Ga Banh Mi

Ga Banh Mi (ガ バˊㄥ ミ`; "Banh Mi Station") is a Hoaian multinational fast food restaurant franchise that offers sandwiches, other Hoaian finger foods, and beverages.

Ga Banh Mi was founded in 1985 in Nha Trang City by Lý Giang Sơn, a former agricultural collective supervisor. The franchise expanded in 1994 after Lý's business partner Thân Thanh Trung opened a second restaurant in Hai Fuong, followed by a third in Bac Quan. In 2003, Ga Banh Mi opened its first overseas outlet in Yamatai. Since then, Ga Banh Mi has rapidly spread around the world and become a global franchise.

Ga Banh Mi is known for its "make it yourself" concept, serving an array of topping choices that allow the customer to choose which toppings are included in their sandwich. The company is known for using fresh ingredients in their sandwiches, and often provides seasonal or local ingredients catering to local tastes. For example, sauerkraut is an option in Zusean outlets.

As of June 2021, Ga Banh Mi has 3,540 locations around the world, with almost one quarter of these outlets located in Dai Hoa.

History
Banh Mi first became popular in Dai Hoa in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when the country was still friendly with the global socialist states. Hotel chefs attempting to cater to Redonian cadres visiting Bac Quan introduced baguettes and Redonian ingredients such as pâté, which soon also became popular among the richer inhabitants of the Hoaian capital. Banh Mi's popularity exploded when street food vendors began emulating the Redonian-style sandwiches of the high-class hotels with local ingredients such as chả lụa pork sausages and daikon radishes, with the creation proving to be extremely popular with the working class and students in Bac Quan. This popularity continued even after the Dai Hoa Unification War and the subsequent political divide between Dai Hoa and most of the other socialist states.

In 1985, Lý Giang Sơn opened a banh mi shop in Nha Trang, which would become the first Ga Banh Mi. A former supervisor on a farming collective, Lý was inspired by street vendors and decided to allow the customers to choose the exact ingredients used in the sandwiches, rather than choosing from a fixed menu like in most other banh mi shops. This proved highly popular and Ga Banh Mi often saw lines that would go on for blocks. In 1994, Lý's business partner Thân Thanh Trung opened Ga Banh Mi outlets in Hai Fuong and Bac Quan, starting the Ga Banh Mi franchise. Over the next few years, Ga Banh Mi would experience a surge in nationwide expansion, with franchises opening in most major cities. By 2000, Nha Trang alone had 12 Ga Banh Mi restaurants.

Ga Banh Mi expanded overseas for the first time in 2003, when entrepreneur Mai Gia Lập opened the first overseas outlet in Songmachi, an area with a large Songese population in the Yamataian city of Shinagawa. Experiencing high popularity among Yamataian customers, later in the same year two more outlets were opened in Kinkishi, Heian, and Nemoto, Niihama. By 2010, there would be over 500 outlets across Yamatai.