Royal costumes of Nguyen Dynasty on show

Seventy royal items dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are being showcased at the Museum of History of Ho Chi Minh City, giving an insight into the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam.

Costumes of Nguyen kings and queens are displayed at the centre of the exhibition hall (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Yellow is the symbol colour of kings (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

A close look at the patterns on a robe of a king (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Some royal costumes worn by women in the Nguyen Dynasty (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Some robes of mandarins in the Nguyen Dynasty (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

A mandarin coronet (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Boxes for containing personal belongings (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Silver and jade hairpins (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Sophisticated silver hairpins (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

Foreign visitors to the exhibition (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

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