Minh Hạnh

Quick facts

Minh Hạnh at a glance

Behind the label

Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh

Based

Vietnam, Vietnam

Focus

Textile heritage

Makes

Áo dài, uniforms and costume, and revival work on silk weaving

Trained

Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University (graduated 1983)

The person and the label

Who is behind Minh Hạnh?

Born in Pleiku in 1961, Minh Hạnh graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University in 1983 and has spent her career combining the áo dài with embroidery and fabrics from Vietnam’s ethnic-minority traditions, and reviving silk weaving, the Fukuoka Prize records. She designed Vietnam Airlines’ cabin uniforms and the costumes leaders wore at the 2006 APEC meetings in Vietnam, and is senior adviser and art director of the Huế Festival.

Timeline

Minh Hạnh, dated

1. 1997Wins a Special Award at the Asia Collection in Makuhari, Japan. Source ↗
2. 2006Made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; designs Vietnam Airlines’ uniforms and the APEC leaders’ costumes. Source ↗
3. 2015Awarded the 26th Fukuoka Prize for Arts and Culture. Source ↗

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Read the full Vietnam guide, with the method behind it and where to see the work in person.

Sources

Sources

1. Fukuoka Prize — Minh Hanh, laureate profile checked 22 October 2026

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