These shawls can also be used to carry small packages and children. Men wear a shirt and women wear a long sleeved blouse with the skirt. Women in the city wear scarves around their shoulders and on their heads. Men wear a special type of hat. Some Vietnamese women wear a bright blouse with flowing panels over long pants, but the rest of the Vietnamese people just wear western-styled clothing.
Men mainly wear pants and a shirt and women wear long dresses.