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In its second estimate for 2019, the ministry forecast production of 43.4 million hectoliters, down from 49.4 million in 2018 when output had benefited from good weather condition.

The volume of beer sales in the second quarter of 2019 grew by 4.3% to 338 thousand hectoliters. In total, the volume of beer sales over the first six months is 750 thousand hectoliters, or 75 million liters.

Huang, SMB president said, the company needs to expand its current capacity of about 250,000 hectoliters as Vietnamese drinkers already overtook the drinking capacity of those in the Philippines.

Beer giant San Miguel Brewery plans to expand its footprint in Vietnam by building a brand-new beer brewery with an annual production capacity of at least two million hectoliters in Ho Chi Minh, this country's most populous city.

Ang said that, "if we are putting up a new plant, it will have a capacity of at least 2 million hectoliters with an investment of about $70 million."

Thanks to the modernization of breweries in the country, for the past 20 years the average water consumption for the production of hectoliter (100 liters) of finished beer has decreased by almost 5 times, from 15 to 20 hectoliters of 3 - 5 hectoliters / 1 hectoliter of beer.

Worldwide brand volume of 25.3 million hectoliters decreased 1.0 percent driven by declines in the U.S.

Globally, the total volume produced in 2017 was 250 million hectoliters -- the equivalent of 33.3 billion bottles of wine -- or about four-and-a-half bottles per person annually.

And, by implementing advanced automation and control, robotics and a fleet of laser-guided vehicles, the companies worked together to increase brewing capacity from 8.5 million hectoliters in 2013 to now producing 27.5 million hectoliters of beer annually.

Figure 7: Asia Beer Market Size by Volume, 2008-15 (Million Hectoliters)

Constellation also announced expansion of the Nava brewery by another five million hectoliters. This will bring total capacity at the completed facility to 25 million hectoliters.