Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Danish shipping company MAERSK A/S’s Vietnam agent became the first foreign owned business operating in marine shipping services in Vietnam. The 20 year licensed was granted by Vietnamese government. the …
MAERSK A/S is the first foreign-owned shipping agent in Vietnam Read MoreMatti Pullinen, Deputy General Director of Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ Asia and America Department, and Le Huu Phuc, Chairman of the Quang Tri People’s Committee, signed an agreement of …
Finland signed Quang Tri development agreement Read MoreSeveral well known Danish companies – including Maersk, Aalborg Industries, Lyngsø Marine and MAN B&W – are already active in Vietnam, and several other companies are showing a strong interest …
Shipbuilding in Vietnam Attracts Danish Companies Read MoreAkzo Nobel’s business unit Decorative Coatings International has opened a plant in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam. The inauguration 1 June was presided over by Akzo Nobel’s chairman Hans …
Akzo Nobel inaugurates plant in Ho Chi Minh City Read MoreImpressively clean and oozing with sanitary care – and the smell of fish – 44 year-old Truong Thi Le Khanh’s new fish factory lies in the outer proximity of Ho …
Danish Aid behind Vietnamese Fishing Adventure Read MoreThe asphalt runs out and the tires instead find their grip in the mountains’ iron-red dust after about an hour’s drive south from Buon Ma Thuot, the biggest city in …
Danida Provides the Flush in Rural Vietnam Read MoreThe five-day visit to Vietnam May 16-20 was meant to give her a taste of Danida’s frontline work, and so it did. Since being named Denmark’s new Minister for Development …
Danida Delegation Satisfied After Vietnam Tour Read MoreThe smiles were wide and the faces full of relief, when Carlsberg’s executive delegation received their new partners from the North Vietnamese brewery, Habeco, at Hotel Sheraton in Hanoi late …
Carlsberg Wins the Beer Battle of North Vietnam Read MoreThe Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has signed a frame agreement with the mobile operator Viettel for the expansion of Viettel’s GSM/GPRS network in Vietnam. Ericsson will provide Viettel with core …
Ericsson awarded Vietnamese expansion agreement Read MoreNorway has cancelled all of Vietnam’s NOK 35 million debt to Norway. In return, the Government of Vietnam has agreed to mobilise an equivalent amount for development and poverty reduction. …
Norway Erases Vietnam’s Debt Read MoreThe Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, ms. Ulla Tørnæs will visit Vietnam on May 16-20. During her stay the Minister will get a first hand impression of the fisheries sector …
Danish Development Minister to Visit Vietnam Read MoreThe Asia Pacific region is the world’s fastest growing market when it comes to cell phone services. Right now, Nokia is the indisputable market leader in this region, and it …
Keeping Booming Asia Connected Read MoreA negative first quarter report from Millicom International Cellular and a secretive meeting in Hanoi between Kinnevik’s boss Vigo Carlund and the President of Vietnam, Tran Duc Luong, made investors …
Uncertainty about Swedish telecom operator’s future in Vietnam Read MoreThe background for the Vietnamese decision to drop the demand for visas in connection with shorter stays in Vietnam has to do with the improving bilateral relationship between Vietnam and …
Danes No Longer Need Visa For Vietnam Read MoreEffective May 1, 2005, Vietnam skips the visa requirement for all citizens holding passports from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. All travelers from those countries …
Vietnam skips visas for Nordic citizens Read MoreYesterday, 15 April, marks the starting day for 24 hour satellite broadcasts of the Swedish TV channels SVT Europa, Text TV as well as radio channels Radio Sweden and P4 …
Swedish TV on air in Asia Read MoreHaving arrived in March, 3F representative Bjarne Harder Larsen is still in the process of creating contacts to Danish businesses in Vietnam and the surrounding region. “The whole purpose of …
3F Opens New Office in Vietnam Read MoreOne more event aiming to promote ties between Sweden and Vietnam is held Wednesday 12 April in Stockholm. This time it is a theme day called ‘Discover Vietnam’, an event …
Vietnam promotion in Stockholm Read MoreThe Viking Cup has become the most significant and prestigious tournament in Asia. Forget about Tiger Cup, ASEAN Games and Asian World Cup qualifying. The Viking Cup is the place …
Kuala Lumpur Vikings Triumph in this Year’s Viking Cup Read MoreThe idea of such a system happened after the Boxing Day tsunami, which left nearly 200 Finns dead. The preparation of the system began in mid-January 2005. A team of …
Finnish traveler gets Tsunami alert via text messaging Read MoreThe center of the earthquake was located off the western coast of Sumatra and about 870 miles northwest of Jakarta – close to the rugged island of Nias, well known …
Tsunami Warning After Midnight Quake Read MoreOn a press conference in Hanoi on March 18th , the Danish Ambassador Peter Lysholt Hansen announced that a huge show will be held in Hanoi on April 2nd to …
Big event for Andersen’s 200th birthday in Vietnam Read MoreA Swedish drama group along with other international art groups (i.e. entertainers from the Republic of Korea, China, and South East Asia) will perform at The Hung Temple Festival in …
Swedish drama group to attend Hung Kings Temple Festival in Vietnam Read MoreMrs Helena Sangeland, Counsellor of the Swedish Embassy in Ha Noi believed that 2005 will see extensive leaps in two-way trade following the Agreement on Market Access between the EU …
Swedish diplomat expected growth in bilateral trade Read MoreSwedish Company Comvik together with other Swedish enterprises, individuals and organizations presented a check worth 475 million VND to the Fund to Develop Talented Vietnamese Children, on Feb 3. Nguyen …
