Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Named limestone leaf-warbler Phylloscopus calciatilis, the new species is very similar to the sulphur-breasted warbler P. ricketti, in morphology, but it is smaller with a proportionately larger bill and rounder …
Swedes Discover New Animal in Vietnam and Laos Read MoreSwedish security company Securitas said Tuesday it had agreed to acquire 49 percent of Vietnamese security services company Long Hai Security.“Purchase price is approximately 35 million Swedish kronor (3.4 million …
Sweden’s Securitas Acquires 49 pct of Vietnam’s Long Hai Security Read MoreA number of Danish Ambassadors will during the coming year 2010 be appointed to new positions as part of the preparations for Denmark’s presidency of the EU in the first …
New Danish Ambassadors in Singapore, Hanoi and Bangkok Read MoreA brand new website www.Workinginsweden.se aims to guide and inform anyone who is interested in moving to Sweden for work. The site mainly targets people from outside the EU, because …
New Website to Attract Workers to Sweden Read MoreFinnish nationals will no longer need to apply for visa before visiting India, a move which India hopes will generate more tourist arrivals. Initially, only citizens of Singapore, New Zealand, …
Finnish Visitors to India Don’t Need to Apply for Visa Read MoreBy Tobias Jagd After three years of searching, and many more of planning, the Singapore based company Ikano has finally found the right spot for the first Thai IKEA. …
IKEA Will Finally Open in Thailand Read MoreIn anticipation of a new report (“Collateral Damage: How the Bogus Campaign Against Palm Oil Harms the Poor”) scheduled for release at the UN climate change negotiations this week, Alan …
Bogus Anti-Palm Oil Campaigns Fuel Poverty Read MoreNordcham Ho Chi Minh City held on Friday 4 December 2009 a great Xmas Party for its members and their guests. A total of 112 people participated, including 8 children. The …
Great Nordcham HCMC Xmas Party Read MoreThe programme for poverty reduction in Vietnam, funded by Sweden continues its Phase 2 until 2012. The Swedish support is 75 million SEK for the implementation and monitoring of the …
75 million SEK to Support Vietnam’s Poverty Reduction Pledged Read MoreHad anyone suggested only a few weeks back that the Danish table at the annual Hanoi international Women’s Club Charity Bazaar would contribute significantly to the coming year’s charity work; …
Another Record Breaking Bazaar For Danish Table Read MoreThe Norwegian Business Forum was organised by the Embassy in HCMC in November, and gathered many of the Norwegian business companies with a presence in Vietnam. The forum is convened …
Norwegian Business Forum in HCMC Read More“Vietnam 1946: How the War Began” is a dramatic account of how the war started and a detailed study of the complex decision-making that lead up to the outbreak of …
Book launch “Vietnam 1946: How the War Began” Read MoreDespite the global financial crisis, Norwegian companies are showing great interest for Vietnam, which is considered a market with great potential. Vung Tau, a city where the oil related industry …
Norwegian companies active in Vietnam Read MoreThe Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Mekong (2009-2012) aims at supporting wider provision and use of renewable energy by facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency related cooperation, dialogue and experience …
New Energy and Environment Partnership in Mekong Open for Proposals Read MoreThe United Nations International School of Hanoi (UNIS) is the biggest international school in Hanoi with about 890 students from nearly 50 nations around the world. UNIS has strong ties …
Keeping the Swedish Mother Tongue Read MoreMT Højgaard is Denmark’s leading construction and development company. The company has an impressive resume with previous constructions such as Øresundsbron, Storebæltsbroen and the Metro. About five years ago the …
MT Højgaard Leaves a Mark on Vietnam Read More“Vietnam has become an excellent destination for foreign investments,” said Michael Grosbøl, Chief Executive Officer of Mascot International A/S, in his presentation of Mascot International’s factory in Vietnam, which Her …
Royal Visit to Mascot International Vietnam Read MoreBy Urban JendelidSwedish citizens living abroad pay a special tax called “SINK-skatt” which is 25 percent on their income. A fast growing number of these Swedes find this tax unfair, out …
Swedes Living Abroad Protest Read MoreFour bicycle taxis are ready for Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik and Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary when they visit Vietnam the 1st of November. It is the first …
The Danish Royal Family Visits Hanoi on Bike Read MoreAlfa Laval Group has taken yet another order from PetroVietnam Group. The order value is approximately 100 million SEK and includes equipment and process solutions to an ethanol plant in …
Swedish Alfa Laval Advances in Vietnam Read MoreThe Viet Nam Red Cross has received nearly US$2.7 million in donations to Typhoon Ketsana victims, society chairman Tran Ngoc Tang said Tuesday.Typhoon Ketsana, which struck the central provinces of …
Norway Donates Money to Typhoon Ketsana Victims Read MoreA group of North Korean asylum seekers who in the past three weeks have stayed at the Danish Embassy in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, will be able to leave the embassy …
North Koreans Soon to Leave Danish Embassy in Hanoi Read MoreOn the 7th of September Mr. Ståle Torstein Risa took over as the Norwegian ambassador to Vietnam, replacing former ambassador Mr. Kjell Storløkken. A week after formally being received by …
Norway’s New Ambassador to Vietnam Read MoreThe program for the State Visit by Her Majesty the Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik to Vietnam is now close to finalized. Her Majesty the Queen …
Royal Visit with a Busy Schedule Read MoreHanoi New Music Meeting 2009 is a forum, as well as a stage, for nearly 20 contemporary, traditional, classical and electronic composers and musicians from Vietnam, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the …
