Two museums recognized as tourist destinations in Hanoi

The Vietnam National Museum of History is a place to preserve, display, and introduce Vietnamese history from prehistoric to present through a system of extremely rich and valuable documents and artifacts, including many National Treasures.

It stores and preserves about 200,000 objects and materials of Vietnamese cultural history among which there are nearly 110,000 antiques and 19 national treasures from prehistory to 1945.

There are rare and valuable collections representing the history and culture of Vietnam such as: archaeological artifacts from Early Paleolithic Age to Metal Age; a collection of Dong Son culture; a collection of Vietnamese traditional glazed ceramics; bronze items of the Le - Nguyen dynasties; Champa stone sculptures; a collection of foreign ceramics originating from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia. 

In the historical period from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, there are more than 80,000 documents and artifacts relating to the Revolutionary history, the Communist Party of Vietnam, the President Ho Chi Minh and leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The Vietnam Military History Museum is preserving the items related to Vietnamese people and army from the early days of national construction to date. It has always been an interesting destination for domestic and foreign tourists when visiting Hanoi./.