Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Danish International Development Agency (Danida) Board in Copenhagen has just approved a new climate change programme of approximately US $ 40 million for Vietnam in its climate change adaptation …
Denmark Grants US $ 40 Million For Climate Change Programme Read MoreSweden’s national television has released what it claims is previously unpublished film footage of US Republican Party Presidential Candidate John McCain leaving North Vietnam following his release from a prisoner …
Swedish Television Finds Unique McCain Footage Read MoreThe Finnish Government has contributed US$300 million to Vietnam’s rural poverty alleviation programme in the second phase lasting from 2006-2010. The Vietnamese Government is calling for almost VND 13 trillion …
Finland Funds $US300 Millions In Rural Poverty Reduction Read MoreBands from Sweden and Norway and up to forty-five artists from Asia and Europe will attend the 2008 international music festival in Vietnam named Cracking Bamboo which will be held …
Scandinavian Bands Take Part In International Music festival In Vietnam Read MoreNearly 200 key officials of national and local blind associations nationwide attended a seminar on “IT application and job opportunities for blind people” held in central Da Nang City on …
Sida Support Seminar On IT And Employment For Blind People Read MoreThe turnout at this week’s seminar on “HIV/AIDS awareness at the workplace” far surpassed expectations. The Embassy of Denmark organised the two seminars held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh …
Participants From More Than 40 Companies Took Part In Danish HIV/ Aids Seminar Read MoreWith Danish support regulations of forest tree planting material have been improved. In three workshops held in Northern, Central and Southern Vietnam, the effects of the regulations have been evaluated, …
Improved Forest Regulations Benefits All Provinces Read MoreThree Vietnamese writers and artists Ms. Ngoc Anh, Ms. Ta Thi Huong Ly and Mr. Ta Huy Long from Kim Dong Publishing House will participate in the international children book …
Three Vietnamese Writers And Artists Will Visit Denmark Read MoreA new Danish grant of 3.6 million USD to MRC Fisheries Programme in 2009-2010 will enable the MRC to continue to facilitate sustainable development of fisheries in the Mekong River …
Danish Grant Keeps Mekong River Commission Afloat Read MoreAker Solutions, the Norwegian international oil and gas engineering service company, opened a new operation centre in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, yesterday. Located within the State-owned base …
Aker Solutions Sets Up New Base In Vietnam Read MoreA new eGSM network (Electronic Global System for Mobile Communication) worth US$600 million with more than 5,000 base transceiver stations is currently being installed, Hanoi Telecom said at a contract …
Hanoi Telecom, Ericsson and Huawei Ink Network Deal Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark today announced the ten most talented artists who have been selected to perform at the final competition of the annual Talent Prize 2008 for the performing …
Finalists For The Performance Art Talent Prize 2008 Selected Read MoreSwedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson announced on Monday the signing of a $450 million deal to help Hanoi Telecom’s modernize its mobile network in Vietnam.Ericsson said the three-year managed …
Ericsson Lands Major Deal in Vietnam Read MoreRapid industrialisation has left a dirty footprint on the nation’s once pristine environment. “Air pollution in Vietnam, particularly in urban areas such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, is …
Danish Embassy: Environment goes up in smoke Read MoreNew studies performed by Doctors from Denmark and Singapore in collaboration shows for the first time, that long term use of incense increases the risk of developing cancers of the …
Burning Incense Increases Risk of Respiratory Tract Cancers Read MoreWith growth rate of 60-70% a year, the highest in Asia, the Vietnamese mobile phone market has become an attractive destination for foreign telecom groups. Ola Ree, chief of Norway’s …
Mobile phone market attractive to foreign investors Read MoreTore Naerland and his friends from the Bike For Peace organisation will now push their pedals harder than ever before to get trough with the group’s biggest event, a double …
Bike For Peace Launch Doubletrip To Thailand And Vietnam Read MoreIt’s getting tougher, and more expensive, to get a Norwegian passport. Starting September 1, 2008 persons applying for Norwegian citizenship will have to prove their proficiency in the Norwegian language. …
Norway Toughens Rules For Citizenship Read MoreCare Danmark, the Danish branch of the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere humanitarian agency, and Dong Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement on the development of energy projects, …
Dong Energy, Care To Collaborate On Climate Projects In Vietnam Read MoreThe Da Nang Centre for Tourism Promotion asked the Finnish Embassy to help tourism companies in Da Nang reach Finnish tourist by introducing them to Finnish tourism companies. According to …
Da Nang Centre Ask Finland To Help In Tourism Read MoreIFU, The Industrial Fund for Developing countries, recently signed one more agreement with a Danish company, to set up the production of alternative energy in southern Vietnam. In addition, the …
Huge Increase In Danish Investments In Vietnam Read MoreVietnamese man charged in large narco trail by the court in the Danish town Odense. The Plant that is on the agenda when the court in Odense in the …
A Danish And A Vietnamese Man Is Indicted For Hashish Nurseries And Hard Drugs Read MoreLundin Petroleum AB, Sweden‘s largest oil explorer, with new licenses in Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia plunged to a six-month low in Stockholm trading after second-quarter profit missed estimates and …
Lundin Petroleum Slumps To Six-Month Low Read MoreIf the oil price of oil stays where it is, Finns would no longer fly to Thailand or other Asian Countries for warmth during their holidays. People would not be …
Expensive Oil Could Stop Finns Going To Asia Read MoreAt least 12 Swedes is stuck in the flood in Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, but they are all doing relatively well. Renée Peyron, the embassy secretary at the …
