A young Vietnamese woman is running her project on promoting the image of the traditional Vietnamese costume ao dai to the world.

Nguyen Thi Thuy Thuy, 22, who is studying at William Angliss Institute in Melbourne, has created a Facebook page named “Ao dai around the world,” where people across the globe can share photos capturing them wearing the traditional Vietnamese costume.

The project was initiated out of the passion of Thuy, who said she owns 60 ao dai gowns.

Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy poses in an 'ao dai' at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Thus, Thuy started thinking about launching her own project to create a space to keep images of all people, no matter whether they are Vietnamese or foreigners, in ao dai from around the world.

On Thuy’s page, everyone can send pictures capturing themselves or their relatives donning ao dai. After receiving the photos, Thuy will pick up the suitable ones and post them on the page regularly.

Each day, about 2-3 photos are posted on “Ao dai around the world” with captions depicting the photo owners’ stories in both Vietnamese and English.

In the future, the 22-year-old woman said she will boost the promotion of the project to Vietnamese student forums in countries like Japan, Russia, South Korea, and others, and urge them to submit their photos.

(Source: Tuoitrenews)