June 26: Vietnam’s president Nguyen Minh Triet (pictured right) was at the inauguration of the country’s latest beverage can plant last weekend.
He was opening the beverage can and carton plants built by Ho Chi Minh-based Siagon Beverage Corporation (Sabeco), Vietnam’s biggest drinks group.
The plant in the province of Nghe An has capacity to make 450 million cans and 1 billion ends a year. The adjacent plant makes 40 million carton boxes a year.
