The Vietnam Military History Museum project is being built in Nam Tu Liem District (Hanoi), close to Thang Long Avenue. This is a special project, invested by the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, built on an area of ​​over 74 hectares and with a total investment of 2,500 billion VND. After 28 months of construction, the project's construction items have been basically completed as planned, ready to serve officers, soldiers, people, and international tourists to visit and learn...

The architecture of the Vietnam Military History Museum is derived from the concept of "Heaven, Earth and Sea", which are the three natural elements that form the nation, and also represent the three main forces of the Vietnam People's Army. The architecture of the Museum is not simply a work displaying the history of war, but also creates a common space for visitors to interact and experience the struggle for national independence of the heroic Vietnam People's Army.

The Victory Tower is 45m high, representing the year 1945 when the Vietnamese people gained national independence. The top of the tower is cut at a 60-degree angle, forming a 5-pointed star on top, the stars are stacked layer upon layer as if reaching up to the blue sky. The base of the tower is in the shape of a pentagon, representing the 5 socialist classes: intellectuals, farmers, workers, businessmen and soldiers. In front of the central building, on the left side are displayed weapons and equipment used by the Vietnamese Army and people in the resistance war against the French colonialists and the invading American imperialists and used in training and combat readiness during the period of building and defending the country. On the right side are displayed weapons and equipment used by the French and American armies in the war of aggression against Vietnam and captured by our army and people.

Entering the museum, the MiG-21 fighter jet with serial number 4324 stands out, hanging high above. The MiG-21 carries 14 red stars, symbolizing the 14 times this aircraft shot down US Air Force aircraft during the war to destroy the North from 1965 to 1967. In 2015, the Prime Minister signed a decision to recognize the MiG-21 aircraft with serial number 4324 as a national treasure. Since September 1, the museum has organized evaluation tours, mainly consisting of experts in history, culture, museology, veterans' associations, military school students, university students, etc.; then, it continues to complete the contents and items of the project for acceptance, handover, and organize tours for the public from October. In the photo is a delegation of visitors from the Lao People's Army History Museum visiting and studying at the Vietnam Military History Museum on the morning of October 3.

The completed project includes an indoor and outdoor exhibition system with 6 historical themes, 8 special topics, 7 collections and 12 military specialties of the Vietnam People's Army.

For the Vietnam Military History Museum, the most typical in the system of artifacts are 4 National Treasures, including 2 MIG-21 aircraft, serial numbers 4324 and 5121, T54B tank serial number 843, and the Map of determination to fight in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign. In the photo is the T54B tank serial number 843, one of the first tanks to crash into the side gate of the Independence Palace at noon on April 30, 1975, which has been recognized as a National Treasure and has become an extremely valuable artifact of the nation.

The exhibition space of the MiG21 aircraft, serial number 5121. The three pilots who used this MiG were Dinh Ton, Vu Dinh Rang and Pham Tuan. In the air defense campaign to defeat the strategic raid by American B52 aircraft on Hanoi, Hai Phong and several other localities in the North in December 1972, the MiG-21 F96 serial number 5121 participated in the battle and achieved the achievement of shooting down 5 American aircraft, including 1 "flying fortress" B-52. The brave pilot who shot down the American super flying fortress was hero Pham Tuan.

The museum applies supporting technology to create a realistic feeling for viewers such as mapping tables, search screen systems, documentaries... It is known that the museum has built more than 60 clips and supporting documents for each campaign and each battle so that visitors can clearly feel and access them more easily.

The space recreates the Truong Son road - recorded in our nation's history as a legendary road, a miracle of the resistance war against America.

Scene of 60 days and nights of Hanoi army and people protecting the capital in winter 1946.

A miniature space of the Bach Dang stake battlefield. In 938, the resistance war against the Southern Han army led by Ngo Quyen won a strategic decisive battle on the Bach Dang River, the country gained independence, ending more than 1,000 years of Chinese domination. The Vietnam Military History Museum is an important project to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day and the 80th anniversary of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

In the photo is part of the wreckage of a B52 plane shot down by the Vietnamese army and people in the sky over Hanoi. The Vietnam Military History Museum is expected to officially open to the public and a large number of tourists from November 1, with free admission for the first month.

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