Sapporo Vietnam Co has put into operation a beer factory at the Viet Hoa-Duc Hoa 3 Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Sapporo Vietnam Co Ltd is a join venture between the Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation (Vinataba) and Sapporo Holdings Ltd of Japan.

Covering an area of 6.5ha, the factory was built for a total investment of 75 million USD and is capable of producing 40 million litres per year in the first phase and its output is expected to increase to 100 million litres and 150 million litres per year in the next two phases./.