 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mupunga ndiwo zvokudya zvikuru zveVietnam. Zvinowanzotaurwa kuti zvokudya zvavo zvose zvitatu pazuva zvinoumbwa nemupunga nechimwe chinhu. Kana mupunga usingadyiwi ipapo chimwe chinhu chipi nechipi chinodyiwa hachisi kudya asi chokudya chiduku. Chikafu cheVietnamese chakakanganiswa nemazana emakore ehutongi hwekunze, kutanga nemaChinese kweanopfuura makore 1000 kubva muna 111 BC achiteverwa nekupinda kweMongol muVietnammuzana ramakore rechi10 AD, apo zvokudya zvorudzi zveVietnam zvinonzi phở mupunga unogadzirwa nemupunga zvakagadzirwa. Ikoku kwakateverwa nepesvedzero yeCambodian apo ndiro dzeIndia dzakapinda mukubika kwavo uye vakadzidza kusanganisa zvinonhuwira nezvokudya zvavo. Ipapo vaFrench vakaunza unyanzvi hwavo hwokubika zvikurukuru, masaladi nokutsvaira. Patafura yokudyira, mudzimba dzechiVietnam, mupunga ndiwo mudziyo mukuru unoiswa pakati pamwe chete nemimwe midziyo yakarongwa ichitenderedza. Kudya kwemangwanani kunowanzotanga nesobho re noodle, mupunga unopfungaira - chikafu chenyika pho kana kuti inogona kuva keke yemupunga yakaputirwa mumashizha ebhanana, kudya kwemasikati kunowanzoitwa nemupunga vermicelli nechimwe chinhu nyama yakagochwa kana chikafu chegungwa uye kudya kwemanheru kunowanzoitwa zvakare zvekudya zvemasikati nemupunga sechikafu chepakati. 