Khăn rằn

The khăn rằn (khăn "towel, scarf" rằn "striped") is a traditional checkered black and white shawl, derived from the Khmer krama and worn in the region of Mekong Delta in Vietnam.[1]

A museum exhibition shows women wearing the characteristic black-and-white checkered khăn rằn headscarf and black áo bà ba tunic

During the Vietnam War, the distinctive scarf was donned by the Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong soldiers to identify themselves.[2][3]

References

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 revolutionary."
Stanley I. Kutler (1996) Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War ISBN 978-0-132-76932-7 "Note the black-and-white checked scarf in the background, an identifying symbol of the Viet Cong guerrilla"
http://www.vietnam-surplus.com/vietcong-scarf.html

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[1] 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 revolutionary."

[2] Stanley I. Kutler (1996) Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War ISBN 978-0-132-76932-7 "Note the black-and-white checked scarf in the background, an identifying symbol of the Viet Cong guerrilla"

[3] ttp://www.vietnam-surplus.com/vietcong-scarf.html