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This is the story of one family among many which overcame poverty thanks to the aquaculture training supported by the Danida funded Fisheries Sector Programme Support II (FSPSII), in cooperation …
Danish Fish Farming Project Lifted a Family Out of Powerty Read MoreThe Swedish Government has today appointed four new ambassadors. Staffan Herrström has been appointed Ambassador to Vietnam, Lennarth Hjelmåker has been appointed Ambassador to Tanzania, Ingrid Hjelt af Trolle has …
Staffan Herrström New Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Read MoreThe People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien Hue recently announced a Norwegian funded project to remove bombs and mines in Huong Tra District. The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) …
Norway Helps Vietnam Clear War-era Ordnance Read MoreStrict regulations and bureaucracy hamper work-based immigration from outside EU, reports Helsingin Sanomat. Vietnamese Nguyen Dung, aged 28, is spray-painting boards for a bookcase at P. Rotola-Pukkila Oy, a company …
Frosty Treatment of Vietnamese Workers Angers People in Finland Read MoreAfter having conducted a feasibility study with positive outcome, a partnership between NIRAS A/S Denmark and RCEE Vietnam are committed to delivering high quality consulting services in Clean Development Mechanism …
Danish NIRAS and Vietnamese RCEE get More B2B Support Read MoreFunded by Denmark, the pilot in An Giang – a collaboration between Ministry of Health (MoH), An Giang Center for Preventive Medicine (CPM), and the IDE – is the first …
Denmark Support Better Toilet Sanitation in Vietnam Read MoreTravelers stranded in South East Asia due to the ashes from the volcanic eruption on Iceland may contact their nearest embassy for assistance with the services offered by the Consular …
Help to Stranded Travelers Read MoreThe volcano eruption in Iceland now also affects the culture world. Just now a dance theatre from Southern Sweden is stranded in Bangkok, reports Folkbladet.The ash cloud that pours from …
Swedish Dancers Stranded in Bangkok Read MoreNeed for Danish Cleantech Solutions in VietnamDanish pavilion at exhibition in Vietnam to expose Danish cleantech and know-how to the Vietnamese market. The Energy Fair Entech Hanoi 2010 27th-30th May …
Need for Danish Cleantech Solutions in Vietnam Read MorePrivate Banking with a Danish bank gives a kind of a “home field” advantage if you are Danish, says Alex Slot Hansen, Vice President for Private Banking.“When banking with us, …
Private Banking with “Home Field” Advantage Read MoreThe partnership in high quality wooden toy production between Sydfyns Trælegetøj ApS and SD Toys Private Enterprise has received a support of DKK 881,000 from the Danish Embassy to build …
New Danish Toy Production in Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish Government has pledged to provide DKK 4.8 million to help Mekong countries counter the effects of climate change. The signing ceremony for Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (CCAI) was …
Danish Government Supports Mekong River Commission to Tackle Climate Change Read MoreA Vietnamese National Assembly delegation led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien has just visited Finland. While working with the Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Sauli Niinistö and Vice …
Vietnamese National Assembly Delegation Visits Finland Read MoreYersin University in Dalat City inaugurated a hotel-restaurant vocational training center on Tuesday under a project called Danisa sponsored by the Danish government.The inauguration was attended by Peter Lyshoslt Hansen, …
Denmark Supports Yersin University in Tourism Training Read MoreConnecting the dots: A cartoon entitled Ba Giai Doan (Three Phases) by Ha Xuan Nong won the Viet Nam Press Cartoon competition.In the awarded cartoon, Ba Giai Doan (Three Phases), …
Danish Supported Project: Traffic Chaos Inspires Winning Cartoon Read MoreThe Ambassador of Sweden Mr Rolf Bergman celebrated Easter Evening with six of his colleagues by attending the Ambassadors’ Cooking Contest at an Italian restaurant in downtown Hanoi. This was …
Hanoi People Tasted Italian Salmon With “A Swedish Touch” Read MoreFirst Secretary at the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi, Ms Elsa Håstard promoted Sweden’s values on gender equality at a training workshop opened in Hanoi recently, which focuses on the …
