Vietnamese youth are a growing portion of Vietnam and now they will get a chance to enjoy and fatten up on McDonalds meals like the youth of other countries. Vietnam has been opening up to other American and international food brands and finally the Big Mac will be coming.
Whether this is good news or bad news is dependent but the sad fact is that somehow McDonald's corporate power has made it seem like typical American food. For a country more use to Pho soup this fast food crap may seem exotic for a few years and is more of a sign of ending its isolation in recent decades after years of communist rule. Vietnam back in the day after its victory in the Vietnam War ever having a McDonald's open in their country would seem as bizarre as a McDonald's opening up tomorrow in North Korea. The new three hundred huge store opened up to large fan fare and celebratory mood illustrating how far this fast growing nation has come since the fall of Saigon. The country is fast approaching one hundred million with its own unique cuisine that is hardly threatened by the opening up of American fast food giants. These stores and brands coming to Vietnam tough is a good sign for a country long mirrored in poverty and isolation and its usually demands of the youth that help open places up internationally. Perhaps had the North in Korea had won the Korean War instead of a bitter stalemate we would not see North Korea be the nuclear pariah state it is now and could have had a McDonald's or Burger King opening up in their country and enjoy a Big Mac and processed pork and chicken meat too. 
Whether this is good news or bad news is dependent but the sad fact is that somehow McDonald's corporate power has made it seem like typical American food. For a country more use to Pho soup this fast food crap may seem exotic for a few years and is more of a sign of ending its isolation in recent decades after years of communist rule. Vietnam back in the day after its victory in the Vietnam War ever having a McDonald's open in their country would seem as bizarre as a McDonald's opening up tomorrow in North Korea. The new three hundred huge store opened up to large fan fare and celebratory mood illustrating how far this fast growing nation has come since the fall of Saigon. The country is fast approaching one hundred million with its own unique cuisine that is hardly threatened by the opening up of American fast food giants. These stores and brands coming to Vietnam tough is a good sign for a country long mirrored in poverty and isolation and its usually demands of the youth that help open places up internationally. Perhaps had the North in Korea had won the Korean War instead of a bitter stalemate we would not see North Korea be the nuclear pariah state it is now and could have had a McDonald's or Burger King opening up in their country and enjoy a Big Mac and processed pork and chicken meat too. 
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