Who owns Bia Saigon?
Bia Saigon is owned by ThaiBev (Thailand, SGX: Y92) through its subsidiary SABECO.[1]
ThaiBev owns 53.59% of SABECO rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: SABECO Annual Report 2025, Saigon Beer - Alcohol - Beverage Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Thai Beverage Public Company Limited via SABECO reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- Origin
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- SGX: Y92
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bia Saigon
Bia Saigon is the family of lagers that carries SABECO's name and its claim to 150 years of brewing in the city. Bia Saigon Lager is the number one brand in Vietnam's mainstream beer segment by volume, and in 2025 it ran the Bia Saigon Dragon Cup, a nationwide grassroots seven-a-side football tournament, and a multi-regional Tet feast. Bia Saigon Export Premium builds on a beer sold since 1996 and won silver at the Brussels Beer Challenge and at the International Beer Cup in Japan; Bia Saigon Gold is the gifting version, sold to companies with their own logos printed on it at Tet.
Ownership timeline of Bia Saigon
Where Bia Saigon sits in ThaiBev
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ThaiBev
ThaiBev controls 18 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- 333 (1949)
- 333 Pilsner
- anCnoc
- Balblair (1790)
- Bia Lac Viet (2020)
- Bia Saigon Chill
- Bia Saigon Special
- Chang (1995)
- Crystal (1993)
- est (2012)
- Larsen Cognac (1926)
- Oishi Green Tea
- Old Pulteney (1826)
- Phraya
- PRAKAAN (2024)
- Speyburn (1897)
- The Cardrona
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; ThaiBev has 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aguila | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| 33 Export | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Allsopps | EABL | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Cristal | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Cabro | Cervecería Centro Americana | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Beermix | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bomonti Filtresiz | Anadolu Efes | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
About the owner: ThaiBev
ThaiBev is a publicly listed company headquartered in Thailand, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 18 brands under its control, and it is listed as SGX: Y92.
ThaiBev was established in 2003 as a holding company for Thailand's spirits and beer businesses and listed on the Singapore Exchange in 2006. It reported sales of Baht 333,286 million for the year to September 2025 across spirits, beer, soft drinks and food. It owns Chang beer, Oishi and est, the Scotch whiskies of Inver House, and controlling stakes in Vietnam's SABECO, Myanmar's Grand Royal Group and, since an October 2024 share swap, about 70 per cent of Singapore's Fraser and Neave.
🇻🇳 Bia Saigon and other Vietnamese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Vietnam. 12 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bia Saigon among them.
- Bia Hà Nội — HABECO 🇻🇳
- Cà phê Ông Bầu — Nutifood 🇻🇳
- Vinacafé — Masan Consumer 🇻🇳
- ARTA by PNJ — PNJ 🇻🇳
- An Khang — Mobile World 🇻🇳
- Ba Vì — IDP 🇻🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bia Saigon?
The parent company of Bia Saigon is ThaiBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Thailand. Bia Saigon sits under ThaiBev's subsidiary SABECO.
Is Bia Saigon Vietnamese or Thai?
Bia Saigon originated in Vietnam, but it is owned today by ThaiBev, which is headquartered in Thailand. So Bia Saigon is a Vietnamese-origin brand under Thai ownership.
Is Bia Saigon still owned by ThaiBev?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Bia Saigon is still owned by ThaiBev. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] SABECO Annual Report 2025 — Saigon Beer - Alcohol - Beverage Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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