Habeco (also HABECO, Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Joint Stock Corporation, ) is a beverage company headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is the third largest beer company in Vietnam[2] and owner of the brands Hanoi Beer and Truc Bach Beer. It is under the ownership and authority of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam and has a strategic partnership with Carlsberg Group, which owns more than 10% of the company's shares as of November 2012.[3] Habeco produced 422.4 million liters of beer and sold 413.5 million liters in 2011, an increase of 4% and 2.3% from 2010.[1]
Ownership
Vietnam's Ministry of Trade and Industry owns 83% of the companies' shares as of November 2012.[3] Carlsberg Group acquired shares during Habeco's initial public offering in March 2008[3] and held 15.8% as of 2012.[2] The Ministry asked Habeco to sell another 13% to Carlsberg to expand the companies' strategic partnership in November 2012.[3]
Market Share and Competitors
Habeco's market share was 13.9% in 2010.[2] Its main competitors are Sabeco (also owned by the Ministry of Industry and Trade) (51.4%) and Vietnam Brewery Ltd (VBL, 29.7%), a joint-venture between Heineken Asia Pacific and Saigon Trading Group (Satra).[2]
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References
- Habeco ước lợi nhuận trước thuế năm 2011 vượt 21% kế hoạch gafin.vn, 6 January 2012, retrieved 24 November 2012^
- Sabeco và Habeco đạt tổng doanh thu trên 30.000 tỷ đồng trong năm gafin.vn, 21 June 2012, retrieved 24 November 2012^
- Hanoi Beer may sell further stake to Carlsberg MarketWatch, 9 November 2012, retrieved 24 November 2012^