However, Peng Han-hua points out that because of total mobilization during the Vietnamese war, the men wore a uniform, topped off with a pointed canvas cap known as an overseas Chinese cap. As for the women, they wore loose and baggy black trousers, reportedly because this facilitated the jump over air raid shelter ditches.
彭漢華則指出，由於越戰全民皆兵，越僑男人多是一套軍服，外加越共常戴的尖尖帆布帽（有人稱為「華僑帽」）；至於女人，則穿著寬大的黑褲衫，據說是為了跳防空壕方便。