Three Vietnam Museums Makes it to Asia’s Top 25

Three Vietnam Museums Makes it to Asia’s Top 25

Three Vietnam museums made it in Trip Advisor’s most recent list of the 25 best museums in Asia. The popular tourism website is considered by many travelers across the globe as one with the most reliable travel information in terms of destinations, hotels, flights and attractions. Its page receives more than 60 million views and generates more than 70 million comments and feedbacks every month. Having a large participation of varied travelers in their forum, people can discuss anything about travelling topics. This new list is based on tourist votes according to their top picks from more than 1,265 destinations in 39 countries around the world, including landmarks, museums, parks and amusement parks.

The War Remnants Museum made it in the fifth position while the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology and Vietnam Women’s Museum in came in sixth and 11th respectively. Located at Vo Van Tan street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, the War Remnants museum displays documents, photos, military equipments and several other details that connect to Vietnam's history, particularly on the Vietnam War. The nature of its displays is often labeled by travelers are ‘disturbing’ in their reviews, but admittedly informative and educational. A large number of the ratings left for the entry were at “excellent” and “very good.” The museum’s free admission for locals is also highly appreciated. Opened to public since November 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Nguyen Van Huyen Road in Hanoi came in sixth in the list. It shows the diversity of Vietnam culture of each Vietnamese ethnic group, showcasing the 54 officially organized ethnic groups in country. Among the highlights of its displays are around 29,000 artifacts representing the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Vietnamese ethnic groups and Southeast Asian countries including life-sized replicas of various minority homes. For tourists in Hanoi who are in search for information on local folk art, minority cultures, and village life, this is the best place to go.

The Vietnam Women’s Museum in Ly Thuong Kiet Street, also in Hanoi, is dedicated to the role of Vietnamese women to the nation’s development, culture and society. It is 11th in the list. It displays a collection of more than 25,000 objects and documents which reflect Vietnam cultural diversity and the women’s significant contribution during the past struggles for national independence as well as in the current national construction and development. In the previous year, most of the reviews given to the museum express how the stories told by the displays would move the viewers. The museum was also praised for being “well laid out and excellently detailed” with all information made available in English, French and Vietnamese. In the same list, China’s Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses is on top, followed by China’s Palace Museum. Other museums on the list were those from India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Cambodia, and Malaysia.