HCMC launches ao dai festival 2017

by Hung Nguyen05 March 2017 Last updated at 13:22 PM

VTV.vn - A fashion show to highlight the ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) was officially launched on Ho Chi Minh City's Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1 on March 3.

The show titled "Charming Vietnamese Ao Dai" features 30 fashion models wearing the ao dai from the latest collections by designers such as Si Hoang, Thuan Viet and Vo Viet Chung.

The event is one of many cultural and art activities of the annual Ao Dai Festival which is organised by the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.


Photo Credit: Dan tri

Photo Credit: Dan tri


Photo Credit: Dan tri

Photo Credit: Dan tri


Photo Credit: Dan tri

Photo Credit: Dan tri

This year, the festival's theme is Ao Dai- Toi Yeu Vietnam (Ao Dai - I Love Vietnam) and aims to honour and promote traditional cultural values as well as the beauty and grace of the ao dai,

Last year, the festival attracted more than 50,000 foreign and local visitors.

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