Forty beautiful girls in the Miss Vietnam 2012 pageant dazzlingly posed for photographs in ao dai (traditional long dress) at a resort in the central city of Danang on August 19.

• Ao dai on the streets of Saigon half a century ago
• Ao Dai beauty honoured at Hue Festival
• Vietnamese "Ao Dai" to be Brilliant in Hue Festival
• Emperor Bao Dai's Summer Palace
• Ao Dai Vietnam and its history

Ninh Hoang Ngan

Vuong Thu Phuong

Nguyen Thu Thao

Meticulous preparations-A peacock-tailed dress as long as six metres

Nguyen Tuyet Ngoc

Pham Thi Phuong Thao

Tran Bao Vy

Source: VOV