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War Remnants Museum (Ho Chi Minh City)

The War Remnants Museum shows the war against the French but also the American war or the Vietnam War

The War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War and is a major tourist attraction.

 

The War Remnants Museum is operated by the Vietnamese government, the museum was opened in September 1975 as the "The House for Displaying War Crimes of American Imperialism and the Puppet Government [of South Vietnam]." Later it was known as the Museum of American War Crimes, then as the War Crimes Museum until as recently as 1993. Its current name follows the liberalization in Vietnam and the normalization of relations with the United States.

 
  

 

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