The man who brough­t the chain to the countr­y once flippe­d burger­s for McDona­ld's in the United States­HANOI: Global burger behemoth McDonald’s opened its first branch on Saturday in the historic heart of communist Hanoi, a conservative city renowned for its traditional – and cheap – Vietnamese staples beloved by food-obsessed locals. Muslim student ordered to remove headscarf at famous fast food restaurant in UKThe global fast food chain received a similarly warm welcome in Hanoi on Saturday, as hungry diners crammed into the two-storey eatery for a first taste of the Golden Arches. “I am happy that McDonald’s has opened a restaurant in Hanoi. “It’s a rip-off… this fast food is for kids only, it’s not good at all,” 90-year-old Ta Xuan Huong said, espousing his love for traditional cuisine. The fast food industry in Vietnam has seen double-digit growth annually for the past five years, and the country has the highest 2017 growth in Asia-Pacific for fast food chains, according to market research firm Euromonitor International.

Source: The Express Tribune December 02, 2017 10:41 UTC