Sapporo Beer Vietnam Ltd Company inaugurated its first factory in Viet Hoa-Duc Hoa 3 industrial zone, southern Long An province, on November 24.
The Sapporo beer factory covering an area of 6.5 hectares is operating with an initial investment of US$75 million, of which more than three quarters come from Japan and the rest from Vietnam.
It is expected to produce 40 million litres of beer a year in the first stage, 100 million litres in the second stage, and 150 million litres in the third stage.
Vietnam is the third country, after Japan and US that have built Sapporo beer factories.
Tsutomu Kamijo, General Director of Sapporo Holdings of Japan, said with its Sapporo beer trademark dating back to 1876. Japan considers Vietnam a third largest market for beer consumption and export in Asia.
Source: VOV/VNA