Lao Brewery Company

Lao Brewery Company appears in Pump and circumstance: is China the new OPEC? as the producer of Beer Lao. The source says the company traces the beer to a 1973 joint venture between French and Lao businessmen and is now part of a joint venture between the Lao state and Carlsberg.

The company is economically central in the episode. Its 2024 sales are reported at $600 million, equivalent to about 3.5% of Laos / 老挝’s GDP, and it is described as the country’s largest taxpayer that year.

Connections

• Beer Lao - main product.
• Laos / 老挝 - state and national economy tied to the company.
• Carlsberg - foreign joint-venture partner.
• Single-Product National Champion Dependence - risk frame created by the company’s outsized role.