The Vietnam Government Portal has quoted international food magazine TasteAtlas as reporting that Vietnam has been placed 22nd on a list of the 100 best cuisines in the world.

Its best-rated food included pho, banh hoi, Phu Quoc fish sauce, and Phan Thiet dragon fruit, among others.

Meanwhile, in the 100 Best Dishes category, two typical Vietnamese dishes, banh mi and pho bo, appeared, ranked 14th and 100th, respectively.

Two localities with diverse and attractive cuisine found places in the Best Food Cities & Regions category: Hue (28th) and Ho Chi Minh City (73rd).

Finally, in the Best Iconic Food Places category, the Pho Thin Lo Duc restaurant, which opened in Hanoi in 1979, was ranked 90th by TasteAtlas experts for its unique stir-fried rare beef pho bo.

The 100 Best Cuisines in the World is a ranking within the framework of the annual TasteAtlas Awards, based on voting and scoring by culinary experts, chefs, and diners around the world. More than 350,000 votes were cast and scores submitted by readers for the 2023 awards.

TasteAtlas was founded in 2015 and is an experiential online travel guide for traditional food that collates authentic recipes, food critic reviews, and research articles on popular ingredients and dishes.

Describing itself as “a world atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients, and authentic restaurants”, it features an interactive global food map with dish icons shown in their respective regions, and purportedly contains nearly 10,000 dishes, drinks, and ingredients as well as 9,000 restaurants.