Army Museum – Hanoi
Located on Dien Bien Phu Street in Vietnam’s capital city, Hanoi, is the Army Museum. Full of photo’s, displays, paintings and much more, the Army Museum is a great place to visit for all travelers. Discover the Vietnamese version of the happenings and outcome of the French and Vietnam Wars.
Through out the Museum are some fantastic photos and a great outdoor display area with Tanks, Guns and Armored vehicles used by both the Vietnamese and US Forces.
Entrance to the museum cost 25,000VND per person and it’s open everyday, except Mondays. Closed for lunch.
From the the Museum Website (http://vnmilitaria.com/museum1.htm):
The Army Museum is one of six national museums. It was established Dec, 22nd 1959 in the center of Hanoi, near V.L Lenin’s statue, some 600 meters from President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum to the East, in 10.000 square meters area.
A well – known ancient monument on the grounds of the museum in Hanoi flag Tower, classified as a national historic cultural monument. The construction of the Tower started in 1805 and was completed in 1812, with a height of nearly 31 meters and a circumstance of 180 meters.
The Army Museum offers a lively and attractive history of the Vietnamese people’s armed forces under the leadership of Vietnam’s communist party and of president Ho Chi Minh.
Thousands of exhibits, photographs, maps, scale models… are in the museum. This’ll give visitors a good general knowledge of the process of the birth, growth and victories of the Vietnamese people’s armed forces for the cause of peace, independence and freedom.
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