Attention is focused on the news that Korea gave up the top spot in per capita consumption of ramen to another country for the first time in 9 years.
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According to the World Ramen Association, Vietnam was the country with the highest per capita ramen consumption last year.
In Vietnam, it was found that one person eats 87 ramen a year.
Korea ranked second with 73 per capita last year, followed by Nepal with 55.
Korea's per capita consumption of ramyun ranked first for 8 years from 2013 to 2020, but it lost its place last year.
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The size of the ramen market in Vietnam is growing rapidly from 5 billion in 2019 to 7 billion in 2020 and 8.6 billion in 2021.
An industry official explained, "It is analyzed that it is because of the increased purchasing power of consumers in Vietnam, which is recording high economic growth, and the tendency to eat one meal at home due to the corona virus."
Netizens responded, "Do you mean to eat harder in the second half of the year? Welcome^^", "I think I'm contributing to raising my average... It's a pity that I'm in second place."