First Secretary: Equality Begins in The Kitchen Read More“Two buses? Check!Twelve NGOs? Check!Water and necessary supplies for a full day in the field?Check, check!” This is how Nina Nordrum Vennevold starts her report on the website of the …
A Day in the Field with Norwegian NGOs Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy had a fruitful seminar with Norwegian NGOs working in Vietnam, Paccom and Norad March 19 in Hue After several field visits to Norwegian NGO projects the day …
Annual Meeting Between Norwegian NGOs and the Embassy Read MoreFind your business partner in Vietnam. In the last few months, the consultancy group CMCG has made given strategic cooperation consultancy as well as been involved in to a number …
B2B Matchmaking Denmark-Vietnam Read MoreThe Swedish company Nederman Holding has bought the filtration business of Dantherm for 280 Mill. Danish kroner. After the acquisition is completed, the merged company will be the global market …
Nederman Buys Dantherm Filtration Read MoreText VietNamNet/TNDanish composer Michael Møller said he wants to write music for the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Hanoi in October, writes VietNamNet. “I want to be here to …
Danish Composer Wants In on Hanoi’s 1,000th Read MoreText VOVNews Finland will help Vietnamese businesses access other European markets, promote environmentally and socially-sustainable development in forestry, and build a system for the Information Society. The announcement was made …
Finland to Help Vietnam Businesses Improve Export Capacity Read MorePress release from ABBABB has opened a new facility for manufacturing power products in Vietnam, as the country builds and strengthens its electricity network to meet rising demand created by …
ABB Opens New Factory in Vietnam Read MoreA Denmark-funded community development project, which is designed for ethnic minority groups in Vietnam’s northern region, will continue its second phase in Hoa Binh, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, …
Danish Organization Support Ethnic Minority People in Vietnam Read MoreDanish brewer Carlsberg last Tuesday reported higher net profit for 2009, based on market gains in Eastern Europe and Asia. The net profit of 4.2 billion kroner (771 million dollars), …
Brewer Carlsberg Increase Net Profit and New Breweries To Come Read MoreIn order to help Vietnam respond and adapt to climate change, Japan will give Vietnam a preferential loan of 450 million USD, Denmark pledged to support with 53 million USD, …
Denmark Helps Vietnam Respond To Climate Change Read MoreThe Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung did Wednesday choose state-run Vietnam Electricity Group, or EVN to plan the construction of a wind power plant in the southern province of …
Danish Aid Money to Develop Wind Power in Vietnam Read MoreMatti Nurmi is a Finnish electrician-engineer-turned-restaurant-and-kindergarten-owner who has lived in Vietnam for over 20 years. He is one of Vietnam’s first Finnish settlers. Maybe you know him as his name became pretty well-known in Hanoi back in the 90s when “waterfall” bangs, Hip-Hop, Nintendo Boys and horn-rimmed spectacles were hot. Back then …
Hanoi’s First Finnish Settler Read MoreDenmark supports Vietnam with rural sanitation and the Operation and Maintenance of water and sanitation schemes. The Embassy of Denmark recently co-signed an Amendment to the Joint Funding Agreement with …
Denmark Supports Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Read MoreThe Party leader of Hai Phong city has spoken highly of the assistance, including official development assistance (ODA) funding, from the Finnish Government and people to his locality. Party Committee Secretary …
Finnish ODA benefits northern port city Read MoreWhile receiving Finnish Parliamentary Speaker Sauli Väinämö Niinistö in Hanoi on January 11, Mr Triet spoke highly of the results of talks between Vietnam National Assembly chairman Nguyen Phu Trong …
Vietnam Welcomes Finnish Investors Read MoreHe is of Vietnamese origin as his mother was born in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and his father was German, vovnews.com reports. On August 11 last year, …
A Kind Hearted Vietnamese Monk in Sweden Read MoreNamed 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 More