Hanoi Army Museum

The Vietnam Army Museum, located on Dien Bien Phu Street in Hanoi, opened in late 1959. The squares, which previously housed the French army barracks, are ten thousand square meters, divided, in turn, into 30 observation halls. The museum is located near the Kot Ko tower, a hexagon of 30-meter height, built in the XIX century.

Interesting expositions telling in detail about the path of the Vietnamese People's Army during the French War of 1946-1954. The museum displays samples of weapons, military maps and other rarities related to the historic battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops almost destroyed the elite landing units of the French.

The personal belongings of Vietnamese soldiers of that time are displayed. The subject of restrained pride of the Vietnamese are trophies: samples of enemy heavy weapons captured in battle, fragments of downed military aircraft. In the yard of the museum you can see Vietnamese guns and other guns, as well as the downed American B-52. The exhibition presents weapons, samples of military uniforms, the history of numerous wars in maps and plans.