Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7

Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7
Museum main building
Established February 5, 1988
Location 247 Hoang Van Thu Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coordinates 10°48′00″N 106°39′58″E / 10.8°N 106.666°E / 10.8; 106.666Coordinates: 10°48′00″N 106°39′58″E / 10.8°N 106.666°E / 10.8; 106.666
Type Military museum
Director Colonel Nguyen Duy Thieu
Owner Government of Vietnam

The Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7 is a military museum located at 247 Hoang Van Thu Street, Tan Banh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It covers all Vietnamese resistance to foreign occupation from the Chinese occupation, the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War and the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

The Museum's opening hours are from 07:30 to 11:30 and from 13:00 to 16:30 daily except Monday. Admission is free for Vietnamese and 40,000 VND for non-Vietnamese, plus VND 10,000 to take photos.

History

The museum was established on February 5, 1988[1] on the site of the former U.S. 3rd Field Hospital and is diagonally opposite the former ARVN Joint General Staff compound, now the headquarters of 7th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army).

Exhibits

The museum comprises two main sections: an outdoor display of large military equipment and a military museum.

Outdoor display

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Items on display comprise:

Military Museum

Displays include:

  • memorials to the leaders and heroes of the Zone 7 Military
  • model of several rooms in the Cu Chi Tunnels

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Southeastern Armed Forces Museum marks 25th anniversary". Voice of Vietnam. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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