List of war museums and monuments in Vietnam

There are numerous war museums and monuments in Vietnam, this page presents a partial list of museums and monuments relating to the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War.

Bien Hoa

• A monument on Highway 1 adjacent to the main gate for Bien Hoa Air Base commemorates the People's Army of Vietnam seizing of the Air Base on 25 April 1975.

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  PAVN victory monument at the Bien Hoa

• The Bien Hoa Museum is located on Highway 1, adjacent to the Bien Hoa Air Base. Items on display include a 57 mm AZP S-60 antiaircraft gun, M1939 37mm antiaircraft gun, M-46 130mm cannon, M-113 armoured personnel carrier, MiG-21, T-59 tank and Bell UH-1H.

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  MiG-21 at the Bien Hoa Museum

Cu Chi

• Củ Chi tunnels

Danang

The Danang military museum is located on Duy Tan street. Items on display include a 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3), A-37 Dragonfly, BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb, Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, M8 Greyhound, M-46 130mm cannon, M48 Patton A3 tank, M101 howitzer, M102 howitzer, M-107 howitzer, M113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, M116 howitzer, M-160 160mm mortar, 2 MiG-21s,SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-34/85, Toyota pickup mounting a recoilless rifle used in Cambodia

Dien Bien Phu

Monuments are located on all major sites of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, including:

• The bunker of General Christian de Castries.
• Military museum with assorted weaponry used by the French colonial forces and the Viet Minh.

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  Viet Minh AAA artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum
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  Captured French artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum
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  Viet Minh memorial on Strongpoint Beatrice

Hanoi

• Hanoi Hilton
• Vietnam Military History Museum
• Vietnamese People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi

Hue

The Hue Museum is located on 23 Thang 8 between Doan Thi Diem Street and Dinh Tien Hoang at the southeast corner of the Citadel. Items on display include an M48 Patton tank, M88 Recovery Vehicle, M-113 armoured personnel carrier, Cadillac-Gage V-100 armoured car and M-107 howitzer. Inside the museum are various small arms and the PAVN version of the Battle of Huế, the Massacre at Huế is not mentioned.

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  M-48 and M-113 at the Hue Museum
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  M-107 and V-100 at the Hue Museum

Khe Sanh

• There is a small museum on the site of the old Khe Sanh Combat Base. Items on display include a Bell UH-1H Huey, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, M-41 tank and artillery pieces. On display in the museum are various small arms together with photos from the battles around Khe Sanh and also Operation Lam Son 719.

Lang Vei

A PT-76 light amphibious tank sits on a pedestal adjacent to Highway 9 to commemorate the PAVN victory in the Battle of Lang Vei.

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  PT-76 memorial at Lang Vei

Saigon

• Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum is located at 2 Le Duan Boulevard, District 1 in central Saigon. It commemorates the Ho Chi Minh Campaign that led to the fall of South Vietnam. Items on display include a 57 mm AZP S-60 antiaircraft gun, F-5A Freedom Fighter, M-46 130mm cannon, M-113 armoured personnel carrier, SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-54 tank, ZIL-157 truck
• Ho Chi Minh City Museum. Items on display include an A-37 Dragonfly, F-5A Freedom Fighter, M-41 tank, UH-1H Huey.

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  F-5A Freedom Fighter, A-37B Dragonfly and UH-1H Huey at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum

• No 7 Army Museum or the Southeastern Armed Forces Museum is located at 247 Hoang Van Thu Street, Tan Banh District near to Tan Son Nhut Airport. Items on display include a 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30), M-41 tank, M48 Patton A3 tank, M-107 howitzer, M-113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, T-54 tank. The museum contains a number of dioramas of major engagements of the Second Indochina War and a mockup of several rooms in the Cu Chi Tunnels.

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  M-48 Tank at the No 7 Army Museum, Saigon

• Reunification Palace
• US Embassy Tet Offensive memorials. A memorial on Le Duan Boulevard commemorates the members of the Vietcong C-10 Sapper Battalion who blew a hole in the wall of the US Embassy and gained access to the Embassy grounds on the morning of 31 January 1968. Inside the grounds of the now US Consulate is a plaque commemorating the US Marine guard and the 4 MPs who were killed defending the Embassy, the plaque is a replacement for the original which was left at the Embassy during the Fall of Saigon and was subsequently on display at the War Remnants Museum (Ho Chi Minh City) before disappearing.

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  Vietcong sapper lies dead in a planter in the grounds of the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968
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  Plaque on planter commemorating the Marine and 4 MPs who died defending the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968

• Vietnamese People's Air Force Museum, Saigon

• War Remnants Museum (Ho Chi Minh City)

Vinh Moc

• Vinh Moc tunnels

Xuan Loc

A monument on Highway 1 commemorates the eventual People's Army of Vietnam victory in the Battle of Xuân Lộc.

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  PAVN victory monument at Xuan Loc

External links

• Museum website
• Ho Chi Minh City Dept. of Tourism