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European retailers are uniting to face down the threat of new EU taxes being imposed on children’s shoes. The Children’s Shoe Coalition, includes IBEC’s Retail Ireland and has members from Belgium, …
New Coalition To Fight EU Duty On Children’s Shoes Read MoreThe Norwegian Mission Alliance (NMA) on May 16 revealed plans for continued financial support for the southern province of Tien Giang. The supported projects include 32,000 USD microfinance funds for …
Norwegian Agency Continues Support For Vietnamese Projects Read MoreOn May 17 the Aalborg Industries Vietnam opened its new plant in Haiphong, one of the main centres for the Vietnamese shipbuilding industry.What the joint venture hopes to achieve with …
Aalborg Industries Opens Vietnam Factory Read MoreTwo companies – the Vietnamese DTT and the Danish Globeteam – have joined forces to create a strong team in the area of software development and services. DTT has experience within software …
Vietnam: The Next IT Outsourcing Capital? Read MoreWith technical assistance from the Danish-funded Organic Agriculture Project 17 farmers in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have conducted an experiment in organic farming.The Vietnamese farmers tried producing squash …
Vietnamese Farmers Go Organic With Danish Help Read MoreNordCham’s office in Hanoi has moved to a new address:Suite 506-3, Metropole Centre56 Ly Thai To, Hanoi,Vietnam.Tel: (84 4) 9362420Fax: (84 4) 9362419Email: [email protected]
NordCham Hanoi Changes Address Read MoreThree companies – namely the Vietnamese Mediplantex and the two Danish companies Dansk Famaceutisk Industri and Eurocare Danmark – have joined forces to improve and increase the production of the …
Danish-Vietnam JV To Produce Malaria Treatment Read MoreThis week the political party Venstre – the party of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen – will announce its suggestions for the future distribution of Danish financial aid to the …
Incumbent Danish Party Reportedly Wants End To Vietnam Aid Read MoreFrom May 10 to May 28 cinema fans in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are again to be charmed by the films of the 5th European Film Festival. Among …
Finnish Film Shown at Vietnam’s European Film festival Read MoreLate last week Hoang Thach Cement Co., under Vietnam Cement Corp., signed a contract with Danish contractor FL Smidth to install its third production line worth 52.9 million euro and …
FL Smidth Lands Big Contract in Vietnam Read MoreFrom May 10 to May 28 cinema fans in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are again to be charmed by the films of the 5th European Film Festival. Among …
Danish Film Shown at Vietnam’s European Film festival Read MoreWhen Vietnam experienced yet another outbreak of the so-called avian flu in 2005, few national aid donors were able to act as swiftly as Denmark. The Danish support was given …
Danish Bird Flu Support Praised in Vietnam Read MoreIn cooperation with the Dansk e-Learning Center, Denmark’s Ministry of Refugees, Immigration and Integration Affairs has developed and launched a comprehensive online Danish course at http://www.danskabc.dk.DanskABC is an online language …
Learning Danish Online Read MoreThe Swedish film will play in Hanoi May 15 with Vietnamese dubbing and on May 16 with the original Swedish text and English subtitles. In Ho Chi Minh City, it …
Swedish “Mamma, Papa, Barn” Movie In Vietnam Read MoreA delegation of international cultural experts were welcomed Thursday in Hanoi by Vietnamese Minister of Culture and Information Pham Quang Nghi. The delegation, led by Sweden’s Minister of Culture Bengt Goransson, …
Swedish-led Delegation Studies Vietnamese Culture Read MoreTogether with his two friends Henrik Ejderholm and Martin Håkansson, Johan Hammarstrom, is well on his way to becoming the first pilot with a severe hearing impairment to complete a …
Flying Around The World To Make It Listen Read MoreA large-scale effort to win over the Chinese market has been launched by Arla Foods, and according to the Scandinavian dairy company – which is owned by Danish and Swedish …
Arla Foods Prepares to Move Into Vietnam Read MoreThe topics of interest are NILU´s environmental research with emphasis on airborn pollution, urban transport of air pollution, transformation and deposition, assessment of the effects of pollution on ecosystems, human …
