The Ao Dai Festival in San Jose brings the community together to honor and preserve Vietnamese heritage, celebrating and showcasing the iconic dress.

The ao dai is the national dress of Vietnam. “This is the ao dai, it has really nice details here at the top, here in the center, above the ankles,” said Nguyen.

This iconic dress will be showcased as Ao Dai Festival in San Jose celebrates Vietnamese culture KGO via CNN Newsource The ao dai is the national dress of Vietnam.