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AP7, the Swedish state pension fund, said it will sell all its holdings in munitions companies that make cluster-bombs or nuclear weapons, joining a growing trend among European investment funds …
Cluster-bombs: Swedish AP7 Offload Stakes In Singapore Technologies Engineering Read MoreHave you ever been searching for someone without finding them or wondering where they are? And would you like to get notified in case your car gets stolen and be …
A Finnish invention hits Asia: Keep track of your loved ones Read MorePreben Hansen, The General Secretary of NGO Fontana, is a former alcoholic. Now he’s devoted to help addicts from Vietnam to stay clean the rest of their lives via a …
Danish businessman helps Vietnamese addicts Read MoreBy: Brodie GovanRecently confirmed as Asia’s number one brand ahead of Coca Cola and Sony, Finnish giants Nokia believe Asia holds the key to the global market. The year ahead …
Ringing in the Changes Read MoreA seminar entitled ‘Climate change and sustainable development in Vietnam‘ was held in Hanoi on May 25 to discuss climate change issues in Vietnam and the world at large. The …
Sweden Support Sustainable Development In Vietnam Read MoreA plan to provide more people with access to clean water in Lai Chau town, northern Lai Chau Province is set to wrap up next week. The entire VND141.3 billion …
Clean water project wraps up in Lai Chau Read MoreChief prosecutor Thomas Wennerstrand calls for three to four years’ imprisonment and deportation for two women, 46 and 50 years, in the great trial on smuggling from Vietnam to Sweden. …
Jail Demanded For Human Smuggling Read MoreSome call him an environmental ambassador, as he can often be seen on the crowded streets of Ha Noi riding his bicycle around as his daughter takes the public bus …
Finland’s Ambassador To Viet Nam Sets An Environmentally-friendly Example. Read MoreVietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet will pay state visits to Norway, Austria and Greece from June 2-10 to foster friendly and all-round cooperative relations between Vietnam and the three …
Vietnamese President To Visit Norway In June Read MoreFormer manager for Scanmach Asia, Arne Christensen, is buying Scanmach Asia and Scanmach Vietnam after Danish wood industry company Junge A/S has decided to bow out and concentrate on the …
Arne Christensen Buys Scanmach Asia and Scanmach Vietnam Read MoreThe deputy PM delivered the message while receiving a delegation of Danish entrepreneurs in Hanoi on May 20. He pointed out Vietnam’s advantages such as stable growth, particularly in the …
Vietnam Welcomes Danish Investors: Deputy PM Read MoreThree cities of the country will now be able to get hold of stylish high end ECCO shoes exclusively at TBS stores. The ECCO products will be available at four …
ECCO Footwear Open Four Shops In Vietnam Read MoreThe Central Vietnam Puppetry Theatre will take 16 traditional water puppetry items to Finland for the first time this autumn. At the same time, 11 Vietnamese puppeteers will be trained …
Vietnamese Water Puppetry To Go To Finland Read MoreOn the occasion of Norway’s National Day on Saturday, Viet Nam News spoke to Norwegian Ambassador Kjell Magne Storlokken. “As part of the UN Reform Programme, Norway pledged an additional …
Matchmaking Gives Norwegian Firms A ‘TIP’ Read MoreThe Danish government will provide 4.8 million Danish krones (US$1 million) in official development assistance for a project to enhance the capacity of the Vietnamese software industry. The aid …
Denmark To Give $1 Million To Vietnam’s Software Industry Read MoreTwo witnesses are under arrest suspected of perjury in the great trial about smuggling people from Vietnam to be held in Halmstads District Court. This is a man and a …
Suspected Of Perjury In Human Smuggling Trial In Sweden Read MoreChildren and young people in Vietnam’s two largest city, Hanio and Ho Chi Min City will now have the opportunity to to experience the film from Denmark and Finland, plus …
Danish, Swedish, And Finnish Films Take Part In EU Festival In Vietnam Read MoreA Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value, Norwegian media report. …