Swedish and Danish Musicians at Hanoi New Music Meeting Read MoreVietnam and Sweden have signed a development cooperation agreement, in which Sweden is committed to providing Vietnam with a non-refundable aid package of at least US$36 million for the 2009-2011 …
Sweden Offers Vietnam US$36 Million in Non-refundable Aid Read MoreDonors from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) are, according to Sai Gon Giai Phong Online, in Vietnam to know first-hand how the country is increasingly becoming …
Disaster Fund’s Donors Visit Vietnam Read MoreFirst a typhoon hit the Philippines and Vietnam, then a tsunami hit Samoa and Tonga, and now an earthquake has hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.While the number of deaths and injuries rise, …
Danish Red Cross Overloaded by Natural Disasters in Asia Read MoreThe event, co-organised by Hanoi and ASEAN artists, will draw 19 artists from Indonesia, Malaysia, Denmark and Vietnam, working in a variety of media, including oils, acrylics, mixed media, digital …
ASEAN and Danish Artists Exhibit in Hanoi Read MoreThe Nordic police in South East Asia cover crime areas such as drugs, financial crimes, human trafficking and sexual abuse against children. According to police officer Annethe, who deals a lot with …
Fighting Crime in South East Asia Read MoreA group of North Koreans have entered the Danish embassy in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, where they have asked for political asylum. It confirms the Danish ambassador to Vietnam, Peter Hansen, …
North Koreans Intrude Danish Embassy in Hanoi Read MoreVietnam wants investment from Denmark to build seaports, HIS Global Insight reported on monday. Vietnam’s request for Danish money came out of the meeting between Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke …
Vietnam Tightens Danish Ties Read MoreIn cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Confederation of Danish Industries, the Danish Agriculture and Food Council and the Danish Export Association, the Danish Chamber of …
Business Delegation Joins State Visit to Vietnam Read MoreThe Vietnamese press has grown quickly and its face has remarkably changed and contributed to the country’s development, said experts from Sweden’s Institute for Further Education of Journalists (Fojo) at …
Swedish Fojo Strengthens the Vietnamese Press Read MoreAfter an invitation from His Excellency Nguyễn Minh Triết, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam President, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik will visit Vietnam in the …
Royal Danish Visit to Vietnam Read MoreAt a reception for visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Copenhagen on September 16, the Queen highly valued developments in their bilateral ties and suggested the two sides …
Danish Queen Values Cooperation with Vietnam Read MoreCarlsberg ups presence in Vietnam with new agreement with Vietnamese brewer Habeco. According to Reuters, Carlsberg said in a statement that the two breweries had also agreed on accelerating the …
Carlsberg Engages Further in Vietnam Read MoreThe contract Vinaphone signed with Ericsson last week includes installation and commissioning of the operator’s 3G network in the south of Vietnam. Vinaphone deputy director Hoang Trung Hai and Ericsson …
Ericsson Gets Big 3G Deal with Vietnamese Vinaphone Read MoreThe Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is right now in Denmark. A welcoming ceremony for PM Dung and his officials was, according to VOVNews.vn held at the airport in …
Vietnamese Prime Minister Welcomed in Denmark Read MoreDanish Maersk Line, one of the world’s biggest shipping companies, said Sep. 3 it would launch a weekly feeder service between Vietnam and the West Coast of the United States …
Maersk Introduces Vietnam-US Shipping Service Read MoreDABGO is an online networking targeting specifically Danish business people all over the world. In Singapore, there are currently 80 members, In Vietnam 29 and in Thailand 27 members.Jesper Løvendahl, …
DABGO Coming to Asia? Read MoreA film festival named ‘Cinematography for Schools’, funded by Sweden, will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 26-28. The festival will feature 13 short films, 13 cartoon films and …
Sweden Supports Film Festival in Ho Chi Minh Read MoreThe water experts are these days meeting at an UN-sponsored conference, the World Water Week 2009, an international gathering of policy makers and experts in Stockholm. A study was released …
Experts Gathered in Sweden Warn South East Asia Read MoreMT Højgaard has signed a contract to build a new road bridge in northern Vietnam. The new cable suspended six-lane bridge, Rao II, is being built in the coastal city of …
Danish MT Højgaard to Build New Bridge in Vietnam Read MoreThe two day workshop is part of the Sweden-funded project for Further Training of Journalists which has been implemented since 1994. Also joining the discussion are two Swedish consultants – …
Sweden and Vietnam Share Experience in Journalists’ Code of Ethics Read MoreIt looks like a labor dispute between Vietnamese berry-pickers, in the Swedish town Branäs, is moving to an end. On Thursday, it became clear that nine of the berry-pickers are likely …
Angry Vietnamese Berry-pickers in Sweden Quit Read MoreOn August the 5th the outgoing Norwegian Ambassador in Vietnam Kjell Magne Storløkken meet in Hanoi with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. At the meeting they discussed the two countries bilateral …
Vietnam wants to boost ties with Norway Read MoreThe 24th of July the exhibition “Business As Usual” opened at Hanoi Future Art. The artists include three Danes, Anne Bennike, Søren Thilo Funder and Theis Wendt. The remaining three …
Three Danish Artists Displays Art at Hanoi Future Art Read MoreFrom now to the end of 2009, Vietnam will release the Human Rights Magazine, a website on human rights and prepare to join the United Nations Convention against Torture, said …
Vietnam joins UN Convention against Torture after meetings with Norway Read MoreThe European Union met with nations of the Asia-Pacific to discuss security policy in the region at the ASEAN regional forum on July 22-23 in Phuket, Thailand. On the agenda …
EU at ASEAN regional forum in Phuket Read More