The "Ao dai" festival is held on November 29, 2020. (Photo: VNA)

The "Ao dai" festival attracted more than 500 guests who are officials and members of the Vietnam Women's Union, students and girls from Hanoi parading while wearing the traditional Vietnamese "Ao dai" highlighting the beauty of the elegant and civilized women of the capital.

The festival was part of the "Hanoi Connect - Reach More" program of the Hanoi municipal People's Committee. It responded to a call to promote "Ao dai" in all provinces and cities of the country with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Vietnam Women's Union.

The organizing board wished to spread women’s love and pride with the traditional "Ao dai" which will be included in the list of cultural heritage at national level towards being nominated as the World Cultural Heritage.