Bien Hoa Sugar Joint Stock Company (VN:BHS) is a
sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...
company located in
Biên Hòa of
Đồng Nai Province in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. The company was founded as the "400 Tons Sugar Factory" in 1969 and received its current name in 1994. The company was equitized in 2001 as a
joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are ...
. Bien Hoa operates a
cane sugar mill and produces
raw sugar,
refined sugar,
liqueur
A liqueur (; ; ) is an alcoholic drink composed of spirits (often rectified spirit) and additional flavorings such as sugar, fruits, herbs, and spices. Often served with or after dessert, they are typically heavily sweetened and un-aged beyond ...
s and
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
,
ramen noodles and microorganism fertilizer.
See also
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
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Molasses
Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...
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List of companies in Vietnam
External links
Bien Hoa Sugar official homepageBien Hoa Sugar at AlacrastoreBien Hoa Sugar at BloombergBien Hoa Sugar JSC at Google financeBien Hoa Sugar at Ho Chi Minh Securities Trading Center
References
Vietnamese companies established in 1969
Companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange
Agriculture companies of Vietnam
Sugar companies
Bien Hoa
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