Inside the famous Hochiminh City(or Saigon) of Vietnam, there stands a more than 100 year-old buildingof the “Revolutionary Museum”, which was formerly the palace of theCochin-china Governor, and then the office of the Imperial Delegate ofthe King's special envoy.

Visiting the museum, tourists willhave a thorough understanding of the heroic, historical andheart-rending struggle against the French and American invaders of theVietnamese in general and Saigon’s people in particular.

Location: No.65 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.

Construction & Formation: Theconstruction of the museum started in 1885 and was completed in 1890under the design of French architect Alfred Foulhoux, who also designedthe Saigon Court. The Municipal Revolutionary Museum was originallyintended to display items from Nam Ky (the former name of SouthVietnam), but the Governor of Nam Ky enlisted  it as his residence.After that, the building became the residence of Japanese GovernorMinoda. It was also the office of the Nam Bo Provisional AdministrativeCommittee (1945) and of the Republic of France High Commissioner. Thebuilding was later reconverted into the residence of the Governor ofNam Ky. Until August 1978, the building was finally turned into the HoChi Minh City Revolutionary Museum.

Characteristics:Coming here, you can find a number of pictures and exhibits related tothe struggle against the French colonialism and the American aggressorsto liberate and to protect the City. More importantly, there are imagesof the General Uprising in the Mau Than Spring (1968) and thehistorical Ho Chi Minh campaign (1975) to liberate the Country.

Opening time:The museum is open from 08.00 a.m to 11.30 a.m and 02.00 p.m to 04.30p.m from Tuesday to Sunday, and admission fee is only around 10,000VND.

War Remnants Museum
Vo Van Tan Street - Ho Chi Minh City

“Duringthe Vietnam War, 3 million Vietnamese were killed, 2 million peopleinjured, 300,000 people missed...”. Visiting the War Remnants Museum,you may know much more about these historical truths from thecollections of photos taken by 134 War reporters killed during theVietnam War, the vestiges of war crimes and aftermaths.

Location: Located at 28 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City(Saigon), Vietnam, the museum primarily contains exhibits relating tothe American phase of the Vietnam War, and is a major touristattraction.

Formation:Operated by the Vietnamese Government, the museum was opened inSeptember 1975 as the "The House for Displaying War Crimes of AmericanImperialism and the Puppet Government (of South Vietnam)". Later it wasknown as the Museum of American War Crimes, then as the War Crimes Museum until as recently as 1993. Its current name followed liberalization in Vietnam.

Forthe past 20 years, more than 6 million visitors have visited themuseum. Among those, nearly 1 million were foreign visitors, includingAmerican tourists.