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HCM City eager for Ao Dai festival in March

The fourth Ao Dai (traditional long tunic) festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 3 to 17.​
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HCM City (VNA) – The fourth AoDai (traditional long tunic) festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City fromMarch 3 to 17.

According to the organising board on February23, about 13 activities of the festival will be held in open space, including anAo Dai exhibition in Nguyen Hue walking street and a contest for beautifulphotos of Ao Dai, among others.

Ao Dai collections of many famous designerslike Thuan Viet, Viet Hung, Minh Chau and Ngo Nhat Huy will also be on display.

At the festival, more than 3,000 peoplewearing Ao Dai will join in a parade at Nguyen Hue walking street.

Bui Ta Hoang Vu, Director of HCM CityDepartment of Tourism said that the festival aims to honour the Ao Dai and ishoped to become a cultural tourism product of HCM City.-VNA

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