The new Vietnam Military History Museum in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi is set to reopen its door on Wednesday after three days of closure in preparation for the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army.

The museum officially opened to visitors on November 1, offering free admission until the end of December 2024.

Throngs of locals and tourists flocked to the museum on Saturday to explore the newly-built splendid property.

All of its corners, including indoor and outdoor exhibition areas, were filled with visitors.

Both children and adults were amazed by the exhibits on display at the museum.

Many groups of veterans from Hai Phong City and Nam Dinh Province in northern Vietnam showed up at the museum early on Saturday morning.

Several schools also took their students to the museum for exploration and learning the same day.

The museum welcomed nearly 12,000 visitors from morning to noon on Saturday, said Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, head of the museum's public relations and education department.

After two days of its opening, a representative of the museum announced that it would temporarily shut down from November 3 to 5 for propaganda efforts for the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024).

The museum, whose main building features four stories and covers an area of 23,198 square meters, is home to over 150,000 exhibits, including four national treasures, namely two MIG-21 aircraft, a T54B tank, and a map.  

Other exhibits include aircraft of various types, tanks, weaponry, and artifacts.

The property's two squares, which span over 20,000 square meters each, house historic aircraft, tanks, weaponry, and war relics. 

The museum’s exhibition areas focus on six themes related to the nation’s establishment, protection, and development.

The museum is equipped with modern technologies such as 3D mapping and 3D films. 

Automated narration software detailing Vietnam’s heroic wartime victories is also available to guests. 

Originally situated on Dien Bien Phu Street in Ba Dinh District, the museum was relocated to a 38.6-hectare property straddling Nam Tu Liem District’s Tay Mo and Dai Mo Wards.

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