After the Ao Dai Festival was successfully held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9, the organizing committee brought many Ao Dai sets to the Vietnam Women's Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.
Director Hoang Nhat Nam believes that the Vietnam Women's Museum will be the place where costumes continue to tell stories about national identity to domestic and foreign tourists.
"In addition to women's ao dai, I hope men's ao dai will be more recognized, not only during important holidays but also in daily life. We can completely wear Ao Dai with confidence and pride, said director Hoang Nhat Nam.
At the Ao Dai Festival, the moment designers are able to walk alongside their models, when their names resound with passionate works, is a meaningful recognition.
Some designers even choose their own children as "muses" to represent the continuation of family traditions in preserving the Vietnamese ao dai.
This is the first year the program has a separate space to honor the designer, and if possible, it should continue to do so in the following years.
I believe that honoring designers is not only a respect for those who keep the fire but also a motivation for them to continue to create and pass on the craft to the next generation, affirmed director Hoang Nhat Nam.
Director Hoang Nhat Nam hopes that after the Ao Dai Festival - when 500 ao dai from different regions are performed, the love of ao dai will spread even more strongly in the community.
"Ao Dai Fate" will be written with new stories, on the foundation of love and national pride.
The 11th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival in 2025 with the theme "Vietnam Ao Dai - Rising Vietnam" organized by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, chaired by the Department of Tourism and the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union, in coordination with departments, branches, districts, towns and Thu Duc City, was a great success from March 1 to 9.
This year's festival marks a strong breakthrough in the scale of the organization, with a significant increase in the number of participating programs, designers and collections.
The Ao Dai Festival has created a rich experience space when thousands of people participate in interactive activities such as Ao Dai photo contests, transformation challenges with Ao Dai on TikTok, creative workshops and in-depth seminars on Ao Dai.
These impressive numbers not only affirm the success of the festival but also contribute to strongly spreading the cultural value of the Vietnamese ao dai to a large audience at home and abroad.
