Photos of Vietnam Military History Museum

The Vietnam Military History Museum is located in the center of Hanoi, near Lenin Park. The museum displays the military history based on the modern war in Vietnam, especially the small flamethrowers, bombs, fighter jets and other weapons used by the North Vietnamese army and the US military during the Vietnam War in an all-round way. Hanoi Flag Tower There is an ancient building called "Hanoi Flag Tower". This vermilion flag tower is slender, more than 30 meters high, and has a hexagonal shape with a hexagonal carved pattern on the top. It used to be the royal flag tower used by Hanoi as an imperial city. It was a symbol of Hanoi as early as the Gia Long period and is now listed as a national cultural heritage of Vietnam. Indoor display The whole museum is divided into indoor display and open-air display. The showroom is further divided into the themes of "Victory at Dien Bien Phu", "Dien Bien Phu in the Air" and "The Road to Ho Chi Minh", displaying statues of Ho Chi Minh, as well as various weapons and relics from the war period, including guns, knives , halberds and loudspeakers, daily necessities, correspondence documents, photos of the battle period, etc., precious materials of large and small battles can be seen here. Open-air display In the open space, there are anti-aircraft guns, artillery, armored vehicles, tanks and other heavy military weapons that have participated in the battle. Some were supplied by the former Soviet Union and China, and some were captured from the French and American troops. In particular, there is a former Soviet-made MiG-21 fighter jet on top of a large pile of French-made aircraft wreckage and the scrap iron of the American-made F111 aircraft in the center of the open space, implying that Vietnam successfully shot down the American aircraft in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. deeds. If you look closely at this MiG-21 fighter, you can see 14 red stars on the nose. It is said that when the Vietnam Army fought, if each fighter could shoot down an American plane, a red star would be added to the nose to praise it. This shows that this aircraft has a remarkable record.