🇫🇮 Finland Mentioned

🇫🇮 The Thai Nordic Folk Festival will bring musicians from Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Thailand to Bangkok’s Speakerbox Livehouse on October 24. The festival poster includes a Finnish songwriter alongside the Danish artist Constantine Noble, highlighting Finland’s participation in the lineup.

🇫🇮 Finland’s Neea Kerttula won gold in the Retail Sales category at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026. The article highlights her Finnish success, noting that Denmark and Norway took bronze.

🇫🇮 Fingrid, Finland’s national grid operator, estimates that electricity consumption could rise by nearly 40% if all projects with signed grid-connection agreements were carried out in full. The article uses this as an example of how the growing power demand from data centers and related AI ambitions can strain the conditions for scaling up—also in Finland.

🇫🇮 Artikkelissa mainitaan, että Fingrid, Suomen kansallinen sähköverkko-operaattori, ennusti sähkönkulutuksen kasvavan lähes 40 %, jos kaikki datahankkeet, joilla on allekirjoitetut liittymissopimukset, toteutetaan täysimääräisesti. Taustalla on huoli siitä, miten Euroopan lisääntyvä datakeskusten rakentaminen vaikuttaa Suomenkin sähkö- ja resurssikuormaan sekä vesitalouteen.

🇫🇮 Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Doan Anh visited Finland on a business trip from 21–23 September, touring the Finnish technology companies Nokia and ICEYE. The article highlights Finland’s role as a partner for deeper tech cooperation through these company visits.

🇫🇮 Wärtsilä CEO Ossi Ylinen says that as AI data centres grow, electricity demand will increase, meaning Indonesia needs a power system that can adapt. The Finnish connection is through Ylinen’s comments, linking Wärtsilä’s approach to flexible grid solutions with the company’s role in meeting rising data-centre power needs.

🇫🇮 According to Yle, nearly 80 Vietnamese people were offered fake jobs at a Finnish fur farm. The Finland angle is tied to Finnish authorities and possibly Finland’s representation abroad, since the job offers were connected to the Finnish immigration/official channels.

🇫🇮 Finnish travellers can now use automated passport control gates when arriving at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. The article frames this as part of a wider rollout for Nordic passengers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

🇫🇮 Foreign trade and development official Jarno Syrjälä says Finnish companies should take the lead in the partnership with Vietnam. The article frames the Finland angle as a call for Finnish businesses to drive economic and business-to-business cooperation between the two countries.

🇫🇮 Finnish cargo-handling company Kalmar has received an order for 12 hybrid straddle carriers in the Philippines. The deal is made with ICTSI and is tied to equipment for a new terminal in South Luzon. The article highlights how the Finnish firm is extending its presence to international markets.

🇫🇮 The article mentions Malick Thiawilla, who also has Finnish roots. This example is used to illustrate how dual citizenship can make Germany compete for talent, including people with ties to Finland.

🇫🇮 Finnish Ambassador in Vietnam Pekka Voutilainen met three Finnish education providers to discuss the recruitment of Vietnamese students. The article highlights Finland’s role in promoting education cooperation and student recruitment in Vietnam.

🇫🇮 The article quotes Margarita Zavadskaya, a sociologist and senior research director at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki. Her remarks are used to frame how Russia’s internal political situation and the election of a new parliament matter for Finland, given Finland’s close attention to regional security developments.

🇫🇮 Finland will support Indonesia and Pacific countries in preparing for climate change and extreme weather through a new cooperation project. The Finnish Meteorological Institute (Ilmatieteen laitos) is involved, bringing expertise related to climate and weather risk assessment and preparedness.

🇫🇮 Team Finland is inviting Finnish food and agricultural technology companies to join a trade mission to Vietnam on 10–13 November 2026. The aim is to help Finnish firms expand their opportunities in Vietnam by leveraging their food-sector expertise and technology.

🇫🇮 Finnish companies and business organizations are mapping growth opportunities in Southeast Asia’s developing markets at an event in Kuopio on 22 September 2026. The article frames this as part of Finnish firms’ efforts to internationalize and build connections to tap into opportunities in the region.

🇫🇮 Finland and Malaysia are looking to deepen cooperation in technology and the green transition. The article frames Finland’s role as providing expertise that can support closer partnership with Malaysia in these areas.

🇫🇮 The article says that almost no foreign leader is as reasonable as Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb. Finland is thus singled out as an example of reasonable leadership.

🇫🇮 The article says Finland’s experience during the Cold War offers urgent lessons for Ukraine’s future. Finland’s past is presented as a point of comparison in considering how Ukraine might deal with Russia.

🇫🇮 Tallink reported positive cargo development on the Estonia–Finland and Finland–Sweden routes, with cargo volumes on the Finland–Sweden route rising by more than 20%. Passenger numbers on the Finland–Sweden routes increased by 5.3%.