Hai Phong Naval Museum is one of the historical and powerful pride of the Vietnamese army that the people of Hai Phong deeply respect. Let’s visit this history museum to learn more about the wonderful things that his ancestors left behind.
Information about the Navy Museum of Hai Phong
Hai Phong Naval Museum was established on January 4, 1975. Located at Road 353 – a route adjacent to the city center of Hai Phong connecting to Do Son tourist area , this is the place that preserves thousands of Vietnamese naval artifacts in many turbulent periods of the times. Currently, the Naval Museum has been recognized by the government as a second-class historical monument that needs to be preserved and preserved in the national museum system.
Hai Phong Naval Museum is designed like a ship
The museum is shaped like a large ship, anchored on the mainland, next to the foot of the Rao Bridge, attracting many eyes from passers-by. With a total area of up to 16,000 square meters, the museum is not only a large exhibition center but also has cultural and political values that have a strong impact on many activities of the city. The city government still regularly uses this place as the meeting place for domestic and foreign naval organizations.
Entrance to Hai Phong Naval Museum
The museum’s architecture is modern and the identity is completely different. It is no exaggeration to say that the architects’ feats have brought a rare, artistic museum in the port city. Each area in the museum is clearly separated to precisely allocate mission and function, which is one of the mandatory standards of the military. The museum is located between a large space and surrounded by trees, almost completely separate from the bustling metropolis.
Currently, Hai Phong Naval Museum is also used by many experts for the purpose of researching, discovering, learning historical culture and opening the door to introduce the quintessence of the Vietnamese navy to the people. strong. Tourists coming here will comprehensively admire the pride of the country which is perfectly encapsulated in this space from historical, political and cultural artifacts to the mighty events that the navy of The country has gone through to develop as it is today.
The unique architecture here attracts visitors to visit
Visiting the exhibition areas in the Hai Phong Naval Museum
First of all, the most solemn and also the place for people to pay homage is the display of President Ho Chi Minh’s statue. The bronze cast statue is designed based on close images when he visits Hai Phong city. The statue is placed right in front of the museum door, a central location for anyone to see and bow. It was a special welcome from the supreme leader waving his hands cheerfully calling his fellow citizens to look back on the country’s heroic naval history.
The image of Uncle Ho waving at the entrance to the museum is located
The first place that you can admire is the exhibition of valuable artifacts during the war against the French colonialists. These are rare black-and-white photographs that are rarely recorded, they are the accessories of once surviving illustrious warships, those are the naval models that the North of Vietnam used to defeating the French colonialism, it was the attire of the navy soldier who wore for a while despite the danger of storming in the middle of the battle, …. Those are areas of vivid memory that you will not be able to earn everywhere.
Rare images and documents about the resistance war against French colonialism
You will continue to visit the exhibits of artifacts during the people’s resistance war against the US, which is the period from 1965 to 1975. If compared with the anti-American period, the anti-American period, Vietnam began to have warships. more modern, and when the war is over, we also retain more of the past. So in this exhibition area, you will encounter the most advanced weapons that our army still uses today, modern equipment that can withstand all dangers of the enemy.
The exhibit area from the war against the US was more complete and more modern
In addition, the Naval Museum also has an outdoor display area with large equipment blocks that admire many visitors. They were giant cannons on warships, dangerous sapper weapons, mines and equipment to check and destroy submarines of the enemy. Among them is perhaps the helicopter code 0372 and the huge tank located right next to it.
The helicopter number 7509 is located in the outdoor display area
A huge tank is also displayed here
And even a landmark sovereignty of Truong Sa island
Not stopping there, the highlight of the museum is the legendary 671 ship. This is the only remaining airship of the Air Fleet – Division 125 is on a mission to transport weapons to support the Southern battlefield in the war against the US to save the country. The ship has twice been honored with the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces awarded by the state. This is not only a heroic historical vestige of the Naval museum , of the people of the port land but also the pride of the whole country.
No ship HQ-671 – Vietnam’s national treasure
Today, the museum is a favorite place for young people from the Port land to visit to learn about the heroic history of the nation, as well as firsthand, discovering airplanes, tanks, … capital can only be seen on television, books or newspapers. As an attractive tourist destination of Hai Phong city, it continuously welcomes delegations of cadres and students to visit.
The groups of students and students often come here to learn the history of the country
And enlist the super nice check-in view behind
The war is over, but the history of fighting against the heroic invaders of the entire army and our entire people is still there. If you have the opportunity to return to Hai Phong, do not forget to visit the Naval History Museum and learn about our country’s naval history!
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