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
Traditional Thai clothing and the upper class in Bangkok, and nowadays is used in select circumstances as a national costume. The formal Thai costume, known in Thai as (, literally "Thai dress of royal endorsement"), includes several sets of dress, designed as the Thai national costume in formal occasions. Although described and intended for use as national costume, they are of relatively modern origins, having been conceived in the second half of the 20th century. Traditional Thai clothing Traditional Thai clothing is called "chut thai" (), which literally means "Thai outfit". It can be worn by men, women, and children. Chut thai for