Nghe An Sugar Limited Liability Company [NASU] is a joint venture company, licensed by the Government of Vietnam in 1996 to produce sugar related products. The company has a total of 550 people comprising permanent and contract employees. The company operates a sugar factory in the highlands of Nghe An province, Vietnam (300 kilometres south of Hanoi) with an annual production of circa 100,000 tonnes of sugar and 50,000 tonnes of molasses, and markets its products predominantly in Vietnam. It also has an office in Hanoi where the finance/treasury functions are based along with the marketing and sales department.