Domestic beer consumption in the first seven months surged 8.7 percentagainst the same period last year to about 1.7 billion litres, accordingto the General Statistics Office.
In July alone,consumers drank 279.1 million litres of beer, up 14 percentyear-on-year, regardless of the economic difficulties.
Theoffice said that beer production was one of few industrial sectorswhose Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew this year. The index isused to assess the industrial sectors' health. The IIP of the beerindustry in the first seven months surged 15.6 percent compared with thesame period last year.
During January-July, Vietnamesebeer producers Sabeco and Habeco remained the country's largestproducers, accounting for more than 65 percent of the industry's output.
With beer industry's annual growth rate of 15 percent, Vietnam is one of the largest beer consumers in the world.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, beer consumptionjumped from 1.29 billion litres in 2003 to more than 2.7 billion litreslast year.
Director of the ministry's Light IndustryDepartment Phan Chi Dung took the Mekong Delta provinces as examples,saying that beer consumption in one Mekong province rose from 10million litres in 2004 to 40-70 million litres last year.
Because of the huge demand, many breweries with capacities of hundredsof millions of litres per year have been built in recent years. Thecountry currently has about 350 beer breweries, 20 of which have acapacity of more than 20 million litres a year. Fifteen have capacitiesof over 15 million litres a year, while 268 produce under a millionlitres a year.
Meanwhile, imported beer volumes have risen sharply to roughly 140 million litres last year./.
In July alone,consumers drank 279.1 million litres of beer, up 14 percentyear-on-year, regardless of the economic difficulties.
Theoffice said that beer production was one of few industrial sectorswhose Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew this year. The index isused to assess the industrial sectors' health. The IIP of the beerindustry in the first seven months surged 15.6 percent compared with thesame period last year.
During January-July, Vietnamesebeer producers Sabeco and Habeco remained the country's largestproducers, accounting for more than 65 percent of the industry's output.
With beer industry's annual growth rate of 15 percent, Vietnam is one of the largest beer consumers in the world.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, beer consumptionjumped from 1.29 billion litres in 2003 to more than 2.7 billion litreslast year.
Director of the ministry's Light IndustryDepartment Phan Chi Dung took the Mekong Delta provinces as examples,saying that beer consumption in one Mekong province rose from 10million litres in 2004 to 40-70 million litres last year.
Because of the huge demand, many breweries with capacities of hundredsof millions of litres per year have been built in recent years. Thecountry currently has about 350 beer breweries, 20 of which have acapacity of more than 20 million litres a year. Fifteen have capacitiesof over 15 million litres a year, while 268 produce under a millionlitres a year.
Meanwhile, imported beer volumes have risen sharply to roughly 140 million litres last year./.
