
HCM City (VNA) – Over 5,000 people from allwalks of life will join various activities during the 10th Ho Chi Minh CityAo Dai (long dress) Festival from March 7-17, the event’s organising boardannounced on March 1.
According to Nguyen Tran Phuong Tran, chairwoman ofthe Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union, the festival will include a variety of unique activities such as anart programme themed “Ao Dai – Colours of Ho Chi Minh City”, an Ao Daiexhibition and interaction space, and an online Ao Dai competition.
This year’s eventwill feature more than 20 key opinion leaders in various fields like politics,economy, beauty queens, singers, actors, actresses, and travel bloggers as image ambassadors. Along with that, the festival will see theparticipation of 30 famous AoDai designers from many localities across the country, she noted.
Le Truong Hien Hoa,Deputy Director of the municipal Tourism Department, said that the festivalwill not only an unique cultural tourism product of thelocality, but also a driving force for socio-economic development.
During the 10-day event, the union will strengthencoordination with departments, branches, districts, and Thu Duc city to conduct a series of activities in many locations.
The festival is expectedto spread the love for Ao Dai among both the locals and visitors, particularly civilservants, public employees, and female workers./.