Museum of the Armed Forces of Southeastern Vietnam (Military Region 7 Museum)

Keeping alive the memory of the fighting years of the troops and people of southeastern Vietnam

01. History and development Founded in 1988 and open to visitors since 1990, the museum preserves and honours the heroic, glorious military history of the troops and people of the 9 provinces of southeastern Vietnam in the defence of the homeland. 02. Collection & displays The museum occupies grounds of 17,500 sq m with more than 20,000 objects and photographs. It has 11 thematic rooms, notably the Ho Chi Minh Campaign gallery, a reading room and a 3D electronic museum area. The indoor section recreates the resistance wars, honours the Heroic Vietnamese Mothers and reconstructs the tunnel networks. The outdoor section holds an impressive collection of heavy military hardware 03. Highlights - The museum grounds were originally a level-3 field hospital of the US Army during the war. - A very large display of rudimentary home-made weapons such as bamboo spikes, booby traps and improvised guns used by the guerrilla forces of the southeast. - Terrain models and scale models detailing the structure of the Cu Chi Tunnels and the Long Phuoc Tunnels 04. Things to know - Dress modestly and neatly, and keep a solemn manner within military grounds. - The displays deal with war, so prepare younger children beforehand. - A surcharge of 10,000 VND applies to professional cameras; before filming or photographing for anything other than personal keepsakes, ask the staff on site. 05. Visitor information The museum is open freely and free of charge to Vietnamese citizens. International visitors need a ticket costing 40,000 VND per visit, bought directly at the ticket counter by the museum's main gate.

English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.