscensia A/S to build up a Business Processing Outsourcing Centre in HCMC with support from the Business-to-Business …
New Business Processing Outsourcing Centre Read MoreA number of Vietnamese berry pickers in Särna in central Sweden have begun shooting small birds with catapults and arrows as their situation becomes increasingly precarious, local newspaper Dalarnas Tidningar …
Hungry Berry Pickers Shoot Birds for Food Read MoreA research project on the impact of climate change on Vietnam’s aquaculture and another project on water treatment for mitigation of climate change impact have been approved under the Pilot …
New Climate Change Projects Read MoreA successful pilot project of testing high security scratch cards has paved the way for the partnership between Danish Formula A/S and Vietnamese ALTA Company to set up a Joint …
Danish Scratch Card Production in Vietnam Read MoreVietnam and Finland are determined to reach their potential in bilateral trade and investment by a number of means. Leading Finnish enterprises and research organisations have begun to look at …
Determined to Reach Their Potential Read MoreThe review took place from 5th to 19th July 2010 with participation of representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Training, …
More People Get Access to Water and Sanitation Read MoreNewly built roads, village meeting halls, dams and water systems. These are justsome of the material results generated by a community development project that Coalition for Environment and Development (CED), …
Village Democracy in Lao Ho Read More