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Finnish experts said rainbow trout’s at farms in Sa Pa grow even faster than those raised in Finland. However, Lam Dong is not only the only place in the country …
Finnish Rainbow Trout’s Grow Faster In Vietnam Read MoreA couple of dozen welders from Vietnam arrives in Österbotten in the autumn as an important part of local business projects. It is intended that the welders will be employed …
Vietnamese Welders Needed In Finland Read MoreThe Ministry for Foreign Affairs wants to enhance its consular services in order to be able to assist Finns travelling or residing abroad as efficiently as possible. If you have …
Client Inquiry About Finnish Consular Services Read MoreVietnamese and Swedish artists collaborate on the new opera being devised by bloggers from the two countries. Scripts are created from young people’s blog entries, which gives the art form …
Opera Based On Blogs From Vietnam And Sweden Read MoreIn Vietnam, performance art is gaining favor as a way to push boundaries while evading censorship. In the last couple of years, performance artists have tried to move out of …
The Arts Used To Get Around Censorship Read MoreExecutive search firms in India now traverse the map to identify and hire expat talent from Vietnam, Malaysia, Finland, and other contries, to take the country into the next level …
Vietnam And Malysia Can Loose Expats To India Inc. Read MoreThe latest red list was compiled by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and …
Vietnam: Nearly 900 Species Are Threatened With Extinction Read MoreDanish group BankInvest signed a partnership agreement with the International Consumer Products (ICP) Company in Ho Chi Minh City Friday. The asset managing group will invest US$9.6 million in the …
Danish Group Backs Local Firm In Vietnam Read MoreMaria Sten-Knudsen is one of the 80 out of the world’s most beautiful women in the 57. Miss Universe competition, which is held in this year in Vietnam. Definitely an …
Danish Miss Universe Candidate Already In Vietnam Read MoreMore than 250 blind people in 42 provinces and cities have received IT training courses under the four-year project “Training IT for the blind in Vietnam”. The project was implemented …
SIDA Help Blind People Get The Opportunity To Access IT Skills Read MoreCounsellor at the Swedish Embassy in Hanoi Molly Lien said that Vietnam has acknowledged challenges facing the country in administrative reform – one of important measures in stamping out corruption. …
Vietnam’s Anti-corruption On Right Track Read MoreThe four persons, three women and one man, who was identified as primarily responsible for widespread human trafficking from Vietnam to Sweden was acquitted today June 26, 2008 by Halmstad …
Four Vietnamese People Acquitted Of Human Trafficking In Sweden Read MoreVietnam and Sweden have agreed to push bilateral relations to a new level, building on close to 40 years of traditional friendship. At talks between Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Prime Minister …
Vietnam, Sweden Agree To Heighten Relations Read MoreThe signing ceremonies were in Stockholm on 16 June 2008 during the visit to Sweden by Vietnam‘s Permanent Deputy Prime Minister 15 – 18 June 2008. The Agreement on Readmission …
Two Agreements Signed Between Sweden And Vietnam Read MoreThe Danish UEFA football school coach Peter Rasmussen will head the coming course in football in Bangkok. Peter Rasmussen, 42, is one of the most recognized Internationals in his trade. …
Danish Super Coach Holding Football School In Bangkok Read MoreA new national competition sponsored by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Danish Embassy in Viet Nam is encouraging young performance artists. “We hope our competition can …
Danish Support: Performance Artists Get Chance To Shine At New Competition Read MoreInternational donors last week appreciated the Vietnamese government’s measures to ensure macroeconomic stability and pledged to continue supporting the country. However, donors said the government should take more specific actions …
Danish Ambassador: Vietnam should act quickly on monetary matters Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has thanked the Finnish government for making Viet Nam one of its long-term partners. During talks with Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen, …
Finns Get Thanks As Long-term Partners Read MoreForeign berry pickers in Finland have come from as far away as Vietnam this year. The foreigners, who traditionally come to Lapland to work in seasonal agricultural jobs, are coming …
Berry Pickers Come From As Far Away As Vietnam And Thailand Read MorePresident Nguyen Minh Triet arrived back in Hanoi on the morning of June 11, 2008, after successfully concluding his official visit to Norway, Austria and Greece. In a statement released …
President Nguyen Minh Triet Back After Norway Visit Read MoreOla Ree, Head of Norway’s Telenor Representative Office in Vietnam, told TMCnet Editor Michelle Robart during the International Telecommunications Conference in Hanoi earlier this month, that the Vietnamese telecommunication market, mainly …
Telenor Doing Better Than Expected in Vietnam Read MoreCarlsberg has completed its acquisition of an extra 1.75 million shares from Ha Noi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Co (Habeco), raising its total stakes in the company to 15.77 per …
Danish Carlsberg Raises Habeco Stakes Read MoreDanish Deputy PM Bendt Bendtsen said according to the news agency VietNamNet Bridge that Denmark backed Vietnam to continue enjoying the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences in the 2009-2011 period. …
Denmark supports Vietnam’s cooperation with EU Read MoreA Swedish man was arrested in the United States over the weekend in connection with the seizure of marijuana plants valued at $3 million. Van Dat Nguyen, a naturalized Swedish …
A Swedish Citizen Originally From Vietnam Held In Major US Pot Bust Read MoreYour national team doesn’t have to be sponsored by Carlsberg to fail to qualify for the Euro 2008 championship, but it helps. Four of the countries whose shirts bear the …
Why Carlsberg In Asia Is Hoping It Will Be The Best Tournament Yet Read MoreDonors expressed their continued support to Vietnam amidst global and domestic macroeconomic turbulence at the one-day mid-year informal Consultative Group (CG) Meeting for Vietnam held yesterday in the northern province …
Vietnam’s Long Term Prospects Remain Strong: Mid-year CG Meeting Read MoreThe Norwegian Royal Family greeted the president of Vietnam yesterday June 5, 2008 during his state visit to the European country. King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit received …
Norwegian’s Royals Vietnam Visit Read MoreThe Denmark-Vietnam Development and Cultural Exchange Foundation has launched a contest to seek talents of performance art – a new thing to Vietnamese audiences. The contest aims to support Vietnamese …
Contest Organised To Seek Performance Art Talents Read More“Vietnam, Past and Present” is an outdoor show that will be held from 3-7pm at the Kongens Nytorv Square in Copenhagen, organised by the Vietnam-Denmark Cultural Development and Exchange Foundation …
“Vietnam, Past and Present” In Denmark Read MoreThey’re catching local criticism for it, but officials at both telecoms firm Telenor and the Norwegian government – which controls Telenor – continued to do their best on Friday to …
Government, Telenor Woo Vietnam Despite Protests Read MoreOn the occasion of Sweden’s National Day today the Vietnam News interviewed ambassador to Vietnam Rolf Bergman. Sweden leads the world in e-government. How do you think Sweden can help …
Sweden Plans To bolster E-ties With Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian and Vietnamese flags flew side by side along Oslo’s main boulevard on Thursday, in honour of a state visit by the president of Vietnam. The visit featured plenty …
Vietnam’s President In Oslo Read MoreDinh Tran Vu An, an 11th grader at SA Dec High School in Dong Thap province, will go to Sweden to take part in the final of the Stockholm Junior …
Waste Water Filter Wins Ticket To Sweden Read MoreCivil service reform is needed as part of Vietnam’s on-going overall public administration reforms, thus contributing to improving efficiency in fighting corruption. This is one of the outcomes of the …
Transparency And The Important Role Of Media Recognised At The Anti-Corruption Dialogu Read MoreAP7, 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 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 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 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 More