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Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7

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Established
  
February 5, 1988

Opened
  
5 February 1988

Type
  
Military museum

Owner
  
Government of Vietnam

Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7

Location
  
247 Hoang Van Thu Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Director
  
Colonel Nguyen Duy Thieu

Similar
  
War Remnants Museum, Saigon Zoo and Botanical, Suối Tiên Amusement Park, Đầm Sen Park, Thủ Thiêm Bridge

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.

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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 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

Items on display comprise:

  • M-30 122mm howitzer
  • M41 tank
  • M48A3 tank
  • M107 Self-Propelled Gun
  • M113 armoured personnel carrier
  • M114 155 mm howitzer
  • T-54 tank
  • model of the Tet Offensive attack on the U.S. Embassy
  • Military Museum

    Displays include:

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

    Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7 Wikipedia