Áo dài ao dai experienced a revival beginning in late 1980s, when state enterprise and schools began adopting the dress as a uniform again. In 1989, 16,000 Vietnamese attended a Miss Ao Dai Beauty Contest held in Ho Chi Minh City. When the Miss International Pageant in Tokyo gave its "Best National Costume" award to an ao dai-clad Trường Quỳnh Mai in 1995, "Thời Trang Trẻ" (New Fashion Magazine) claimed that Vietnam's "national soul" was "once again honored". An "ao dai craze" followed that lasted for several years and led to wider use of the dress as a school uniform. No longer
Rejuvenation of dai pai dong holders chose to sell their licenses to the government. The number of dai pai dong in Hong Kong dropped significantly. There were 68 dai pai dong in Kowloon City. But now there is none. Now, there are only 25 dai pai dong remaining in Hong Kong: 11 in Sham Shui Po, 10 in Central, three in Wan Chai and one in Tai O. Only a few of them are still on the streets in the traditional style. Nevertheless, while the traditional food stalls, which represent Hong Kong local food culture, closed down one by one because of urban development, there