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Business 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 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 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 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 MoreOn March 6 Danish Prince Joachim landed in Siem Reap in Cambodia after a brief stop over in Bangkok where he was joined by among others, Danish Ambassador for Thailand …
Danish Prince Visits CARE Projects in Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister Bendt Bendtsen says he is worried about the negative consequences of anti-dumping measures by the European Union against footwear imported from Vietnam. “Anti-dumping measures by European Union …
Danish Deputy PM Voices Concern Over EU Anti-dumping Measures Against Vietnam Read MoreDanida will continue support for Vietnam’s Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM), a government think-tank on economic policy, with a second phase project of a value of DKK 19 million.This …
Denmark Continues Support For Vietnam Reform Read MoreNguyen Thi Hong Yen, Vice Head of the Budget Department under the Ministry of Finance said that seven international donors have pledged support worth US$140 million for the Vietnam National …
Norway Helps Boost Vietnamese Education Program Read MoreDanish firm Brainstornes International has signed a US$35 million deal in Vietnam’s central Thau Thien Hue province. The Danish group will join hands with Ho Chi Minh City’s Gia Minh …
Danish Firm To Build Beach Resort In Vietnam Read MoreElectrowatt-Ekono, a subsidiary of the Finnish engineering and consulting company Jaakko Poyry Group Oy has announced they have been awarded a contract extention with Petro Vietnam. The contract includes project …
Finland’s Jaakko Poyry Group Wins Contract Extention In Vietnam Read MoreAs March got underway, the International Garment Training Center (IGTC) opened in Ho Chi Minh City with the goal of helping the Vietnamese compete in the worldwide textile industry. As …
Danish Expertise To Assist Vietnamese Upgrade Textile Industry Read MoreThe Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) funded a 2.1 million USD project called Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction from Industry in Asia and the Pacific (GERIAP), the principles of which …
Hanoi Workshop Plans Cleaner Production Methods With Swedish Help Read MorePromotion seminar reveals Vietnam is the place for Danes to invest but the still-developing country provides many challenges including incomplete infrastructure and a shortage of skilled workers.Participants at a Vietnam-Denmark …
Vietnam Investment Future Bright Despite Challenges Read MoreThey’re on a mission to monitor. On March 4th, the Danish government is sending a delegation of state auditors to take a closer look at the use of Danish public …
Denmark Takes A Closer Look At Vietnam Aid Spend Read MoreSweden is to invest US$ 7 million between now and the year 2010 to help preserve traditional music under a program developed to stregthen ties between the two countries.Under the …
Sweden Helps Preserve Vietnamese Traditional Music Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark and the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Confederation of Danish Industries to organize a business delegation to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh …
Danish Business Delegation Heads For Vietnam Read MoreDanish companies within the marine industry are to join the international VIETSHIP 2006 exhibition February 21-24 in Hanoi. The participation of Danish marine companies was facilitated by the Danish Marine …
Twenty Danish Companies Line Up For Vietship 2006 Read MoreLeading Norwegian companies within the maritime industry, services and equipment suppliers and manufacturers, have joined Vietship February 21-24 in Hanoi. In addition to the exhibition, there will be a seminar …
Norwegian Maritime Companies Join VietShip 2006 Read MoreA joint venture sourcing furniture for export and joint production of furniture between Notio Direct A/S (Denmark) and TCT Company Limited (Vietnam) has received official approval. The production of furniture …
Danish-Vietnamese Furniture JV Approved Read MoreThe meeting will discuss three major thematic areas: the use of natural resources and rural livelihood protection in the uplands; the environmental implications of increasing trade; and the questions attached …
Swedish Environmental Secretariat For Asia Meet In Hanoi Read MoreSwedish citizen Krister Kling has formally presented his credentials – a diploma signed by His Majesty the King of Sweden – appointing him Honorary Consul General of Sweden in Ho …
Honorary Swedish Consul Exchanges Credentials With Vietnam Read MoreFinland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has told embassy staff to keep their guard up after the attack on the Danish embassy in Indonesia. Finland shares buildings with other Nordic countries …
Finland Tells Jakarta Embassy Staff To Be Cautious Read More