From cross-collar robes to the áo dài

👘 Traditional Costumes

Vietnamese traditional dress in real photographs, from the cross-collar robe and áo tứ thân to the vivid costumes of the H'Mông, Thái and Chăm. Tap a card for a large photo and its story.

Photos are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under public-domain or Creative Commons licences; the author and licence are shown under each enlarged image. Museum specimens come from the Vietnamese Women's Museum and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. The 54-ethnic-group costumes here are a representative sample, not the full set.