Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
With support from the Danish government, 700 specially constructed tanks are expected to be made by Xuan Kien commune in Vietnam’s Nam Dinh Province within the end of this year …
Denmark helps solve pig manure problem in Nam Dinh Read More“Vietnam is a success that exceeds all our expectations!” says Johan Nordstrom, Regional Manager for Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame. Not an overstatement when you learn that Oriflame Vietnam met and …
Successful Vietnam launch for Oriflame Read MoreThe Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) has recently co-sponsored an international seminar on water supply, drainage and urban sanitation organized by Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association and the Ministry …
DANIDA sponsors seminar on water supply in Vietnam Read MoreA European Jazz Festival in Vietnam in mid-November is under preparation, involving among others bands or individual musicians from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. From Denmark, a concert with Alex …
Scandinavian Jazz in Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian Trade Council (NTC), Bangkok has recently put up a seafood show and at Vietnam Fisheries International Fair (VietFish) held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 14-17, 2003. …
Norwegian seafood a big hit in Vietnam Read MoreThe Swedish Government has agreed to provide 4.3 million USD in non-refundable aid to Yen Bai province’s anti-poverty project for the period 2003-08, reports the news agency VNA. An agreement …
Yen Bai receives more aid after new agreement signed Read MoreOne of Sweden’s largest consulting firms, Sweco, is accused of doing a bad job for the Yali dam project in Vietnam. Experienced hydro consultants could have predicted the catastrophic damages …
Sweco accused of sloppy work in Vietnam dam project Read MoreMillicom International Cellular S.A., a mobile phone operator company controlled by the Swedish finance family Stenbeck, reports a 47 percent Asian subscriber increase year on year for the third quarter …
Millicom reports 47 percent subscriber increase Read MoreBuddhist monks from Denmark, Norway, France and Switzerland traveled to the small south Swedish community Bara on October 6th to witness the foundation ceremony of a new Buddhist temple there. …
Construction commences of Buddhist temple in south Sweden Read MoreSweden provides around USD 250 000 to the districts Tien Phuoc, Hiep Duc, Nam Tra My and Bac Tra My in Quang Nam province to develop their public health systems. …
Support for provincial public health systems Read MoreEsbjorn Hornberg, general secretary of Sweden’s IOGT-NTO International Institute, has been awarded the medal “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training in recognition of his …
Medal for long time drug prevention work Read MoreDuong Van Thanh’s paintings were displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum when she was in her early 20’s. Later she moved to live and work in Sweden. Now she …
Swedish-based Vietnamese artist exhibits works in Hanoi Read MoreA Vietnamese and Swedish music festival opened in Hanoi’s Opera House on Tuesday 23 September by Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture and Information and the Swedish embassy. The festival is seen …
Opera and contemporary music in week long festival Read MoreDenmark and Vietnam will promote potential trade links, focusing on food processing and shipping, pledged His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of Denmark and Vietnamese deputy prime minister Vu Khoan …
Denmark, Vietnam to seek stronger trade ties Read MoreEAC has signed an agreement with Alpharma ApS which is expected to lead to a legally binding agreement for the acquisition of the full ownership rights of the Dumex trademark …
EAC acquires the Dumex trademark on a global basis Read MoreThree companies from Vietnam participated in last week’s TechChange arrangement organized by the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs during the exhibition HI-Messen in Herning in Denmark 9 -12 september 2003. …
Three VN companies at TechChange in Denmark Read MoreThey moved abroad because of the adventure: How would it be to live and work somewhere else? They are mostly well educated and thought it might strengthen their skills and …
Danes of no return Read MoreSweden and Denmark have contributed in renovating Vietnam’s legal system by financing an almost US$5 million, seven-year legal reform project with respectively US$1,760,000 and US$460,000, a report on Viet Nam …
Sweden, Denmark help finance Vietnam’s legal reform Read MoreFor those who wish express their sympathy to Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Anna Lindh, who died Thursday 11 September, following a brutal stabbing attack in Stockholm the day before, books …
Book of Condolences opened at Swedish Embassies Read MoreTrade consellors and export advisors from the Danish embassies in Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australien, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand will jointly visit five Danish cities from 10 -14 November this …
Asean/Oceania export counsellors on tour Read MoreThree Danish Concerts will be held in Vietnam during the visit of a Danish business delegation, with the participation of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, from 15-19 September 2003. …
Danish Concerts in Vietnam Read MoreA Danish business delegation, with the participation of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, will 15-19 September 2003 visit Hanoi as well as Ho Chi Minh City under the heading …
‘Denmark meets Vietnam’ 15-19 September Read MoreSweden’s royal couple, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, will make an official visit to Vietnam early next year, according to Vietnam’s state owned news agency VNA. The surprise …
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia make state visit to Vietnam early 2004 Read MoreDenmark and Sweden leads the gang as Vietnam forecast export earnings of USD 320 million to northern Europe this year, a year-on-year increase by 15 percent, announced Vietnamese Ambassador to …