Vietnamese Man Loses 35,000 Dollars In scam In Norway Read More“Immigration to Finland could be made more efficient if all immigration services were centralised and housed under one roof”, says Ole Norrback, an ambassador and politician who has studied how …
Call To Create A Supra-Immigration Service In Finland Read MoreUS authorities on Thursday arrested a 58-year-old man accused of sexually abusing young Asian boys, ending a two-day global manhunt sparked by a rare public appeal from Interpol. Wayne Nelson …
US Nabs Pedophile Suspect, Ending Global Manhunt Read MoreLindman will take over from Alan Wren who has served as interim CEO since Ajay Srinivasan left Prudential in June 2007 to join the Aditya Birla Group in Mumbai. Prudential …
Prudential Hires Swedish Arne Lindman As Asia fund CEO Read MoreA database of more than 520,000 images, some of unspeakable crimes: Interpol’s vast collection of photos of child sex abuse and its victims has played an important role in an …
Swedish Police Officer: Small Details Can End The Abuse Of A Child Read MoreMichael Akester, an advisor with Denmark’s government aid organization who helped Vietnam develop its coastal management strategy, say that the target of moving people out of the fisheries sector had …
Overfished Vietnam To Subsidize New Fishing Boats Read MoreINTERPOL is requesting the public’s assistance to identify this man, assumed to be a Scandinavian, pictured in a series of child sexual abuse images posted on the Internet. The man …
Help find this man in child sex abuse images Read MoreDenmark ’s BankInvest will become a strategic partner of Vietnam’s Hoa Phat Corp JSC when it purchases a 5.2 percent of stake of the local company. Under an agreement signed …
Danish BankInvest to Inject Capital in Hoa Phat Corporation Read MoreThe Prime Minister of Vietnam on April 24 gave the go-ahead to the Vietnam Association of Lawyers and northern Thai Nguyen province to receive aid projects funded by Danish and …
Danida Supports Vietnamese Lawyers’ Project Read MoreVietnamese and Swedish scientists gathered in Hanoi on April 23 to review the results of 30 years of their research cooperation and work out orientations for future work. At the …
Vietnam, Sweden To Further Research Cooperation Read MoreAn exhibition of unique work by Finnish world renowned architect and designer Alvar Aalto was opened 23. April 2008 in Hanoi. The show, titled ‘Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions’, …
Alvar Aalto’s Works Displayed In Hanoi Read MoreCarlsberg will now be able to buy the shares which the Hanoi-based brewer, known as Habeco, wasn’t able to sell in an initial public offering on March 27. The …
Carlsberg May Finally Buy Shares In Vietnam Read MoreVietnamese writer Nguyen Ngoc Thuan has won the Swedish Peter Pan Award 2008 for best children’s literature for his story Vua nham mat vua mo cua so (Open the window …
Vietnamese Author Wins Swedish Children’s Literature Award Read MoreAlleged killer, Finn Paul Nicklos Bernhard Gagneur, who was picked up by the police in a park in HCMC, is already deported back to Finland. Interpol Vietnam Monday arrested a Finnish …
Globally Hunted Finnish Wife-killer Nabbed In Vietnam Read MoreThe Vietnamese government is building a national programme on climate change and hopes that donors will assist the country to cope with this disaster, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said …
PM Nguyen Tan Dung Thanks Denmark For Support On Climate Change Read MoreInternational nature fund WWF Greater Mekong and TRAFFIC have launched a print design contest in an effort to raise awareness on wildlife protection in Vietnam. The “A Matter of Attitude” contest …
WWF Launches Design Contest On Wildlife Protection Funded By DANIDA Read MoreThe Foreign Ministry of Vietnam held a political consultation with its Norwegian counterpart in Hanoi on April 17 to boost relations between the two countries. The event, co-chaired by Deputy …
Foreign Ministry Of Vietnam Holds Consultation With Norway Read MoreA delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly visited Denmark from April 14-16 to learn from one of it´s most important donor’s experiences in parliamentary operations and socio-economic policies.The NA delegation, …
