Heineken and Hmawbi Township

capital Yangon: On Monday, the world third-largest brewer, Heineken from the Netherlands, announced it had opened a 53 million-euro brewery in the Hmawbi township outside the capital Yangon, according to Deutsche Welle. HEINEKEN increases exposure to high growth markets with inauguration of $60m Myanmar brewery. The flow of foreign beer into the country, which once drew international ire over human rights abuses by its military government, is challenging the dominance of state-owned firms that have long controlled the market. Read more: http://t.co/fTxNXOBsTd— HEINEKEN Company July 13, 2015 Not big beer drinkers Heineken has its work cut out for it. Beer consumption there averaged just over three liters per person in 2013 - a far cry from nearby Thailand 31 liters, according to data from Euromonitor International. Perhaps most importantly, the Myanmarese aren't big beer drinkers. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.