Vietnam Military History Museum

Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quân sự Việt Nam

Originally a modest museum located next to the Flag Tower, the Military History Museum and all its 150,000 artifacts has been relocated in 2024 to an enormous 39-hectare compound in the city's outskirts, 12 km from its original location. Now the largest and most modern museum in all of Vietnam, the imposing main building covers the country's military history extending back some two millennia. All museum exhibits and videos are captioned in Vietnamese and English. The vast courtyard houses dozens of military vehicles, aircraft and artillery; many of which are French, American and South Vietnamese assets captured in the Indochina wars. Extremely popular with locals, the museum is usually completely packed on weekends, with dozens of tour buses ferrying out-of-town visitors to the site. Peak queuing times can exceed an hour as a result, so try to visit early on a weekday if possible; give the museum a call beforehand to check how busy it is.

• history
• museum

Address

Km6+500, CT03, Tây Mỗ Ward, Nam Từ Liêm Dist

Hours

Tue-Thu Sat Sun 08:00-11:30 & 13:00-16:30; closed Mon Fri

Price

Entry fee 40,000 dong; free for under-16s, over-80s, soldiers, veterans, military academy cadets and contributors to the Revolution

Website

baotanglichsuquansu.vn (opens in a new tab)