Norway Helps Vietnam Improve Air Quality Read MoreBusiness collaboration between the Vietnamese company TCT and the Danish company Notio Direct has been rewarded for their export achievements in 2005 by Hanoi People’s Committee. The committee rewards companies with …
Vietnamese-Danish Businesses Receive Export Award Read MoreThe Embassy of Finland in Hanoi has announced details of the Finnish Concessional Credit Programme in Vietnam, whereby consulting companies can submit Expressions of Interest for consultancy services related to technical assistance …
Finnish Credits Programme Calls For Candidates In Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian Red Cross Society (NRC) has funded a three year project to strengthen the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC).The NRC grant, worth about US$ 660,000, will focus specifically on …
Norway To Help Vietnam Red Cross Read MoreSwedish Ambassador to Vietnam Anna Lindstedt has acknowledged the importance of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) as “an important event for Vietnam”.She stressed that the …
Sweden Acknowledges Importance Of Vietnam Party Congress Read MoreA Danida-funded study on wildlife consumption published recently gives an insight into the attitudes and behavior of Hanoi residents towards wildlife consumption in Vietnam, which pose a serious risk to a …
Danida Helps Combat Threat To Wildlife In Vietnam Read MoreDenmark’s OW Maskinservice and Vietnam’s Thien Hoa Company have formed a joint venture company to build on the existing business of Thien Hoa – the trading and refurbishment of machinery tonow be combined with highly specialized …
Danish-Vietnamese JV To Improve Machine Repair And Maintenance Read MoreThe Development Cooperation Environment program between Denmark and Vietnam, initiated after a launch workshop held in Hanoi March 22, will support Vietnam in implementing the National Strategy for Environmental Protection with DKK 250 …
Denmark-Vietnam Environmental Cooperation Gearing Up Read MoreThe grant to strengthen the VYEO was initiated with an agreement signed between the Danish Ambassador, Peter Lysholt Hanson, and VYEO’s vice chairman, Phuong Huu Viet on April 20.VYEO will be supported in its …
Danish Grant Geared To Boost Vietnam Private Sector Read MoreMermaid Maritime is a holding company for several other companies and was originally started by Dane Jørgen Lundbæk together with another Danish partner in 1982. Since then the company has expanded rapidly …
Mermaid Maritime Expands Horizons As Growth Takes Off Read MoreThe CDEF aims to support artists and cultural performances in Vietnam and cultural exchange activities between Vietnam and Denmark.“The CDEF will contribute with quality support to many contemporary arts exchanges …
Vietnam – Denmark Cultural Exchange Fund Launched Read MoreDenmark’s Per Lindegaard Laursen and his business partner held an opening ceremony April 9 to launch their new real estate – River Ray Estates – in Vung Tau, south east of Ho Chi Minh City.The soft …
Dane Launches River Ray Real Estate In Vietnam Read MoreA.P. Moller-Maersk (APM) may be poised to buy shares of ‘strategic’ harbours in Southeast Asia, according to Reuters news agency.Maersk director Thomas Oerting Jorgensen reportedly told the agency that the Danish giant is considering …
Maersk Eyes Harbour Stakes In Indonesia and Vietnam Read MoreEero Nevalainen has been appointed Director of EuroCham Hanoi Branch.Nevalainen, 56 and a native of Finland has been involved in business both for large multinational enterprises and smaller companies during …
New Finnish Director For EuroCham In Hanoi Read MoreDuring the last few weeks three Norwegian artists have been working with six Vietnamese colleagues in a project striving to combine tradition and modern arts.The nine artists, three Norwegian and …
Norwegian Artists Help Decorate Vietnamese Sculpture Park Read MoreThe Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) is to launch a 53,000 tonne-capacity vessel, the largest ever built in Viet Nam, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province April 6.The ship, christened ‘Florence’ is the …
