The Hanoi Beer-Alcohol & Beverage Corporation (Habeco) inaugurated the Hanoi - Me Linh brewery on August 15 in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.

The 2.2 trillion VND (114.4 million USD) brewery, with a designed annual capacity of 200 million litres, is equipped with modern equipment from Germany’s Krones AG and is expected to be one of the largest factory in Southeast Asia .

The first phase of the project was put into operation in July 2009, churning out 100 million litres of beer per year.

The project is to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi./.