military museum
Lunch time at Hanoi (Military Museum)
I found the military museum at 11:00am, half an hour before lunch time, I thought time was plentiful, that I still had half an hour before lunch. But lunch at Hanoi is longer than what is written on the sign. At exactly 11:01, the staffs are already in a great hurry to close down the indoor exhibits. I lingered on, to their greatest annoyance.
Lunch time is the holiest moment in Life of Hanoi. Trespassing the lunch time of a Hanoian could be as serious as trespassing the tomb of their ancestors. So I quietly wander around the outdoor exhibits. The wreckage artwork is one of the best propaganda artwork in the world. Mangled pieces of American planes twisted into an artful masterpiece. So much bombs, missiles and bullets, yet Hanoi survived like an immortal mosquito.
Only if the Americans had learned the secret, that if they had invaded Vietnam during Lunch time, they could have easily won the Vietnam War. Nobody does a damn thing during lunch time, I could have captured Hanoi at Lunch time and nobody would care. I walked around, photographed everything, nobody bother to kick me out, lunch is too important to be disturbed, or maybe they thought I was a high level military officer, either way, my time in the museum is quite fulfilling.
Military Museum
The Hanoi military museum is located in a corner of the military complex, it is within walking distant from the [[Hanoi train station]]. But it's better to get there by taxi or tuk tuk.
You can climb up to the top of the flag tribune. Make sure you do it before they closed (during lunch time and at 4:00pm), else you maybe locked up there for a long time. I managed to escape from the tribune a second before they closed for lunch.
These are 2 of the 196 Hong Y (red clothes) Ancient canons made under Nguyen Dynasty in the 13th year of King Ming Mang (1832), and found at Phon Xuong, Yen teh district, bac Giang Province in 1979.
This must be the best propaganda artwork in the world.
Captured by Regiment 66, Division 304 of Vietnam forces Danang, then were used by Captain Pham Xuan The, to attack and occupy the Saigon regime palace, to extradite Duong Van Ming (President of Saigon Government) to the radio station to report the surrender declaration on April 30th, 1975, ending the 21 years of the resistance war against American (1954-1975).
From company 4, Battalion 1, Brigade 203 of the armored forces, and commanded by Lieutenant Bui Quang Than, company commander who lead a thrust of army corps 2 in the attack and seizure of teh Saigon Presidential Palace on April 30, 1975
Used by Nguyen Tan Mieng, a member of the inner saigon special mobile detachment, to carry troops from Ap Moi - Go Vap to take part in the attack against the general staff of the Saigon forces inthe 1968 Tet General Offensive.
some types of bombs used by the us in the vietnam war
a bit expensive in Vietnamese standard, so I only ordered a chocolate ice-cream which they have none so I ordered a coffee ice-cream instead .activity:Lunch dessert near the Military museum
