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Army Museum: THE MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM
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  • Updated By fachd on November 25, 2007
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    As a tourist the Vietnam Military History Museum is a must go visit. It offers the history of Vietnam people military army defending the nation against foreign invaders. The museum covers the war against the Chinese, the French colonist and the American War.

    Inside the museum there are military displays showing the Ho Chi Minh Resistance Wars. Other displays are military maps, captured military arsenal, bicycles carrying heavy weapons, photograph of captured American pilot, photograph of battles and Ho Chi Minh. Also written document on Ho Chi Minh philosophy thought and his future vision on Vietnam.

    Also inside you will find T54 B No 843 the famous tank that burst through the gates and seizure of the Saigon Presidential Palace in April 1975.

    Outside in the open air display the main attraction is a pile of wreckage from US B52 bomber with photo of female guerrilla fighter dragging the wing. Also captured US helicopter, plane from the US Air Force and Navy. Other assortment of military arsenal including canons, Soviet built Mig fighter jet, tanks, anti aircraft missiles and others.

    Near the Army Museum there is a Flag Tower, also called Cot Co, visitor can climb the tower and admire the views of the city.

    By visiting the museum now at least I know the other side version of the Vietnam War or they call it the American War.

    Open: Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Saturday and Sunday. Close: Monday and Friday.
    Operation hours: 08.00 - 11.30, 13.00 - 16.30.

    Cost 20,000 VND

  • Address: 28 A Dien Bien Phu - Ha Noi
  • Phone: (84-4)8234 264, (069)554 661
  • Directions: Near Lenin Park very close to President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
  • Website: www.btlsqsvn.org.vn
  • Other Contact: email: btlsqsvn@bt.vnn.vn

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  • Updated By imstress on June 15, 2005
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    If you are interested to know about the history of the war and the soldiers, you can visit the Army Museum.

    The Army Museum gives an overview of maps, photos and scale models of the Vietnamese war against China, French and USA invasions.

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  • Address: 28A Dien Bien Phu St
  • Phone: 8234264

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    Army Museum: Vietnamese perspective on war
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  • Updated By albaaust on October 27, 2006
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    The Vietnam Military Museum is a must for anyone who is interested in history. This museum is interesting in that it covers Vietnam's history of defending itself from foreign invaders over 4,000 years. In this context the war involving the US and its allies can be viewed as only one battle the Vietnamese fought to maintain their independence. Resistance to the French is depicted as another struggle. It is also interesting to conjecture after having been to this museum that given their past successes in defending Vietnam there was little likelihood that they would lose.

    There are 10 display areas/rooms as well as an open air display with various tanks etc and a "monument" honouring those who have defended Vietnam.

    Note that there is a "lunch break" from 11.30-13.00pm when the museum is closed and it is not open on Mondays and Fridays

  • Address: 28A Dien Bien Phu Road,Ba Dinh District
  • Phone: 84-4 8234264
  • Website: www.btlsqsvn.org.vn
  • Other Contact: Email: btlsqsvn@bt.vnn.vn

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    Army Museum: Army Museum (Bao Tang Quan Doi)
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  • Updated By sunnywong on November 15, 2002
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    Army Museum Is a national museum established in June 1959, was relies and trophies review the great periods of the armed struggle of the Vietnamese people. The museum holds the tank that burst through the gates in Saigon during the battle for liberation. There is also the usual assortment of military waste including a Mig fighter, anti aircraft missiles, tanks, an impressive pile of wreckage from a US B52 bomber and a French prop driven plane that were both shot down in the Hanoi area. Admission fee.

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  • Directions: Along Dien Bien Phu Street, towards Uncle Ho's house

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    Army Museum: The Army Museum
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  • Updated By 34N118W on September 9, 2002
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    The Army Museum is a facinating visit, especially for those interested in the Vietnam War. You'll find all kinds of military weaponry from French occupation on thru the Vietnam War(or American War, depending on your persective).
    Visiting the Army Museum gives you an interesting view of the war from a Vietnamese perspective. Right or wrong, it's still a significant reminder that there's always two sides to every story.

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  • Address: 28 Dien Bien Phu

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    Army Museum: Cot Co Flag Tower
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  • Updated By Ewingjr98 on November 16, 2006
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    Cot Co Flag Tower was built by the French as an observation tower in 1812. This is one of the few old architectural gems to survive the French and American wars in Vietnam. The tower has three platforms with somewhat of a maze of easily dependable passages leading to the spiral stairs of the tower. Cot Co Tower has the best view of central Hanoi.

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  • Directions: Located at the Army Museum, on the south edge of the Citadel.

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    This museum, housed in a magnificent and large two-story white building, is the most popular museum in Hanoi for tourists. Throughout this museum, you will learn about the history of warfare in Vietnam from the 1930s to today, focusing mainly on the French and American eras ('50s-'70s). There are weapons, tanks, photographs, and many gifts from countries supporting North Vietnam during the wars. There is also one great hall filled with dioramas displaying various battle scenes.

    Outside of the building we saw a MiG 21 fighter jet, anti-aircraft guns, plus wreckage from several American and French planes piled against a tree. I noticed debris of one US Navy airplane had he name LT Greene painted under the canopy; I wonder what became of him after he was shot down?

    Lenin Park, with a statue of Vladimir Lenin, is across the street from the Army Museum.

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  • Address: 28a Dien Bien Phu

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    Army Museum: The Army Museum
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  • By BorderHopper on August 25, 2002
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  • If you want to see the French & American wars explained (and displayed) in the Vietnamese version this is the place to come.
    On display are Soviet built MIG fighter jets, downed American war planes, French machine guns, Vietnamese surface to air missles, and much more. There is also a museum with photographs of the French & American wars.

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  • Address: 28 Dien Bien Phu ST. Hanoi

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    Army Museum: Vietnamese Army Museum
  • Updated By frankcanfly on March 26, 2007
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    Army Museum: Hexagonal Flag Tower
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