Restaurants line virtually every street in major cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Reaching every socio-economic level, restaurants serve everyone from the wealthiest to the poorest.
For many people, living in large cities is a necessary inconvenience. Factory workers often live and work in large cities in Vietnam without their families, who stay behind in their villages. Workers spend long hours for a paycheck that they send back to provide for parents, spouses, or children.
Many Vietnamese young people are able to study at a university—a blessing that some of their parents didn’t have. With a college education, young Vietnamese people have better opportunities for successful careers.
