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…)

Japan. Asahi has its eyes on Grolsch, Peroni

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Top Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings is taking a gamble amid a new wave of global consolidation.

Asahi’s headquarters in Tokyo is shown in this photo taken in November 2015. (more…)