Vovinam adopted as the official color for Vovinam uniforms. A separate development of the "Việt Võ Đạo Federation" in 1973 until 1990 the uniforms' color was black. In the summer of 1990, Vovinam masters from around the world met at the International Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao Conference in California with the goal of creating a structured organization for Vovinam Việt Võ Đạo outside Vietnam (the International Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao Federation). One of the decisions was that the suit in Vovinam Việt Võ Đạo were now to be blue worldwide. The student begins with a cyan belt - the same color as his/her
Võ phục Võ phục A võ phục (Sino-Vietnamese: 武服) is a Vietnamese term that refers to a martial arts uniform (which may include a ranking belt), mainly associated with Vietnamese martial arts (Việt Võ Đạo, 越武道), particularly Vovinam. The term "võ phục" may be used alone in the context of Vietnamese martial arts (Việt Võ Đạo, 越武道) or often to refer to the martial arts suit worn by practitioners of Vovinam. The Vietnamese alphabet pronunciation (and writing) of the word "võ phục" differs from another common Vietnamese term "vô phúc" (無福) "bad luck." Võ phục may be used before the accepted name