Vietnam Learns From Denmark’s Parliament Read MoreDanish brewery giant, Carlsberg, may be able to secure more than the 10 percent stake reserved for it in the initial public offering of state-owned Vietnamese brewer Habeco, the Danish …
Carlsberg May Secure More Than 10 Percent Share of Vietnamese Habeco Read MoreIn addition to providing 2.3 million USD to the Government’s Recycled Energy Fund, Sweden will continue providing technical assistance to Viet Nam in developing recycled energy projects for rural areas, …
Sweden Helps Vietnam Develop Recycled Energy Read MoreThe Private Equity New Markets (PENM), a fund owned by Denmark’s investment group BankInvest, yesterday signed a strategic partnership contract with Vietnam Fan Joint Stock Co. to acquire a 25% …
Danish BankInvest Aquires Stake In Vietnam Fan Read MoreThe Norwegian Maritime Business Delegation (NMBD) was in Hanoi this week to attend the 4th international exhibition on shipbuilding, marine technology and transportation, Vietship.Viet Nam News’ reporter, Tran Phuong Hoa, …
Norwegian Maritime Business Delegation Visits ‘Vietship’ Exhibition Read MoreSweden has pledged to work with Vietnam across a range of health services including primary health care, care for cancer patients and the treatment of hospital waste. The cooperation plan …
Sweden To Help Boost Vietnamese Health Care System Further Read MoreDanish workwear maker Mascot_International has opened a new 10 million dollar factory and bonded warehouse in Tan Truong Industrial Park in Vietnam’s northern Hai Duong province.The company has leased another …
Danish Workwear Company Builds 10 Million Dollar Factory In Vietnam Read MoreA total of 34 people, mostly from Vietnam, went on trial in southern Sweden on Tuesday accused of trafficking people from Vietnam to Sweden, judicial sources said. The suspects are …
Vietnamese Smugglers On Trial In Sweden Read MoreThe Asian Institute of Technology has joined with Vietnam Electricity and Norwegian Electricity Cooperation to establish a three-year cooperative program for MBA graduate education, research, training, and consultancy activities designed …
Norwegian NEC Funds Scholarships In Vietnam Read MoreA campaign aimed at raising awareness among young people about condom use is underway in Hanoi, part of a 20 million USD project funded by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
Norway Funds Safe Sex Awareness Campaign in Vietnam Read MoreThe first International Puppetry Festival drew to a close on Saturday in Hanoi. The performance of ‘Hon Que’ (Country’s Spirit) by the Central Puppet Theatre of Vietnam won the only …
First Ever International Puppetry Festival Held In Hanoi Read MoreVietnamese opera singer, Thang Long, is right now preparing for her first overseas tour in Sweden next month. She will participate in Cay Sao Than (Mystical Flute), a work staged …
Vietnamese Opera Singer to tour in Sweden Read MoreThe Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, is currently attending a series of state visits in Southeast Asia. Starting her tour in Indonesia on the 19th of February, President Halonen visited Banda …
Finnish President Touring South East Asia Read MorePresident Tarja Halonen began a state visit to Southeast Asia on Saturday. During the week-long trip, Halonen and her husband, Pentti Arajärvi, will travel to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. Minister …
Halonen Begins State Visit to Southeast Asia Read MoreNorway has agreed to contribute NOK60 million for 2007-2009 to two special funds set up under the Asan Development Bank, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. One trust fund finances water projects …
Norway Gives 60 Million NOK to Asian Development Bank Projects Read MoreThe Vietnam Selection Committee recently introduced the 2008 United World Colleges (UWC) Scholarship competition for Vietnamese pupils to study at top universities around the world including Norway. The UWC Scholarship …
Vietnam Kicks off 2008 Colleges Scholarship Competition Including One to Norway Read More