The Ho Chi Minh City Book Distribution Joint Stock Company (FAHASA) has been listed as one of the top 500 retailers in the Asia – Pacific region in 2013 by Singapore-based Retail Asia magazine.

This is the fourth year FAHASA to be named in the Retail Asia – Pacific Top 500 list, which has been released annually since 2004.

The rankings are based on independent surveys of the market research firm Euromonitor International Inc. of businesses’ performance from 14 regional economies including Australia, China, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, China’s Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

FAHASA has also made up top 10 retailers in Vietnam this year.

In the first nine months of 2013, the company’s revenue reached 1,200 billion VND (57.1 million USD) and is expected to record 1.600 billion VND (76.2 million USD) this year, a 5 percent increase from 2012.-VNA