Hanoi women promote Vietnamese traditional dress

Jenna Duong

Mar 08, 2022 / 04:45 PM

Many women throughout Vietnam have been wearing Ao dai, or Vietnamese traditional attire, during the “Vietnam Ao dai week”, which runs from March 1 to 8.

The “Vietnam Ao dai week” is held on the occasion of the 112th anniversary of International Women's Day to celebrate the 1982 anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung’s uprising against Chinese invaders and welcome the 13th National Women’s Congress for the period 2022 - 2027, which will take place from March 9 to 11 March 2022 in Hanoi.

It is a campaign held by the Vietnam Central Women’s Union to praise the beauty of Vietnamese women in traditional attire.

According to the campaign organizers, the Ao dai is not only a great work of art and a national beauty but also a symbol of the identity and spirit of Vietnamese women. For such great meaning, Vietnamese women usually wear the Ao dai on important occasions. In response to the program, Hanoi female officials, civil servants, and businesswomen from Women's Unions at all levels also dress in Ao dai at work.

Under the campaign, the Hanoi Women’s Union organized a tree-planting program called “Women Cultivate the Future” at President Ho Chi Minh’s relic at Da Chong site (K9 - Ba Vi district, Hanoi).

These women from in Thinh Quang Ward, Dong Da District respond to “Vietnam Ao dai Week” with a green action by encouraging women to bring their own baskets when going shopping and refrain from using plastic bags.

The women from Trung Phung Ward, Dong Da District held the Spring tour to famous monuments and relic sites in Hanoi.

The women in O Cho Dua Ward, Dong Da District wear Ao dai at the launching ceremony of “Mural Painting Project” undertaken by themselves to beautify the streets.

The women in Hang Gai Ward, Hoan Kiem District respond to Vietnam Ao Dai Week with the activity titled “Ao dai in Hanoi streets”.

The women from Yen Thai Ward, Hoan Kiem District performed the incense offering ceremony to Y Lan Empress (1044 - 1117) at Yen Thai Temple, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.

Dong Anh District Women’s Union organized the contest “Designing and Refurbishing Vietnamese Ao dai 2022 Contest”. A woman wears an Ao dai with decorative patterns created by herself.

Women from Lieu Giai Ward, Ba Dinh district donated more than 100 Ao dai attires to poor women in other provinces under a program titled “The Ao dai for Love in March 2022”.