The khăn rằn (, "towel, scarf" + "striped"; Chữ Nôm: ) is a traditional Vietnamese checkered black-and-white scarf adapted from the Cambodian krama.Tuyển, D. (2021, March 23). Khăn rằn mang lại bình an và may mắn [Scarves bring peace and good luck]. Thoi Trang Tre. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://thanhnien.vn/thoi-trang-tre/khan-ran-mang-lai-binh-an-va-may-man-1851384170.htm It is traditionally worn in the region of the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam.The girl in the picture: the story of Kim Phuc Denise Chong - 2000 "Sometimes, all she caught by the light of her lamp was a checkered, black-and-white scarf, the trademark khan ran worn by the southern revolutionaries."
During the Vietnam War, the distinctive scarf was donned by National Liberation Front soldiers to identify themselves.Stanley I. Kutler (1996) Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War "Note the black-and-white checked scarf in the background, an identifying symbol of the Viet Cong guerrilla"
See also Khăn vấn Krama
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