Hanoi (AFP) – Every morning at dawn, Nguyen Thi Van walks down from her home in Hanoi’s French Quarter and starts setting up her cart on a bustling street. By mid-morning, locals on their way to work and curious tourists line up for her take on Vietnam’s iconic street food: bánh mì. Once a byproduct of French colonialism, the baguette sandwich has become a proud emblem of Vietnamese culture.
