Journal 6: "Vietnameseness" Encapsulated in the Ao Dai by Tien Dang

I feel as though I can completely connect to Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde's article "Ao Dai Revival." Growing up Vietnamese in the American society, I never really knew what Vietnamese or Vietnam meant, or if it was any different from the Vietnamese Community I was immersed in due to my parent's Vietnamese Catholic upbringing.With my own personal experience, the ao dai is definitely regarded as a