This was one of the main and most-anticipated activities of the ongoing eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019. The event, attracting thousands of visitors, is expected to develop Vietnam’s traditional cultural values and honour ao dai.

A performance at the festival.

It featured hundreds of ao dai sets from 16 collections of famous designers, namely Cao Duy, Viet Bao, Minh Hanh, and Ngoc Han, among others.

This year, designers use locally-made silks for their products, and decorated them with images of natural landscapes and world heritage sites in Vietnam’s central region, like Ho Dynasty Citadel in Thanh Hoa province, Phong Nha-Ke Bang cave in Quang Binh, and Hoi An ancient town and My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province.

The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019, the 8th edition, opened in the former imperial capital of Hue on April 26 with a grand ceremony.

Lasting from April 26 to May 5, the event introduces 60 craft villages and more than 350 artisans from not only Thua Thien-Hue but also other cities and provinces such as Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Hanoi, Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Thai Binh in the north, Ninh Thuan in the south central region, Lam Dong in the Central Highlands and Dong Thap in the south.

The festival is also attended by 70 foreign artisans from eight cities that have twin-city and cooperative relationships with Hue, namely Takayama, Sasayama, and Saijo of Japan; Gyeongju, Namyangiu, and Dongnae of the Republic of Korea (RoK); Konya of Turkey; and Sao Luix of Brazil.

Vietnam’s Ao Dai introduced at global fashion event in India

The Embassy of Vietnam in India has organized an Ao Dai (long dress) show in India in an effort to popularize Vietnamese culture and the national costume of Vietnam.

 

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam: My journey with Ao Dai always filled with emotions

Hanoi-based designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam, Chairman of Vietnamese Ao Dai Club, shared with delight that Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese long dresses) has changed his life, and his journey to bring the country’s cultural symbol to the world is always kept alive in his memory. In an interview, Nam acknowledged that the appreciation from international friends for the elegant Vietnamese outfit has motivated him to work harder in his career.

 

Women wearing Vietnamese ao dai granted an imperial favor

All women wearing Vietnam’s traditional dress can walk into the Imperial Citadel in Hue for free, March 7-9.

 

Over 3,000 people join mass performance in 6th Ao Dai festival

More than 3,000 people wearing ao dai (traditional long dress) joined in a mass performance in Nguyen Hue pedestrian street on March 3, part of the ongoing sixth Ao Dai Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.

 

HCM City’s photo contest highlights women and ao dai

Women in Vietnam and other countries are encouraged to join the photo contest, Anh Dep Ao Dai (Beautiful Images of Vietnamese Traditional Dress), which aims to capture images of women in ao dai.

 

Source: VNA