Professor Bui Duy Tam inspires a love for the ao-dai in schools

Professor Bui Duy Tam (in the red ao-dai, center) posed for a photo with teachers and students of Quang Trung Primary School

On the morning of July 15, Professor Bui Duy Tam had a talk with teachers and students of Quang Trung Primary School (Thuan Hoa Ward) about his journey of spreading the traditional ao-dai Vietnam.

Now in his 90s, Professor Tam shared with emotion at the talk that the ao-dai has accompanied him since he was a young man working in Hue Ancient Capital. As he grew older and moved abroad, weathering many ups and downs, he has always cherished and preserved the ao-dai, introducing it to many places around the world whenever the opportunity arose. In the Professor’s heart, mentioning Vietnam inevitably means mentioning the ao-dai.

At the talk, Professor Bui Duy Tam commended the teachers and students of Quang Trung Primary School for bringing ao-dai into the school - a school in Hue that has carried out many meaningful activities to spread the value of ao-dai.

He also expressed hope that in the future, more and more schools will continue to spread the image of ao-dai, not only within educational settings, but also at cultural and community events.

Professor Bui Duy Tam is a distinguished physician who currently lives in the USA. Although his professional expertise is in medicine, the ao-dai has become his deep passion.