Denmark and Sweden main importers from Vietnam in northern Europe Read MoreCarlsberg Breweries A/S has a tentative deal to acquire the Danish Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries’ (IFU) shareholdings of 25 percent in South-East Asia Brewery Ltd. and 15 percent in …
Carlsberg Breweries increases shareholding in Vietnam Read MoreFive Vietnamese writers take part in the Gothenburg International Book Fair at Gothenburg, Sweden between 24 September and 3 October. The visit is arranged under a cooperation programme of the …
Writers take part in Gothenburg book fair Read MoreTwelve North Koreans, six of whom are economy professors and the rest ‘coming’ forces in Pyongyang’s administration are currently in Hanoi learning how a market economy works. The course, which …
Sweden trains senior North Koreans in market economy Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read MoreDenmark has extended an interest-free credit scheme to development projects selected by the Vietnamese government and implemented by Danish exporters, said a Viet Nam News report. The new agreement, signed …
Denmark renews interest free-loan scheme for Vietnam Read MoreThe government of Norway has pledged more than US$2.18 million to help Vietnam’s Nha Trang College of Fisheries improve its training and research capacity. The agreement was signed in Hanoi …
Vietnam’s fisheries school gets Norwegian assistance Read MoreWith a financial backing from Norway and a technical support from UNESCO, Cua Van Floating Cultural Centre will soon be added to the attractions of UNESCO World Heritage Site Ha …
Ha Long Bay Eco-museum backed by Norway Read MoreMogens Poulsen, Counsellor and Head of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSD) at the Royal Danish Embassy in Hanoi has launched a new website – – dedicated to help Danish …
New Danish website in Vietnam Read MoreThe largest Nordic travel insurance company, SOS International a/s warns of a dramatic increase in Nordic tourists injured in motorcycle accidents when on vacation in South East Asia. For Thailand, …
Don’t rent a motorcycle! Read MoreOne year after the implementation of a new Danish immigration law, pressure is mounting on Danish Minister for Integration, Mr. Bertel Haarder to revise parts of a law approved by …
Danes should not marry non-Danes Read MoreCabinet Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Population, Family and Children, Le Thi Thu, has been elected as new President of the Vietnam – Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA). …
Le Thi Thu new head of Vietnam –Sweden Friendship Association Read MoreThe Vietnam Women’s Union presented Christine Elisabeth Johansson, First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Vietnam, with a medal “For the Emancipation of Women” at an award ceremony in Hanoi …
Medal to Swedish diplomat for emancipation work Read MoreNorway and Britain early May in Hanoi entered into an agreement with Vietnamese government to provide a financial support of over US$25 million for Vietnam to fight against HIV/AIDS – …
NORAD supports Vietnam in fight against HIV/AIDS Read MoreVietnam will export 4.61 million tonnes a year between 2001-2005 and up to 5.42 million tonnes of rice a year during 2006-2010 if it maintains its present rate of export, …
SIDA-funded study sees Vietnam’s rice exports growing Read MoreMillicom International Cellular S.A, a global telecommunications investor in the Swedish finance Stenbeck family group of companies, reports a 45 percent annual increase in Asian subscribers from June 2002 to …
Millicom reports high cellular growth in Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreSwedish telecommunications group Comvik International has asked Vietnamese investment and planning ministry for permission to convert its business cooperation with local mobile operator into a joint venture, a report on …
Comvik seeks joint venture status in Vietnam Read MoreVietnam’s Culture and Information Minister Pham Quang Nghi has strengthened cooperation and cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark during his 10-day working visit to Europe in May. In Stockholm, Minister …
Vietnam’s cultural exchange with Sweden and Denmark boosted Read MoreThe second phase of cooperation between the parliaments of Sweden and Vietnam will be carried out through the next four years. The agreement has been signed in Hanoi on June …
Sweden-Vietnam parliamentary cooperation continues Read MoreNorway and Sweden have, among other donors, provided financial aid for Vietnamese government to launch US$243.8-million Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children project aimed at helping underprivileged children in Vietnam complete …
Norway, Sweden help launch Vietnam’s primary education scheme Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction Read MoreAsian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific, will administer a new DKK20 million (US$3.2 million) cooperation fund financed by …
Denmark provides second technical assistance fund Read MoreJotun Paints Vietnam has over its first five years in Vietnam achieved the leading positions in the marine and industrial paint sectors. The Norwegian company continues its rapid and ambitious …
Jotun Paints Vietnam celebrated 5th Anniversary Read MoreGro Haaversen Barth, the Norwegian priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok, in early June visited Vietnam for the last time before leaving her job to go back to Norway …
Norwegian priest’s farewell to Vietnam Read MoreThe Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) will provide NOK 15 million to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok as its assistance in human resources development for the …
NORAD to give AIT 15 million NOK for human resources development Read MoreNearly half the international patients of Bangkok Hospital are Scandinavians. Some are residents of Thailand while others are Scandinavians living in countries around the region. For about one year, …
Bangkok Hospital expanding in the Scandinavian market Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has already removed Singapore from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and no longer recommends exit screening …
Singapore removed from WHO’s list of SARS-hit areas Read More