With the opening of eateries and cafes in Hanoi, many establishments have set out a range of policies aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Many restaurants in Hanoi are still open, ignoring the local authorities’ ban for Covid-19 prevention.

Some restaurants in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa have had to temporarily close due to the sharp customer fall amid the coronavirus spread.

Many restaurants in Hanoi, which have been hit by the new fines on drink driving, have experienced a further fall in customers amid the fears of coronavirus.

Restaurants are reporting a sharp fall in the number of customers after a few days the new fines on drink driving took effect.

Many old villas in Hanoi which are in the list of being needed for preservation have been transformed into restaurants.

Foreign investors of the loss-making Vietnamese food chain Mon Hue have claimed that some US$80 million has disappeared from the firm’s bank accounts.

VietNamNet Bridge - An American sells roast meat, others sell high-end chocolate, and a Singaporean sells frog porridge. 

 Bars in Hoi An ancient city in the central province of Quang Nam must reduce the volume of music from 10pm and stop serving before midnight every day, Nguyen Van Son, deputy chairman of the city People’s Committee told tuoitre.vn online newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from the Ministry of Health have started to inspect smoke-free restaurants and hotels in Ha Noi as part of efforts to build a non-smoking environment in public places.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are areas in the central area of Hanoi where many Korean and Japanese expats who work here live.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wild animal meat is being sold at luxury restaurants and low-roofed street shops near the Cuc Phuong National Park area.

VietNamNet Bridge – The food and beverage (F&B) market has witnessed big changes in recent years, with Vietnam’s most famous brands, one after another, seized by foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Square One of the Park Hyatt Saigon, Lemongrass, Nha hang Ngon, La Villa French Restaurant, and Hoi An in HCMC, Le Beaulieu at Sofitel Metropole Hotel and Restaurant Bobby Chinn in Hanoi,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fast-food giant McDonald’s plans to have a total of 4-5 restaurants in Vietnam this year as part of an ambitious goal for around 100 restaurants in the next decade, McDonald’s Vietnam said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese once hoped to establish Vietnamese-style fast food chains powerful enough to compete with McDonald’s or KFC. However, the dream seems to be too fabulous.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the real estate market has been freezing for the last several years, the high end retail premises market has always been boisterous.

When the lamps are turned on, karaoke music suddenly stops, dozens of waitresses in bikinis who are flirting with clients hastily seek a shelter is the popular scene whenever the authorities storm karaoke bars or restaurants in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Food courts are believed to be a highly profitable business field, which explains why more and more investors have poured their money into the field.