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Vietnamese feudal costumes are celebrated in a recent Hanoian festival.

A festival will be held where attendees wear ancient clothes and participate in a parade to promote and introduce Vietnamese feudal costumes.

More than 6,000 people, including police officers and soldiers, joined a parade in Hanoi last weekend in preparation for the 13^th National Party Congress.