Published:  09:49 Monday - August 20, 2012

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.<br><br>

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