NutiFood expands business to Sweden By Le Hoang Board Chairman of NutiFood Corporation Tran Thanh Hai (L) shakes hands with Erik Paulsson, chairman of Backahill Company, after signing a cooperation agreement on September 11 – PHOTO: LE HOANG HCMC – NutiFood Corporation and the Swedish-based Backahill Company today, September 11, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly produce dairy products and nutritious organic foods in Sweden, which will be supplied to markets in Europe and Asia. The MoU allows the two companies to set up a 50-50 joint venture, whose total investment capital is not disclosed. According to a source at NutiFood, the joint venture project could be worth tens of millions of U.S. dollars. The purpose of the venture is to take advantage of each other's strengths. NutiFood is one of the leading companies producing dairy products and nutritious organic foods, while Backahill has a deep understanding of the international market and can help … [Read more...] about NutiFood expands business to Sweden
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Sweden PM invites opposition to talks as far-right make election gains
Sweden’s Prime Minister and leader of the Social democrat party Stefan Lofven speaks at an election party at the Fargfabriken art hall in Stockholm on Sunday. – AFP/VNA PhotoViet Nam News STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s anti-immigrant far-right made gains in legislative elections Sunday and vowed to exert "real influence" as kingmaker, after both the left-wing and centre-right blocs failed to obtain a majority and the make-up of the next government remained up in the air. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven invited the centre-right opposition Alliance to talks aimed at a "cross-bloc cooperation", after his Social Democrats remained the biggest party with 28.4 per cent of votes, its weakest election score in a century. He said the election result marked "the death of bloc politics" in Sweden. At the head of one of the few left-wing governments in Europe, Lofven’s bloc appeared to hold 144 of 349 seats in parliament, one seat more than the Alliance, with votes in 99.8 per … [Read more...] about Sweden PM invites opposition to talks as far-right make election gains
Sweden ‘naive’ about integration: Ex-Peshmerga Swedish MP
Amineh Kakabaveh is an Iranian Kurdish ex-peshmerga fighter who sought asylum in Sweden in the 1990s and has been a member of parliament since 2008. (Photo: AFP/Noella Johansson) Amineh Kakabaveh is an Iranian Kurdish ex-peshmerga fighter who sought asylum herself in Sweden in the 1990s and has been a member of parliament since 2008. She has been a vocal critic of Sweden's handling of the 400,000 asylum seekers taken in since 2012, including 160,000 in 2015 alone, the highest number in Europe per capita. Sweden is "increasingly divided", said the 40-year-old politician, whose views have earned her enemies among her own formerly-communist Left Party who accuse her of stigmatising immigrants. Yet Kakabaveh is ruthless in her criticism of Sweden's shortcomings on integrating immigrants, giving it a failing grade. "We have been naive. We have not been brave. We had no plan," she said, adding that this has enabled a rise in "fundamentalism" in Sweden's suburbs that has fuelled the … [Read more...] about Sweden ‘naive’ about integration: Ex-Peshmerga Swedish MP
Sweden holds innovation contest for Vietnam students
Sweden holds innovation contest for Vietnam students By Thuy Dung HCMC - Vietnamese students will have the opportunity to visit Sweden if they win the first prize of “Innovate like a Swede", an annual innovation contest for Vietnamese students with the purpose of encouraging creativity and finding innovative solutions for a challenge faced in a local context. Participants will form teams of two and their contribution will be assessed based on whether entries are innovative, creative, feasible, sustainable and commercially viable, as well as on what kind of lasting impact they will have. The jury consists of representatives from participating Swedish companies and a Swedish University which provides an amazing opportunity for students to pitch their solutions and innovative ideas to representatives from both the private and public sectors in Vietnam. The deadline for submission is October 28, 2018. The contest’s grand prize is a trip to Sweden to witness Swedish … [Read more...] about Sweden holds innovation contest for Vietnam students
Sweden launches ‘feminist foreign policy’ manual
Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has led the country's 'feminist diplomacy' policy since taking office in 2014. (Photo: AFP/Jewel Samad) The manual, published on the government's website in English weeks before a Sep 9 general election, is derived from four years of work to place gender equality at the heart of the country's international agenda. Sweden began its feminist foreign policy "in response to the discrimination and systematic subordination that still mark the daily lives of countless women and girls around the world", the handbook said. It added that while gender equality was "an object in itself", it was "essential" in achieving more general government objectives, like peace, security and sustainable development. Led since its inception in 2014 by Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, its goals include the promotion of economic emancipation, fighting sexual violence and improving women's political participation. "We were met with mixed reactions including a bunch … [Read more...] about Sweden launches ‘feminist foreign policy’ manual