9th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival “I love Vietnamese Ao Dai”

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With the desire to preserve and promote the unique traditional cultural values of the national costume and at the same time inspire and spread the love for Ao Dai to domestic and foreign tourists, this year’s festival will be held in March at historical sites, cultural relics, tourist destinations, works of Ho Chi Minh City with many unique and attractive activities honoring the beauty of Ao Dai, such as the Opening Ceremony of Ao Dai Festival, Parade with Ao Dai, Art program on Ao Dai, Charming Ao Dai Contest, Drawing contest on Ao Dai, and Online Ao Dai contest.

In particular, the opening ceremony of the Ao Dai Festival will take place on March 3; The art program about Ao Dai on March 4; Parade with Ao Dai on March 5 and the "Graceful Ao Dai Ho Chi Minh City" contest from February to March, 2023 at Nguyen Hue - Nguyen Hue Walking Street.

Through 8 iterations with an ever-expanding scale and increasingly rich and diverse contents, the Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival has become one of the typical tourism-cultural events of the city, and always receives the attention and enthusiastic response of artists, designers of Ao Dai, cultural researchers, artists, diplomatic agencies and especially the participation of a large number of people, domestic and foreign tourists.

The 9th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival is also an opportunity to honor the beauty of the traditional Ao Dai, introduce the beauty and convenience of the Ao Dai in order to make the Ao Dai a familiar dress of all genders, all industries, and select it to be used regularly in daily work and in important holidays and events of the year.