Saigon Beer or SABECO is known as Vietnam’s leading beer producer beer. The company producer has factories in every part of Vietnam; however, it is more preferred in the South and Centre Vietnam market than the Northern market. The major products of this producer is bottled beer, however canned beer brand “333” is also popular with a reasonable price. In 2011, Sabeco produced 1.2 billion liters of beer, 51.4% of the national market.
The bottled beer product line of SABECO includes some main brands:
333 Premium
This is a high standard product of SABECO that is not only popular in Vietnam but also in some other countries. The beer is packaged in 330ml glass bottle with the alcoholic level of 5.3 %.
Saigon Export
This is a famous brand of SABECO due to its light tasting flavour and low alcoholic level of 4.9%. The product is packaged in a 355ml glass bottle and more delicious when it is kept chilled, named Sai Gon Beer.
Saigon Special
This product is also called unofficially “Short Saigon” due to its funny design as a green 330ml glass bottle with a short neck. Contrary to the strange yet interesting package is the tasty and high quality beer inside the bottle that can satisfy any customers. The retail price for a bottle of this beer is around 14,000 – 15,000 VND (70 – 75 cents).