Anxiety mounts over safety of Vietnam's street food as scandals grow


A street food vendor selling spring rolls and grilled pork in Ho Chi Minh city. - AFP

HANOI (AFP): Vietnam's fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country's streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat.

Tran Huong Lan, a 32-year-old accountant, spent two nights in hospital the last time she ate "bun cha", Hanoi's signature pork noodles gobbled up by former United States president Barack Obama and late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on a visit four years ago.

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