More Than 10 Swedes Stuck In Vietnamese Floods Read MoreThe travel agency Exotissimo Travel has made a group on Facebook. The purpose is to make a forum, where Exotissimo travelers can connect and exchange experiences. There will also be …
Exotissimo Travel on Facebook Read MoreThe Danish International Development Agency launched their US$1.7 million Development of Ethnic Groups Community programme in Vietnam in 2006. The project takes sustainable farm methods to ethnic communities. Hoa Binh, …
Danish Project Brings Success to Vietnamese Farmers Read MoreNorway and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will fund US$5.2 million to help Vietnam accelerate business administration reform, according to the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam. Under an agreement …
Norway Funding Vietnam’s Business Registration Reform Read MoreIf you’re having children while studying abroad, you are still entitled to child allowance. The rule also applies to diplomats, state-employees and social security workers.This was decided by the High …
Swedish Expat Receives Retroactive Child Allowance after Verdict in High Court of Sweden Read MoreThe Overseas Vietnamese Association in Finland in co-ordination with the Vietnamese Embassy has held a 2008 summer camp in Tampere city for members of Vietnamese families living and studying in …
Summer Camp For Overseas Vietnamese Held In Finland Read MoreThe Head of the Development Cooperation Section at the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi, Minister Lennart Nordström was thanked for his contributions over the past years to the development cooperation …
Medals Presented To Minister Lennart Nordström Read MoreDanske Bank is hosting a seminar about Vietnam at the Copenhagen Admiral Hotel on 7 October 2008. The purpose is to give an insight in the Vietnamese market to companies …
Danske Bank Hosts Seminar about Vietnam Read MoreThe Ha Long Shipbuilding Company launched a 53,000-tonne ship in northern Quang Ninh province on July 30. The ship, called AP-DRZIC-HL05, is one of a series of 53,000-tonne ships that …
Vietnam’s Ha Long Shipbuilding Launches New Danish Designed Vessel Read MoreSwedish Peder Gustafsson has a passion. He loves radio and is very good at it. So good, that he took care of the development of all programmes in the Swedish …
Local Radio In Asia For And With The People Read MoreThe global container shipping traffic is expected to grow by five to six percent while the traffic between Asia and Europe is expected to grow by eight percent. Maersk …
Maersk Line Will Deploy Larger Vessels Read MoreDanish-foreign couples, who have received incorrect or unclear guidance on family reunification, could get compensation for the economic losses they have suffered following the wrong advice on EU laws. …
Family Reunification: Rejected Couples May Get Compensation Read MoreThe Danish Immigration Service is trying to get an overview of the impact of an EU Court ruling this past Friday which might make it easier for families to seek reunification …
Danish Immigration Puts All Cases On Hold Read MoreA customer became acutely ill after eating a filet of fish, bought at a Rema 1000 store in Haugesund. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority found dangerous bacteria and toxins from …
Dangerous Bacteria Found In Frozen Fish From Vietnam Read MoreRepresentatives of over 20 Danish enterprises will arrive in Vietnam for seeking investment opportunities. Meetings and seminars on printing and packaging and production of materials that helps protect environment and …
Danish Firms Seek Business Cooperation With Local Enterprises Read MoreViet Nam Fan Company has transferred 25 per cent of its stocks to Denmark’s Bankinvest. VinaCapital Managing Director Andy Ho said that the company had signed six contracts with domestic …
Denmark’s Bankinvest Get New Capital Read MoreMaersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping firm and a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said the global shipping industry is expected to grow 7 to …
Maersk Line: Asia More Shielded From A Downturn Read MoreHalmstads District exculpatory judgments in the great huge trial about human smuggling from Vietnam are appealed to the court of appeal. The punishment for aggravated organisation of smuggling and human …
The Acquittal In The Trial On Human Smuggling May Create Precedence Read MoreA special opera written by Vietnamese bloggers is about to be produced, “Dream and Reality”. Blog Opera (/blogviet/blogopera/), sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the …
Dream And Reality: Opera & Blogging Converge Read MoreHanoi-Beer-Alcohol-Beverages Corp., a Vietnamese brewer partly owned by Carlsberg A/S, said pretax profit fell 9 percent in the first half because of a surge in the cost of malt used …
Habeco’s Profit Falls As Malt Import Costs Surge Read MoreConstruction has started on a Danish-funded project to upgrade the environmental conditions of a four-storey building for poor workers in northern mountainous Thai Nguyen province. The project is being carried …
Denmark Helps Upgrade Housing For Poor Workers Read MoreAbout 20 Danish businesses involved in printing and packing, and producing materials that help protect the environment and save energy, will arrive in Vietnam from 6-12 October to seek investment …
Danish Businesses Seek Opportunities In Vietnam Read More“Our cooperation with ECPAT means in particular that we inform and educate our staff in how to deal if the problem occurs. And our hotel contacts’ has a clause that …
Spies Join New Campaign Against Child Sex Tourism Read MoreAccording to Finland Ambassador in Vietnam, Pekka Hyvonen, Vietnam and Finland not only promote mutual relationship in economic field. Since 2000, the two sides have had cultural exchanges. During a …
Vietnam Water Puppetry To Be Performed In Finland Read MoreThe Prime Minister on July 2 gave nod to a Danish funded project. Namely a sewage and liquid waste treatment system in the capital of the northern mountainous province of …
The Government In Vietnam Approves Danish-funded Project Read MoreMr. Sigve Brekke takes up the position as head of Telenor Region Asia and joins Telenor’s Group Executive Management on September 1st 2008. Brekke succeeds Mr. Arve Johansen, who returns …
Sigve Brekke Appointed New Head Of Telenor Asia, Tore Johnsen New CEO Of DTAC Read More