Graceful ao dai of Phu Tho women

As part of a series of events sponsored by the Provincial Women’s Union in commemoration of International Women’s Day on March 8, women members from all areas and units in the province participated in practical actions to react to “Ao dai Week” recognizing the beauty of the ancestral land’s women.

From March 1 to 8, women in localities and units actively participated in the event through innovative and practical activities such as wearing Ao Dai that is appropriate for work characteristics and working space. “Ao dai Week” seeks to produce a spreading impact of the beauty of ao dai in life, thereby rallying the community to join hands to defend and preserve “Vietnamese Cultural Heritage”.

A Hung Lo communal Women’s Union member appears elegant in her ao dai.

Women pose with brightly colored ao dai.

In honor of ao dai week, members of the Women’s Union of Hung Lo commune in Viet Tri city dressed beautifully in colorful ao dai. To create beautiful photographs with traditional ao dai, the ladies picked well-known local community tourist locations like as ancient communal house and banyan trees to pose together, shoot photos, and highlight the beauty of Ao Dai, which has existed for decades.

Members of the Hung Lo Women’s Union pose in ao dai in the ancient communal house yard.

March 8 provides a unique opportunity for female physicians and nurses at the Stroke Center - Provincial General Hospital to temporarily remove their white blouses and wear a stunning ao dai. They, like other female members, chose to wear ao dai on March 8 to help propagate and appreciate traditional Vietnamese women’s clothes.

The physicians and nurses at the Stroke Center - Provincial General Hospital developed the beautiful multicolored artwork.

Women wearing traditional ao dai have bright grins.

At several schools, many teachers like to wear ao dai to the class. The picture of soft and graceful teachers in traditional ao dai evokes affection and everlasting memories in many generations of pupils.

Dinh Tien Hoang Primary School’s teachers and pupils read together.

Many schools urge instructors to wear ao dai while teaching.

International Women’s Day, March 8, is approaching. Joining the joyous and exciting environment to celebrate “half” of the globe, the women also enjoyed themselves by dressing in bright and beautiful traditional costumes. The beauty of the ladies, along with the elegant ao dai, has helped to fill the flower garden of Vietnamese women with fragrance.

Thuy Trang