Breweries in race to spur output

Vietnams beer market actually looks far from saturation since leading global beer brands
are still entering the local market, making competition tougher.
Market shares of many domestic beer companies are in decline though their production
volumes are high, said Nguyen Mau Chi , general director of Hue Brewery Ltd ., known for
the brand Huda Hue .
According to Chi , the strong players on the market are Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage
Corporation (Sabeco), Vietnam Brewery Limited (VBL), Hanoi Beer , Alcohol and Beverage
Corporation (Habeco), Huda and Japans Sapporo
(http://www.sapporovietnam.com.vn/about-us/factory/?lang=en ).
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Statistics of the Vietnam Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Association (VBA) showed that Sabeco,
which has reported steady growth in recent years, saw its volume in the years first half
falling by 0.5%. The market share of Habeco dropped by a sharper 4.8 percentage points
against last years same period.
Meanwhile, though Huda Hue achieved steady growth in the 2005-2012 period, its growth
slowed down last year.
Huda Hue sold nearly 60 million liters of beer in 2005 but saw its sales move up to 291
million liters in 2012 before falling to only 200 million liters last year.
Starting as a 100% State-owned company, Huda Hue then cooperated with Carlsberg Group
and was wholly owned by this Danish brewery in 2011.
Japanese brewery Sapporo entered Vietnam in 2010 and its factory in Long An Province was
put into operation one year later with an annual capacity of 40 million liters.
Not revealing the specific consumption volume, Hirofumi Kishi , general director of Sapporo
Vietnam , said that Sapporos sales doubled last year.
Hirofumi Kishi told the Daily that Sapporo would increase the factorys capacity to 100
million liters in the coming time and 150 million liters in 2019.
To realize such a target, Sapporo has developed over 5,000 sales points, most of them in
HCMC and southern provinces. Hanoi is a market the brewery is directing at and the
expansion to Hanoi is just a matter of time.
VBA has recorded a steady increase in the countrys total beer production over the past
years, with over 2.6 billion liters produced domestically in 2011, over 2.83 billion liters in
2012 and over three billion liters last year. The beer production volume in this years first
half reached around 1.4 billion and the years final figure is likely to be higher than that of
last year as beer normally goes well at year-end.
According to the association, domestic breweries exported nearly 63 million liters of beer
and imported over 442,000 liters last year.







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August, 23 2014 09:03:00
Ancient city to build waste treatment plant
QUANG NAM (VNS) The ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of
Quang Nam will construct a waste water treatment station to improve the
channel running through the Japanese Bridge, one of the most visited site in
the tourism hub, this November.
Vice Chairman of the city's People's Committee, Truong Van Bay, said the
project, with an investment of VND244 billion (US$11.6 million) from a non-
refundable loan from Japan and Viet Nam's government, will collect and
clean 2,000 cubic metres of waste water before pumping it into the Hoai
River.
The city has also planned a 1.6ha tourism information reception centre on Le Hong Phong Street with a parking area
and toilet stop for tourists, with investment of VND7 billion ($333,000).
He said the city would also upgrade four public toilets in the old town for tourists and local people. VNS


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