Heineken estimates that Myanmar’s average beer intake is three litres per person a year, not even a tenth of the figure in Vietnam.

YANGON — Dutch beer maker Heineken has entered Myanmar's beer fight as it opened a US$60 million brewery (2.03 billion baht) near the commercial capital Yangon on Sunday.

Beverage giant Heineken is hoping to whip up a thirst for foreign beer in Myanmar.

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Heineken and other international players have gained the upper hand in Myanmar's beer market as drinkers in the Southeast Asian country shun a once-dominant domestic brand with ...

Dutch brewer Heineken said on Monday it had signed a joint venture agreement to brew and sell its beers in Myanmar, part of a deeper push into faster-growing Asian markets.

SINGAPORE — Within weeks of the European Union lifting its sanctions on Myanmar, Netherlands-based Heineken, the world’s third-largest brewer, announced on Monday it would invest in a US$60 ...

Brewing group Heineken is re-entering the Burmese beer market with the opening of a new brewery in the country now known as Myanmar.

International brewers are trickling into Myanmar, betting that higher incomes and economic reforms will whip up a thirst for foreign beer in a market that has long been dominated by state-owned firms.

ASIA-PACIFIC - Following the recent flurry of activity by cola companies, Heineken has re-entered Myanmar through a joint venture with privately-owned Alliance Brewery Company (ABC) to brew and sell ...

Heineken's economy brand Regal Seven is "slowly chipping away" at Myanmar Beer's competitive advantage, he said. Still, Myanmar Beer commands about two-thirds of the country's beer market by volume.