China. Craft Brewing in Hong Kong Draws on Local Flavors

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Rohit Dugar is a humble man. So when he opened a bottle of Tàisuì and offhandedly said, “There’s almost no beer like this in the world,” he wasn’t bragging about his creation. He was merely stating a fact. (more…)

Global burger chains add fizz to draw Indian consumers

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Mc Donald’s position as the market leader in burgers may soon get threatened as new international chains such as Wendy’s and Carl’s Jr are seeking revenues through more enticing categories like beer and wine to go with their burgers. (more…)

Vietnam. The government increases the excise tax on beer

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Since January 2016, the prices of beer in the dealer networks and retail stores in Vietnam have increased sharply. The reason for this jump was the introduction on 1January 2016 of a new special consumption tax (SCT). (more…)

Vietnam. Foreign brewers are crowding out local producers

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Despite the fact that in 2015 Sabeco produced 1.38 billion liters of beer, the experts say very little growth of the company. Meanwhile, Heineken was able, for the very first time, to outstrip Habeco and to take the second place in the beer market of Vietnam. (more…)

Vietnam. Habeco has summed up the results of 2015 and shared their plans for 2016

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On 8 January 2016, in Hanoi Habeco Corporation held a conference where has summarized the results of their work in 2015 and shared the plans for 2016.

Nguyen Hong Linh, CEO of Habeco said that in 2015 the company managed to largely surpass the annual plan. The production value increased by 10.4% compared to 2014 to 9,964 billion dong and total sales increased by 9.6% to 11.033 billion dong. This, in turn, 0.9% more than expected. (more…)

China. Half a bottle of Harbin

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On 8 January, Lee Chang and his friends harbinhad a rest in a hotel in the Zhangdian District of Zibo in Shandong Province and found that he bought a pack of beer with a partially-filled bottle of «Harbin Wheat Kin». (more…)