The Govt-run War Remnants Museum has equipment and exhibits relating to their wars in themed rooms portraying a grisly testament to the horrors of war. Will need minimum 3 hours to walk through and read Open : All days: 7.30 AM to 12 PM and 1.30 PM to 5 PMĮntry Fee: 15,000 VND (Vietnamese Dong) or Rs 42 War Remnants Museum in Saigon (Ho-Chi-Minh City)
Jewellery of various types and skillfully crafted clothing, including batik and woven garments are worth a dekko. The museum’s Women’s Fashion section has earrings of ethnic Mong women and bracelets of Cotu women are an attraction. Propaganda posters, letters, photographs and film footage and artifacts depict the harrowing accounts of heroic mothers’ during wartime efforts and contributions during the two resistance wars are also part of the museum.
A wooden tray used by a female leader of the Indochina Communist Party to print propaganda leaflets from 1936-1939 is of special interest. The museum also showcases a Women in History section. Meanings of spiritual motifs sewn into baby carriers intrigued me as did learning one tribe saves the family’s umbilical cords. The museum’s Women in Family section has a profusion of cultural dresses, textiles and jewellery from the 54 ethnic minorities of the country, Daily life, coming of age, births and marriages are covered in panels. Displays are in three sections in 2nd to 4th floors (with lift) – Women in Family, (First Floor, called Level 2), Women in History (Second) and Women’s Fashion (Third): all very well presented in a narrative format with signs in Vietnamese, English and French. It showcases the outstanding creative and political contributions Vietnamese women have made to their society and culture. This excellent, modern museum in four floors, run by The Women’s Union of Vietnam (recognised as one of its most powerful movements) is a tribute to the women of Vietnam across the ages.
Need a minimum of 90 minutes to 2 hours to seeĮntry Fee: 30000 Vietnamese Dong (VND) or Rs 84Ģ5,000 objects and more than 1,000 artifacts During their two major wars and now in peace in every walk of life, as paddy field workers, academics and as boat women both in motorised and paddle boats, they literally ‘drive’ the state. I am glad I didn’t, as I found that ladies were at the forefront everywhere in Vietnam (erstwhile North or South)! Despite their state being as patriarchal as most of India, women are respected and recognized as being the backbone to their resilience. According to her, most Indian visitors tend to skip museums! When, as a single male senior traveller on a customised tour, I asked the travel agent to arrange a visit to the Women’s Museum and Ethnic Museum in Hanoi and the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Min City, her eyebrows shot up. All exhibits are labelled in Vietnamese, French and English. Four are most visited, of which three are covered here. Vietnam has over 52 museums depicting various facets of their life. This fact is essential to bear in mind, during visits, specially their museums. Despite their long wars both internal (North-South) and with US, I found cordiality in their relations. There are many differences in language, physical properties and traditional clothes. The rest inhabit mountainous areas in the north, near the Chinese border. The Viet/Kinh (Southern people) inhabiting major deltas and cities account for 87 per cent of them. Vietnam extends 1,500 kilometres north-south, with 54 ethnic groups comprising eight major language groups. Vietnam has more than 52 museums and some unique traditions like water puppetry shows.
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