While girls from other countries love to wear hats with made of multi-color expensive materials, attached with feathers and bows, Vietnamese girls are attractive with the Vietnamese leaf-covered hat (non la) which can not be found from anywhere else in the world.

The hat is creatively made from leaves, the simple materials of nature. These young leaves are brought from the softest and are exposed to the dew for one night so when dried, it is still soft enough to be flatten. The hat usually consists of 16 to 18 rims made from special kind of bamboo. These rims are shaped thinly into conical-form. The leaf are sew into all rims solely by hand. Finally, the hat is trimmed and painted with a coat of attar old to keep it clean, smooth, and water-proof.

Vietnamese girls wear this leaf hat like a little umbrella to protect themselves from sun or rain. The hat elegantly increases Vietnamese girls' sentimental attractiveness because it makes Vietnamese girls more mysterious with their shy blush cheeks and long hair behind those rims.

The leaf hat is not only a symbol of Vietnamese girls, but has also become part of the spirit of Vietnam the nation.