Museum shows Hanoi history display

A photo is on display at the exhibition - Photo: The organizers

A display that covers four eras of Hanoi’s history is on at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, reports VietnamPlus.

The exhibition is titled “Thang Long-Hanoi, the era of Ho Chi Minh and the defense of the country”. The first part displays the royal decree to move the capital plus old idioms, proverbs, Vietnamese folk verses, quotations, maps and images from ancient Hanoi.

The second part displays images and historic items from Hanoi during the revolution against the French colonialists, the process of government establishment, the August Revolution, the National Day and activities after liberation day.

The third part depicts Hanoi during the war against the Americans, the period of building socialism and supporting southern Vietnam in fighting the enemy.

The last section depicts modern Hanoi as “City for Peace”. In 1999, Hanoi was granted UNESCO’s “City for Peace” award in recognition of the work done in the struggle for peace, building equality in the community, urban construction, environmental protection, culture and education promotion, and caring for youth.

The exhibition was organized by the national archives center III, Ho Chi Minh Museum and the State Document Management and Archives Department of Vietnam to mark the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

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Display celebrates heroic Ha Noi

Call to arms: Barricades against French forces on a Ha Noi street in January 1947 in a photo taken by Nguyen Ba Khoan on show at an exhibition in Ha Noi.

HA NOI — An exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh Museum celebrates Ha Noi's heroic struggle for independence, peace and reunification last century.

On display are more than 200 documents, pictures and objects, many of them for the first time, designed to give visitors an insight into the country's struggles during President Ho Chi Minh's life and the subsequent years that saw military victory against the US and the reunification of the country.

The exhibition is divided into three parts.

The first features famous quotations, and maps and pictures of old Ha Noi that strive to capture the ancient city's elegance, refinement and beauty during its struggle for independence from colonial France.

Many documents and pictures celebrate the fearless determination of the people of Ha Noi to overcome their colonial oppressors.

The second part of the exhibition covers the period during the American war of destruction against North Viet Nam. It bids to depict Ha Noi as the spiritual capital of the country.

Ha Noi established itself as a centre of socialist construction while helping the rest of the country fight US forces.

The last part of the exhibition portrays Ha Noi as the City for Peace, the titled bestowed by UNESCO.

In 1975, Viet Nam gained total independence. Ha Noi then set about healing the wounds of war. Pictures reflect the capital's socio-economic development and urban renewal.

A visitor from Germany said the exhibition had helped him see the war from a different perspective.

"I often see documents and pictures of the war in Viet Nam through information sources of the US, but this is the first time I have seen the country and its capital through documents in Viet Nam," he said.

The National Archives Centre, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the Party Central Committee's Archival Office and the Ha Noi Central Archives have organised the exhibition to mark Ha Noi's 1,000th year.

The exhibition will run until October. — VNS

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