Fast food in Vietnam

For Vietnamese, fast food was a new food at the beginning of 1990s. However, nowadays, it becomes more popular.

Table contents

Introduction 2

Major finding 3

1 The popularity of fast food 3

2 Advantage 5

3 Disadvantage 9

Conclusion 12

Reference 13

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Fast food appeared firstly in America at the beginning of 1990s Then, it became popular over the word and was a important part in human’s life With the improvement of fast food, many firms of fast food was founded such as: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), Lotteria, Chicken Town, Jollibee, McDonald etc

One of the persons, who founded the industry of fast food is Carl Karcher

He was born in Ohio, America He came to California in 1939 Then he opened a

drive-in restaurant to serve the person, who was in car with the name Carl’s drive-in Barbecue Then, many fast-food chains were developed to market main products such as chicken, pizza, tacos, sub-sandwiches, etc It was beginning of the appearance of fast food restaurants Today, 160,000 fast-food restaurants serve more than 50 million Americans daily In addition, fast food is very popular with our life

For Vietnamese, fast food was a new food at the beginning of 1990s However, nowadays, it becomes more popular As a result, combining survey questions and searching internet, our report will show you three aims The first is why fast food becomes more popular in Vietnam? It is very clear that fast food has

many good advantages, but it has also some disadvantages with our life Therefore, from some information I found out and my opinion, I hope my report will offer you true insights into fast food

Major finding

1 The popularity of fast food

As you know, fast food has been appearing firstly in America for a long time It was paid attention by many people, especially the youth in America because it was really delicious Therefore, it was suitable for the busy- life Since then, the industry of fast food has been being a fast- grew industry Many the firms

of fast food were founded to serve the people such as: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), Lotteria, Chicken Town, Jollibee, McDonald etc And now, they are really famous firms of fast food on the world There are more than 16000 fast food restaurant in America It showed us fast food is really a part important in the life of American With the success in America, they continued to open many restaurants

of fast food in the other countries There, fast food was also welcome warmly People in many developed- country such as England, Italy, Japan etc liked it Maybe, they like fast food more than their traditional food, because before the appearing of fast food, they usually ate familiar foods So fast food seemed to be a strange thing Therefore, it is really delicious and suitable for everybody Since then, fast food has become popular on the world Although each country has their

culture of fast food, fast food is an integral food in their life Especially, on the world, in many countries, fast food is the first choice of the youth Therefore, there are many kinds of fast food to choose people like pizza, hotdog etc Nowadays, we can see many restaurant of fast food over the world with many famous firms It is really a part of our life

At the beginning of 1990s, Vietnam was a poor country The economic was underdeveloped Therefore, Vietnamese always attaches much importance to traditional food It is difficult for Vietnamese to pay attention other foods, which comes abroad especially In addition, the firms of fast food can’t consider Vietnam

as a new market, where they continued to develop the industry of fast food However, nowadays, Vietnam is a developing-country Therefore, Vietnam has been being a membership of the WTO Since then, the economic in Vietnam has been developing The face of Vietnam has been changing Because many famous companies, many famous firms on the world is beginning to pay attention Vietnam They invest big-invested capital in many fields in Vietnam The firms of fast food are also They begin to open many restaurants in some big cities There is other reason for those firms to invest in Vietnam is that Vietnam has a young population

It seems to be an advantage for the industry of fast food, because a major of customers is young in the restaurant of fast food Therefore, the youth is easy to contact new things, new technology etc and fast food is very suitable for them

According to my survey, 43% people answer that they eat fast food 2-3 times a week, 36% people eat it a time 2 week Fast food goes to the life of Vietnamese as the food of the developing-industry Vietnamese is familiar with many fast- food restaurants on the road According to the website www.tintuc.com.vn , the takings

of the firm of fast food are more and more increasing in Vietnam In addition, fast food becomes more popular with Vietnamese Maybe, there are many restaurants of fast food, opened in future in Vietnam

2 Advantage

As you know, fast food has been appearing in Vietnam for nearly years Many people like it because of advantages

First, fast food can save your time in your busy life In Vietnam, many years ago, a woman always repaired two means a day for their family They think means, cooked in the house served enough energy for their family, their children The means in the house are always clean Therefore, many years ago, Vietnam was

a poor country so there are not many restaurants opened So, although they have no time to repair a mean, there are no where for them to go out for a mean Nowadays,

in the developing-country as Vietnam, people are always busy with their work,

their children, so they also have time to have dinner each other and how about the lunch? Fast food is their best choice It does not waste much your time to repair

On the other hand, it is not only clean but also serve enough energy According to

my survey, 36 % people like fast food because it saves their time The information from website www.giadinh.net showed us many women in Vietnam choose fast food for their lunch Because they don’t have time to cook a lunch but really have a clean mean for family

Second, people can use fast food everywhere With people who work in office, sometime they have no time to go out for a lunch They can eat fast food in their office With students, they can use fast food in their school, in their break- time with their friends Therefore, the youth like to eat fast food when they go picnic Besides many things, repaired for their picnic, fast food is an integral thing

