List of war museums and monuments in Vietnam

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There are numerous war museums, memorials and monuments in Vietnam, this page presents a partial list of museums and monuments located in Vietnam relating to the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War.[1] This list is organized by location.

Ap Bac[]

A small museum in the hamlet of Ap Bac (

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10°26′17.23″N 106°11′45.42″E / 10.4381194°N 106.1959500°E / 10.4381194; 106.1959500) commemorates the Battle of Ap Bac in January 1963. A monument shows Viet Cong forces shooting down helicopters and destroying armoured vehicles. Items on display include an M101 howitzer, M113 armoured personnel carrier and a UH-1H Huey.

Ben Hai river[]

A peace and unification monument stands on the north side of the Ben Hai River which formed the eastern end of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

  • Unification monument

Bien Hoa[]

  • 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, M113 armoured personnel carrier, MiG-21, T-59 tank and Bell UH-1H.

  • MiG-21 at the Bien Hoa Museum

Camp Carroll[]

Côn Sơn Island[]

Cu Chi[]

Dak To[]

In the middle of town is a war memorial commemorating the capture of Dak To on 24 April 1972 during the Easter Offensive, together with a T-54 tank and a ZSU-57-2 anti-aircraft gun.

Danang[]

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.
  • The French hill strongpoints all have Viet Minh monuments.
  • French memorial to approximately 10,000 French colonial troops who died in the battle and in captivity
  • Two large Viet Minh cemeteries, one in the center of town adjacent to strongpoint Eliane 2 and the other north of the town adjacent to strongpoint Gabrielle

  • de Castries' bunker, PC GONO

  • Viet Minh AAA artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum

  • Captured French artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum

  • French memorial

  • Viet Minh memorial

  • Viet Minh memorial on Strongpoint Beatrice

Hanoi[]

  • "B-52 lake", Hồ B-52 or May Bay B52 is located just south of the West Lake along Hoang Hoa Tham Rd, more a rather large pond it contains wreckage of a B-52 Stratofortress shot down on 27 December 1972 during Operation Linebacker II

  • B-52 Lake

Hội An[]

Huế[]

The Huế War Museum (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Cách mạng Thừa Thiên Huế) is located on Hai Mươi Ba Tháng Tám, inside the Citadel. Items on display include an M42 Duster, M48 Patton tank, M88 Recovery Vehicle, M113 armoured personnel carrier, Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando armoured car and M107 Self-Propelled Gun. Inside the museum are various small arms and the PAVN version of the Battle of Huế, the Massacre at Huế is not mentioned.

  • M-48 and M-113 at the Hue Museum

  • 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, M41 Walker Bulldog 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.

  • CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Khe Sanh.

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.

  • PT-76 memorial at Lang Vei

Long Binh/ Thu Duc[]

  • Grieving mother statue at PAVN cemetery

  • Central monument at the Bình An Cemetery

Long Tan/Long Thành[]

  • A cross in a rubber plantation serves as a memorial for the Australian and Vietnamese dead in the Battle of Long Tan. This is one of the few memorials to Free World troops in Vietnam as most monuments in South Vietnam were destroyed following the North Vietnamese victory in 1975. The monument is a replica of the original Long Tan Cross, which was erected by Australian forces in 1969.

  • The Long Tan Cross

  • The cross and view of the battlefield

Mang Yang[]

On Route 19 between the villages of An Thanh (west of An Khe) and Ha Ra (east of Pleiku) is the location of the Battle of Mang Yang Pass. A French cemetery is located off Route 19 (

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14°2′40.44″N 108°26′5.59″E / 14.0445667°N 108.4348861°E / 14.0445667; 108.4348861).

My Tho/Vinh Long[]

Military museum of My Tho. Items on display include an A-37 Dragonfly, F-5A Freedom Fighter, M41 Walker Bulldog tank, UH-1H Huey.

Phan Tiet[]

Military museum is located on Hai Thuong Lan Hong. Items on display include M101 howitzer, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, UH-1H Huey

Phu Loi[]

The Phu Loi Prison for Viet Minh prisoners and later opponents of the Ngo Dinh Diem government is now a museum.(

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10°59′27.11″N 106°40′54.08″E / 10.9908639°N 106.6816889°E / 10.9908639; 106.6816889). Little remains of the airfield built by the Japanese in the Second World War and subsequently used by U.S. Army aviation units during the Vietnam War.

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, M113 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, M41 Walker Bulldog tank, UH-1H Huey.

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

  • Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7
  • Reunification Palace
  • Former US Embassy, Saigon 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,[3] 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 before disappearing.[4]

  • Vietcong sapper lies dead in a planter in the grounds of the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968

  • Plaque on planter commemorating the Marine and 4 MPs who died defending the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968

Tay Ninh[]

Truong Son Cemetery[]

The Trường Sơn Cemetery or Nghĩa trang liệt sĩ Trường Sơn is located on Highway 15 near the village of Ben Tat, northwest of Dong Ha (

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16°57′16.92″N 106°57′13.50″E / 16.9547000°N 106.9537500°E / 16.9547000; 106.9537500). It contains the graves of PAVN soldiers killed on the DMZ and on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.[5]

Vinh Moc[]

  • Vinh Moc tunnels

Vung Tau[]

Xuan Loc[]

  • PAVN victory monument at Xuan Loc

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History. DK. 2017. pp. 350–1. ISBN 9780744034639.
  2. ^ "Fighting a Long Gone War". 2005.
  3. ^ "Dedication Ceremony". 14 November 2002. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008.
  4. ^ John Rossie (1999–2002). "Plaque Page".
  5. ^ Lonely Planet Vietnam – Page 211 Nick Ray, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Iain Stewart – 2009 "TRUONG SON NATIONAL CEMETERY More effective than the nationalist propaganda that papers Vietnam's museums, this sprawling cemetery is a sobering memorial to the legions of North Vietnamese soldiers who died in the Truong Son Trail."

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