Vocabulary (Annotated): Vietnam

• ao dai - traditional wear for women in the middle part of Vietnam (long dress, two panels; worn over trousers)
• ao tu than - traditional wear for women in the northern part of Vietnam (long dress, four equal panels below waist) often worn with a long skirt (vay) - The two front panels can be tied together
• ao ba ba - traditional wear for women in the south part of Vietnam (silk pajamas, often black but can be made in any color; a shirt that buttons down the front, is often split on the sides, and has two pockets worn with simple trousers)
• ao ngu than - long dress with five panels; the fifth panel is short and buttoned to the front from the right side; usually worn over a skirt
• khan dong - headwrap
• non la - functional cone-shaped hat for shade from the sun, made from reeds or grasses
• non quai thao - hat with a tasseled strap to help secure it on the head, wide and cone shaped to protect from the sun, made from reeds or grasses
• tho cam - brocaded fabrics, traditionally hand-made
• vay - skirt
• yem - undergarment for women; diamond-shaped with straps around the neck and chest to secure in place