In addition, people can eat fast food everywhere they like such as in the office, at school, or outside etc If they don’t like to eat fast food outside, they can use it in

the restaurants of fast food My survey showed that 53% people like to eat fast food

in the restaurant All the firms of fast food become from foreign country, so their restaurants are not only clean but also cool Many people, who work in office, like

to have lunch in the restaurants of fast food According to interview in the website

www.amthuc.com , a person, who works in the television station said that: “I like

so much to have lunch fast food in the restaurant with my friend We can exchange each other about our work, our family etc freely Therefore, the air in the restaurant makes us comfortable” Many people agree with that opinion and have the same comments about the restaurants About the students, they also like to go to the restaurants of fast food According to my survey, in the 53% people, who like to go

to there, a half is the people, who have age from 15 to 19 years old They like the air in there Here, they can exchange each other about their studying, their hobbies, things which they take care about Maybe, in developed-country, the restaurant of fast food with the comfort is normal However in Vietnam, it is a new thing and really influences Vietnamese

Besides, in many restaurants, there are many good services, which was paid attention especially the youth My survey showed that 33% people pay attention services in the restaurants of fast food All restaurants have worker, who

is always ready to delivery goods to where you request Although, you are everywhere and want to eat fast food, but you don’t want to go to the restaurant, you can phone the restaurant to request food, you want to eat About a half-time

later, you will have the food, you want Especially, you don’t need to pay money for delivering food It is a great convenience in our busy-life and suitable for the person, who are always busy with their work Therefore, many restaurants have buffets for lunch People have to pay money and they can choose and eat kinds of fast food, they want This service is new with Vietnamese, so it is paid attention especially the Vietnamese students On the other hand, some ones have free service

on a day in weeks such as buy 1 free 1 for pizza etc And the waitress’ style is very impolite and they always smile with the customers It makes the customers feel comfortable and free Using the services is good not only for the firms of fast food but also for the customers ( www.thanhnienonline.com ) With the developing of the industry of fast food, there are many firm of fast food, opened many restaurants

in Vietnam They have to compete with each other to have the highest profits In addition, they have to good services to pay attention customers According to that,

we have many more choices for our means and think carefully to choose the best thing for us

On the other hand, there are many other advantages of fast food, which are the reasons for people to choose it My survey showed that 13% people like to go

to the restaurants of fast food because it is a new trend in the youth It showed a new style of the Vietnamese students Other people choose it because it is really delicious They really like this favor Therefore, its cost is not expensive You need only 25000-30000 VND to pay for a fast food mean However, it is very clean and serves you enough energy It is suitable for Vietnamese, for the people who work

in office, especially for the Vietnamese students There are many reasons, which make Vietnamese to like it I think the appearing of fast food is really suitable for the developing-life, for the developing-country as Vietnam

There are more and more the restaurants of fast good in Vietnam The famous firm of fast food will continue to invest in Vietnam Vietnam becomes a new market, which has many potentialities for the famous firm In the future, fast food will become a part of the life of Vietnamese In addition, Vietnamese has more choices to choose in their means

3 Disadvantage

Fast food is a popular food with the people on the world and in Vietnam There are many reasons why people like fast food However, besides the advantages, fast food has many disadvantages and a lot of people do not like fast food My report will show you many things about it

First, eating fast food a lot is a reason, why people are easy to over their According to a report in America, the rate of people, who are obey is very high and

it is increasing When interviewing them, they answer that they like to eat fast food very much and usually eat it The important thing is almost them is the people, who have age from 15 to 19 years old Many scientists demonstrate that the reason why people are obese is fast food They showed that the rate of calorie is very high The fat content is also It makes people to easy to be over weight Especially, being over weight is bad for health The scientists show that many dangerous diseases start from being over weight such as cancer etc The information from website

www.suckhoe.com.vn shows that the reason of the liver cancer is eating fast food a lot It is a disadvantage, which makes a lot of people not to like fast food According to my survey, 63% people don’t like fast food because of this reason Therefore, being over weight is not good for the youth It is very difficult to take part in many good activities if they are over weight Besides, being over weight often makes them feel tired, so they can’t pay attention many things such as studying etc Their health will become bad It really influences health Because of this reason, many schools on broad don’t allow the firms of fast food sold fast food

in the canteen It can make some students to feel unhappy Because, they are similarity with the appearing of fast food in their lunch, fast food is really a part in

the life of the student However, not having the fast food in the school is good for the students Therefore, in the some countries, many movements against selling fast food in the school In Vietnam, being over weight is a new disease There aren’t a lot of people, who are over eight in Vietnam However, the using of fast food a lot

in Vietnam will be an important thing It is very dangerous for the health of Vietnamese, especially for the Vietnamese students

Second, many people do not like fast food because it has influenced with the culture of food in Vietnamese According to my survey, 63% people think fast food will influence with the culture of food in Vietnam, 37% people don’t think so Because nowadays, the youth is always busy with their studying, their friends, their hobbies etc, they have no time to take care about traditional food If they have time, they will use it to online, go out with friends, shopping In addition, all of them don’t know to cook a traditional food And fast food is their best choice Maybe, in the future, the traditional food will be forgotten by the youth Many people think that because the youth always contacts with new things, model things and they are easy to forget the traditional things Therefore, my survey showed that people who are over 30 years old, don’t like fast food All of people, who are agree with opinion fast food will influence with the culture of food in Vietnam, think the traditional things of Vietnamese will be forget by the youth I think to save the traditional things in Vietnam, we should teach them now They can easily contact with new things, model things but they don’t have to forger tradition They should