Eating habits in Viet Nam Meals in Viet Nam – lunch or dinner – must include rice. Traditionally, Vietnamese meals are prepared by wives or mothers and the whole family is expected to eat. However, families now may have only one meal a day at home, and it may not include all the families members. Tastes, cooking methods and dishes are different between the three regions: the North, the Central and the South. Nowadays, these differences have become small. When the families do not have the time to prepare meals, they eat out. Employees have lunch somewhere nearby the work places. Since Viet nam opened its doors to foreign investors, more foreigners have stayed and worked in Viet Nam. As a result, more foreign restaurants have been opened in Viet Nam, especially in big cities. Young people in Viet Nam now like fast food because of its conveniences. Vietnamese fast food shops have been opened, and the most successful Vietnamese fast food chain is Pho 24. In recent years, there have been more Vietnamese fast food chains such as Bun Bo Hue 3A3. 1. What do meals in Viet Nam usually include? __________________________________________________________ 2. When have more foreign restaurants been opened in Viet Nam? __________________________________________________________ 3. Why do young people in Viet Nam like fast food? __________________________________________________________ 4. Where do most employees have lunch? __________________________________________________________ 5. What is the most successful Vietnamese fast food chain? __________________________________________________________