The cost of eating out in Vietnam went up by .65 percent in September over August, according to the General Department of Statistics’ Consumer Price Index data. This was coupled with a year-on-year increase in the cost of eating out of 3.84 percent.
Vietnam’s food and beverage industry has experienced huge growth in recent years, driven by a combination of factors including rapid urbanisation, rising disposable incomes, and a burgeoning middle class.
That said, Vietnam recorded a fall in food and beverage outlets of 3.9 percent from the start of the year to the end of June, according to food and beverage point of sale technology provider iPOS. The bulk of this fall was in Ho Chi Minh City which recorded a contraction in the number of outlets of about 5.97 percent.