Tuesday, July 3, 2007

War Museum


Formerly named "The House for Displaying War Crimes of American Imperialism and the Puppet Government", was established in September 1975.

The museum is an organization in charge of studying, collecting, examining, preserving and displaying the remnants of the wars against the invaders in Vietnam.

The museum displays some relics as well as photos showing crimes of American imperialism and the puppet government during the Vietnam War with the following themes: American soldiers killing and torturing Vietnamese civilians and scattering poisonous chemicals, prisons, the war against the North Vietnam. Some of the relics are airplanes, cannons, tanks, guillotine and two life-sized replicas of the "tiger cages" Con Dao prison.

There are also halls focusing on "The southwestern border war", "The war for protecting the northern border", "The Paracels Archipelago Issue", and "The plots of hostile forces". Outside the museum are stalls showing cultural products of the ethnics tribes in Vietnam and a room displaying Vietnamese water puppetry.
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