HCM City (VNA) – The seventh Ao Dai (traditional long dress) Festival in Ho Chi MinhCity will take place at the Vietnam History Museum in District 1 from October11-12.
The festival willbring together famous designers, cultural researchers and artists, and featurean array of activities, including a contest and a workshop on the traditionalcostume, organisers said on October 8.
It opens the campaign “Hello Ho Chi Minh City” launched by the local tourismsector aiming to promote the city’s image.
The event has been rescheduled twice to April and July from its originaldate in early March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since 2014, the HCM City Ao Dai Festival has beenheld annually in early March. The festival aims to honour Vietnam’s traditionalcostume and promote HCM City’s tourism to domestic and foreign visitors./.
Symposium on ‘Capital of Vietnam’s Ao Dai’
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue held a symposium themed “Hue – Capital of Vietnam’s Ao Dai” in the ancient capital of Hue on July 8.