The arrival of one of the most potent symbols of US capitalism in southern Ho Chi Minh City - known as Saigon when American troops dramatically withdrew in 1975 - is the result of a partnership with the son-in-law of Vietnam's powerful Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
McDonald's is following US rivals Burger King, KFC and coffee giant Starbucks into Vietnam - a country many Americans associate more with an unpopular war than a newly wealthy middle class.
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