Young Vietnamese talents supported by Swedes Read More“Noi khong voi tham nhung!” (No to Corruption). That’s the bold message on the posters, which are now being distributed all over Vietnam from the Danish Embassy in Hanoi as …
No More Corruption in Vietnam? Read MoreA Joint Venture of high quality rainwear and textiles production between Vietnamese Vitexco Garment and Viking Rubber Company from Denmark will bring more jobs to Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh …
Rainwear Production Brings More Jobs To Vietnam Read MoreA Swedish TV channel broadcasting all over Asia. That may be a reality later this year if the business potential is there. SVT Europa, a 24 hour TV channel for …
Swedish TV channel checks out potential in Asia Read MoreFinnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, Parliament Speaker Paavo Lipponen, Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen and Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki have affirmed that Viet Nam …
The Finns leaders voiced their support for Vietnam Read MoreTen Swedish companies take part in Saturday’s Discover Sweden event in Ho Chi Minh City. This is a combined labour market and culture day aimed at arise interest in Sweden …
Discover Sweden held in HCMC Read MoreScandinavian Airlines International, the long haul operator of SAS, carries about 1.6 million passengers a year using 11 Airbus 330 and 340 aircraft. The possibility to use the SAS Net …
Scandinavian Airlines long-haul flights soon connected Read MoreA Norwegian has received a medal from the Vietnamese department of education. It is professor at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology ) Helge Reinertsen, that has been awarded …
Norwegian honoured in Vietnam Read MoreNorwegians growing up outside Norway must live two years in Norway before their 22nd birthday or they will loose their Norwegian citizenship. Norway’s Minister for municipal and regional affairs …
Norway to tighten access to citizenship Read MoreAll of the Nordic countries are known for their exotic winter climate and clean nature. But Finland’s strength as a travel destination is that it has for long been one …
Asians return to Finnish winter Read MoreTHAILAND Thailand has lost many of its Finnish expats after corporations moved to Singapore. However, recently many of the corporations are seeing the new improved Bangkok. A new airport, sky …
Finland in South East Asia Read MoreAt the time of Jarkko Härmälä’s posting to Bangkok, Finnair had just established a daily flight to Helsinki. Today, during high seasons, Finnair needs to operate up to 10 flights …
What’s his trick? Read MoreDenmark’s Man B & W and the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) signed a contract to assist in the modernisation of Vinashin’s production lines in Ha Noi on 8 …
Denmark’s Man B & W transfers shipbuilding technology to Vinashin Read MoreFour young guys from Helsinki formed The Rasmus as wild and immature high school friends. Several years and six albums later the band has risen to become one of the …
The Rasmus nominated at MTV Asia Awards Read MoreProfessor Said Irandoust from Sweden has been appointed the next President of Asian Institute of Technology, AIT. He is currently serving as President of the University College of Borås, Sweden, …
Swede appointed head of AIT Read MoreThe Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame reports a five percent turnover dip in Asia for the first three quarters 2004 to Euro 7.7 million. Turnover in local currencies did however grow …
Weak local currencies affect Oriflame Read MoreA specific agreement on the Swedish financial support worth US$25 million for a programme for environmentally sustainable development in Vietnam was signed by the Charge d’Affaires and Minister for Development …
Sweden sponsors programme for Vietnam’s environment Read MoreEthical Trade Initiative-Norway (ETI-N), in collaboration with Social Accountability International (SAI) and the Association of Garment, Textile, Embroidery and Knitting (AGTEX), will on November 18 and 19 in Ho Chi …
ETI-N co-organizes SA8000 supplier training course in HCMC Read MoreDenmark’s MAN B&W Diesel A/S, a leading supplier of large diesel engines for ship propulsion systems, stationary power supply and rail traction, signed a contract on transferring ship manufacturing and …
MAN B&W Diesel to transfer technology to Vinashin Read MoreThe visit took place on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. President Tran Duc Luong welcomed the Royal couple and …
Vietnam-Norway relations at new height Read More“Norway will increase cooperation with Viet Nam in shipbuilding”, said Ms Marianne Lie, Director General of the Norwegian Shipowners Association, during a seminar in Hanoi 2 November which was held …
More orders for ships in the pipeline Read MoreNorway’s royal couple, King Harald and Queen Sonja, ended their week long state visit to Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday 5 November. During their stay they met …
Vital Vietnamese impress King Harald Read MoreStockholm’s City Hall will transform into a piece of Vietnam on Monday 8 November as the building hosts the Vietnam Day in Sweden event. Among the main attractions showcased are …
Delegation from Vietnam joins Vietnam day in Sweden Read MoreVu Khoan, the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, and Swedish Minister for Industry and Trade Thomas Östros, inaugurate a trade and investment seminar in Stockholm on Monday 8 November. The …
Vietnam Deputy PM visits Sweden Read MoreHave you encountered an obstacle when trading with Sweden? Or have you got suggestions how to get rid of unnecessary or stupid Swedish trade regulations? Whatever trade issue you like …
Open Trade Gate Sweden launched Read MoreSwedish exports of goods are down to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam and up to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Imports of goods dip from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and …
Great variation in trade statistics first half 2004 Read More