Marketers are bringing out the big guns in 2000 in a bid to stand
out from the clutter - to celebrate the Tet Chinese New Year and the
Year of the Dragon, Tiger Beer and Leo Burnett Vietnam constructed a
50-metre long outdoor supersite in Ho Chi Minh City.
The site features a dragon which spews a six-metre flame every five
minutes into the night sky, and a traditional cao doi (rhyming couplets)
tells of the epic confrontation between a tiger and a dragon.
Tiger Beer brand manager Joseph Loy explained that the company wanted to
make "a real impact in the year of the dragon".
"We wanted a showpiece in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City," he said.