From Trong Toan’s collection. A total of 600 spring and summer fashion items by 16 independent designers and two designers from Viet Thang Garment Joint-Stock Company were featured on the catwalk of Vietnam Spring-Summer Fashion Week 2009 that previewed a new trend in Vietnam ’s fashion. Fashion Week, held by Vietnam National Textile Garment Group (Vinatex ) in co-ordination with the Fashion and Design Institute (FADIN), provided an opportunity for fashion designers to introduce their latest modes that are highly applicable, environmentally friendly and suitable to the dynamic living style. Modes from the collection by Van Khoa (Viet Thang Garment Company). A collection by designer Hung Viet. From designer Hoai Sang’s collection. From a collection by designer Minh Minh (Viet Thang Garment Company). From a collection by designer Minh Minh (Viet Thang Garment Company). From a collection by designer Minh Hanh (FADIN Director). Apart from breakthroughs in combining dark colours of black, brown, grey, etc, and bright colours of spring, such as yellow, red, orange and green, the collections, revolving around cubic forms and volumes, showed the intersection of synthetic natural materials and colours, and the development in techniques of creating plaits. Fashion Week showed the aspiration of fashion designers to promote the Vietnamese fashion to step by step integrate into the world’s fashion industry. Story by Tran Tri Cong - Photos by Hoang Ha, Nam Suong