General view of the Doan Mon Gate (south gate) as it transforms into a big stage with performers dressed in brilliant red Ao Dai lining the stairs on both sides of the Imperial Citadel |
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan stands amid audience cheers at the festival’s opening |
Performers at the ceremony perform hat dance in remembrance of the heroic past of Hanoi’s thousand years of civilization |
Ngo Van Quy, vice chair of Hanoi City People's Committee, delivers the keynote address launching the festival |
Performers dressed in vividly colourful Ao Dai at the opening of the 2016 Ao Dai Festival prepare to take centre stage following Ngo Quy’s opening address |
Designers from northern, central and southern Vietnam including Minh Hanh, Lan Huong, La Hang, Trinh Bich Thuy, Nhi Hoang, Minh and Duc Hai perform at the extravaganza |
Wife of painter Bui Xuan Phai’s rides on rose covered cyclo at opening of the 2016 Ao Dai Festival to the thunderous applause of the audience |
People's Artist Lan Huong takes the stage at the opening of the 2016 Ao Dai Festival |
People's Artist Minh Chau |
Singers perform at the opening of the 2016 Ao Dai Festival |
Ngo Van Quy, vice chair of Hanoi City People's Committee along with other designers, artists and performers wave to the audience near the end of the evenings performance |
