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The Nordic Business Awards
The Nordic community spent a memorable evening recognising outstanding achievement across seven award categories. The Palme d’Or of this year’s awards, Nordic Company of the Year, was selected by the judging panel as the overall winner from the first five award categories.
On Friday, September 26th 2025, the Nordic business community in Vietnam gathered for the highly anticipated Nordic Business Awards 2025, hosted by NordCham, celebrating excellence, innovation and the spirit of Nordic values.
Beyond the winners and contestants tonight, we are here to celebrate the progress we have made in Nordic-Vietnamese business. Change is a constant in Vietnam, and as Nordic companies and employers, we provide essential inspiration when we follow our values and do business the right way.
Thue Quist Thomasen, Chairperson of NordCham Vietnam, Nordic Business Awards Gala Dinner 2025- 1Nordic Company of the YearVestas Wind System A/S
In Vietnam since 2011, Vestas has installed 1.6 GW and services 400+ turbines powering 5 million households, preventing 3 million tonnes of CO₂ annually.
- 2Green Business of the Year AwardHitachi Energy
In Vietnam for 30+ years, with 800 employees across Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Da Nang and HCMC, Hitachi Energy strengthens the nation’s power infrastructure while supporting local communities and clean energy transition.
- 3Work the Nordic Way – Best Place to Work AwardCarlsberg Vietnam
Recognised three years in a row as one of Asia’s Best Companies to Work For, with 40% female leadership, strong DE&I, and high engagement.
- 4Community Impact AwardAstraZeneca Vietnam
They invest $310 million (2020 to 2030) to reduce disease burden, enhance local R&D, boost pharmaceutical manufacturing and nurture Vietnamese talent.
- 5Business Innovation AwardVARD Vung Tau, Ltd.
Vard Vung Tau, established in 2006, has become one of Southeast Asia’s most advanced shipyards, driving innovation, sustainability and local talent development.
- 6SME Excellence AwardRecyGlo Vietnam
RecyGlo Vietnam is a leading sustainability solutions provider specialising in waste management, recycling and circular economy services.
- 7Nordic Leadership AwardH.E. Nicolai Prytz, the Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam
The annual special award recognising an individual for their special contribution to the Nordic business community. Through his leadership, he strengthened ties with both the Nordic business community and the Danish diaspora.
Winners of the Green Business of the Year Award, Community Impact Award and Business Innovation Award will proceed to compete at the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) Business Awards on 31 October 2025.
The Nordic Business Awards 2025 took place at Sofitel Saigon Plaza in Ho Chi Minh City, gathering Nordic Ambassadors H.E. Nicolai Prytz, the Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam, and H.E. Pekka Voutilainen, the Ambassador of Finland to Vietnam with over 200 business leaders and investors from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to celebrate the best of Nordic business community in Vietnam.
Photos credit: B9 Media Co., Ltd · Their own account of the night
Six formats the chamber runs
The chamber keeps its own diary on its own site, with a list view and a calendar view. Individual dates are not duplicated here: a stale copy of someone else’s calendar helps nobody.
The archive, as their own page files it
Six past events with the date, the label and the venue the chamber prints against each.
Their artwork for those six
The key visual the chamber made for each of the six above, at the size it made them. These are designed cards rather than photographs and are shown as such.
Work the Nordic Way, photographed
Their own frames of the 2025 conference, under the caption their own page gave them.
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