A thousand years of radiant Vietnamese Ao Dai

For generations, the Ao Dai has become a beauty in Vietnamese culture, it is an indispensable costume in important events of the country, of the nation. The Ao Dai enhances the traditional beauty of Vietnamese women, the charm of Asian women.

Through many periods of development, the ao dai has constantly changed but still ensures its traditional character, contributing to enhancing the elegant and gentle beauty of Vietnamese women.

Author hangnguyen78 with the work series " A Thousand Years of Ao Dai - Radiant Vietnam " submitted to attend the "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam 2025 " Award. The photo series was taken by the author at the Ao Dai Festival 2025 taking place at Nguyen Hue Walking Street, City Theater, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The event, which took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of national reunification, was one of the most impressive and large-scale cultural events in Ho Chi Minh City. Nearly 1,000 people participated in the Ao Dai folk dance and ancient costume parade on the central streets, creating a vivid picture of the thousand-year cultural flow. Through that, the program demonstrated the prosperous development of the country, when people's lives are increasingly full, happy and attached to the national cultural heritage in the modern flow.

Procession in ancient ao dai

Ancient 5-panel Ao Dai

Ancient ceremonial dress

Ancient royal dress

International tourists wearing Vietnamese Ao Dai

Take a photo in front of the New Year mascot

Children wearing Ao Dai to watch the festival

Ao dai decorated with country map

Take a photo at the display counter

Traditional Ao Dai in many colors

Ao dai is the embodiment of the Vietnamese people, a graceful yet gentle beauty, an essential part of every Vietnamese woman, a characteristic of a country with hard-working women who always have the virtue of sacrifice.

The five-panel ao dai, traditional ancient costumes combined with the beauty of modern ao dai not only honor aesthetic values and craftsmanship, but also spread national pride.

We invite readers and photographers from home and abroad to continue sending photos and videos to participate in the "Happy Vietnam 2025" Award. The award is organized by The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and Vietnam Television organized . Thereby, to continue to introduce and promote the image of the country, Vietnamese people, cultural values, nature across the country; arouse national pride, self-esteem and development aspirations in all classes of Vietnamese people to join hands to build Vietnam to be increasingly prosperous, prosperous and happy.

Deadline for submission of works: From May 22, 2025 to September 30, 2025. Entries are accepted online at : https://happy.vietnam.vn  

Contestants: Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and over

The award consists of two categories: Photo and Video .

Each contest category (photo and video) will have one First Prize worth 50,000,000 VND, two Second Prizes worth 30,000,000 VND, three Third Prizes worth 15,000,000 VND, 10 Encouragement Prizes worth 5,000,000 VND, one Most Voted Work Prize worth 5,000,000 VND.

The Organizing Committee encourages and will award a creative prize in each category (photo and video) worth 20,000,000 VND for works with new ideas, creativity in content and form of expression.

In addition, the Organizing Committee will award monthly prizes including First, Second, and Third prizes to the highest voted works of the month in each category.

The Jury will select the award through two rounds of Preliminary and Final, online and in person.

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