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There are numerous war museums, memorials and monuments in Vietnam, this page presents a partial list of museums and monuments relating to the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War.
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.
Bien Hoa
Cu Chi
Danang
The 5th Military Division museum is located at No 1 Duy Tan Street, opening hours are from 07:30 to 11:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00[1]. Items on display include a 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3), A-37 Dragonfly, BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb, Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, M8 Greyhound armoured car, M-46 130mm cannon, M48 Patton A3 tank, M101 howitzer, M102 howitzer, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, M113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, M116 howitzer, M-160 160mm mortar, M1939 37mm antiaircraft gun, 2 MiG-21s,SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-34/85 and a Toyota pickup mounting a recoilless rifle used in Cambodia
Dien Bien Phu
Monuments are located on all major sites of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, including:
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Viet Minh AAA artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum
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Captured French artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum
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Viet Minh memorial on Strongpoint Beatrice
Hanoi
- B-52 lake 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 19 December 1972 during Operation Linebacker II
Hue
The Hue Museum is located on 23 Thang 8 between Doan Thi Diem Street and Dinh Tien Hoang at the southeast corner of the Citadel. Items on display include an M42 Duster, M48 Patton tank, M88 Recovery Vehicle, M113 armoured personnel carrier, Cadillac-Gage V-100 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.
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.
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.
Long Tan
A cross in the village serves as a memorial for the Australian and Vietnamese dead in the Battle of Long Tần. 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.
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.
- Reunification Palace
- US Embassy 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[2], 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 (Ho Chi Minh City) before disappearing[3].
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Vietcong sapper lies dead in a planter in the grounds of the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968
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Plaque on planter commemorating the Marine and 4 MPs who died defending the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968
Truong Son Cemetary or Nghia Trang Truong Son is located on Highway 15 near the village of Ben Tat, northwest of Dong Ha. It contain the graves of PAVN soldiers killed on the DMZ and on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Vinh Moc
Xuan Loc
- A PAVN cemetary contains the graves of North Vietnamese troops killed in the Battle of Xuân Lộc.
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