Vietnam Launches Largest Ever Locally-Built Ship Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Hanoi has announced that a decision has been made to postpone the visit to Vietnam by Danish Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Bendt Bendtsen, scheduled to take place later this …
Danish Minister’s Vietnam Visit Postponed Read MoreSweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and the Swedish Trade Council are together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), arranging a two day Mekong …
Mekong Region Conference In Stockholm April 3-4 Read MoreSENSA’s annual retreat discussed the challenge of linking bilateral programs while a work plan for 2006 was also endorsed.Keynote speakers such as Mr. Linkham Duoangsavanh (National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, NAFRI, Lao …
SENSA Retreat Focuses On Key Development Issues Read MoreThe European Commission has adopted proposals by the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on leather shoes from China and Vietnam.The anti-dumping tax was adopted after a …
EU To Tax Chinese, Vietnamese Leather Shoes Read MoreA Norwegian funded major stone sculpture camp, with many works by local and foreign sculptors, will be open to the public in Vietnam’s central Da Nang City March 29. The …
Norwegian Sculptors To Join Show In Vietnam Read MoreThe CDEF will be established with funds amounting to about 3 million Danish Krone for the period between 2006-2010.The fund is designed to support artists and cultural performances in Vietnam and …
Vietnam-Denmark Establish Arts Exchange Fund Read MoreRepresentatives of the Vietnamese Fisheries Ministry and the Danish Embassy in Vietnam have signed a document pledging Danish funds to help Vietnam foster sea reserves as part of a 2005-2010 environmental cooperation program …
Denmark To Fund Vietnam Ocean Reserve Development Read MoreA workshop, as part of the process of formulating the nature of the coming support was opened in Hanoi March 2 by Mr. Torben Nilsson, Counselor, Embassy of Denmark (Danida) …
Danida Support Advances Vietnam Water, Sanitation Plans Read MoreThe 25 European Union member states have voted on imposing duties on cheap leather shoes from China and Vietnam, but only three nations – Belgium, Slovakia and Malta voted in …
Scandinavia Votes Against EU Shoe Tax Read MorePoverty has often forced Vietnamese fishermen into unsustainable exploitation of the ocean’s resources. During the last decade Vietnamese fish stocks have been under increasing pressure due to unsustainable exploitation of the seabed’s …
Danish Help Boosts Vietnam Fish Production, Incomes Read MoreDanish Prince Joachim spent 14 days in March visiting Danish-supported projects in Vietnam and Cambodia. From his arrival March 6 until his departure on the 19th, the Prince saw a …
Patron Prince Visits Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreA week-long Vietnam visit has given the Danish State Auditors a very positive impression of the development of Vietnam and the Danish-supported development activities, said Chairman of the Danish State …
Vietnam’s Progress Impresses Danish State Auditors Read MoreDanida has finished counting its expenses in Vietnam for the year 2005. The total amount spent on development aid in Vietnam was 381 million DKK (equivalent to approx. 63.5 million …
Denmark Reveals 2005 Vietnam Aid Expenses Read MoreOn his first day in Vietnam, the Danish Prince found himself in familiar territory visiting poor Khmer minorities on the Mekong Delta tending their land. The prince, a farmer himself, was in familiar territory exploring agricultural projects …
Prince Joachim’s First Day In Vietnam In Familiar Territory Read MoreOn Wednesday 8th, his second day in Cambodia, Prince Joachim visited Angkor hospital – a hospital that treats HIV infected children. Angkor is supported by CARE and treats 200 HIV …
Danish Prince Heads For Vietnam After Cambodia Read MoreAfter Denmark’s Clipper Grup signed a contract with Vietnam Industry Shipbuilding Corporation (VINASHIN) to build ten 4.600 DWT multi-purpose vessels at Ben Kien Shipyard in Northern Vietnam, Danish Ambassador Peter …
Denmark’s Clipper Group Signs Contract With VINASHIN Read MoreFrans Rasmussen, a graduate from the Royal Danish Academy of Music, led trombonist Kasper Thaarup and the HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra as they played pieces by Danish masters.The …
Danish Musicians Entertain In Ho Chi Minh City Read More