‘Ao dai’ is the traditional long dress for both men and women in Viet Nam. Although the national costume has gone through many changes over the past decades, it still retains the benchmark of elegance and refinement.

For that reason, many foreigners to Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole, want to get their own ‘Ao dai’ tailored. In order to satisfy the increasing demand of tourists, tailors in the Han Market are now offering fast ‘ao dai’ tailoring services.

Over the past 2 years, such services are very attractive to international visitors.

Let’s look at some amazing photos which are captured by our reporter Xuan Son in order to get insight into such services.

The Han Market is now home to 50 cloth selling and 37 tailoring stores, along with nearly 70 tailors.

Colourful ‘ao dai’ fabrics with vivid motifs are the most favourite items for international tourists

In recent years, ‘ao dai’ tailoring services in 1-2 hours are very attractive to international visitors.

Most of customers to local tailors are from foreign countries, especially South Korea

Despite short time, different steps of ‘ao dai’ tailoring from measuring, cutting, sewing, assembling, and adding the accessories are done carefully.

During the tourism peak season, ‘ao dai’ tailoring stores operate from early morning to late evening

A tailor can make a daily average of 8 ‘ao dais’

Mrs Huynh Thi Lan is one of senior tailors at the Han Market

Depending on materials and fashion styles, the tailoring cost stands from 350,000 VND to 500,000 VND per ‘ao dai’.

According to the Management Board of the Han Mart, more than 300 ‘ao dais’ are tailored every day to serve both domestic and international visitors.

 By XUAN SON - Translated by MAI DUNG