War Crimes Museum

War Crimes Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

Facing Vo Van Tan Street is a museum that starkly presents the scars of the Vietnam War—the War Crimes Museum (Nha Trung Bay Toi Ac Viet Nam). The exhibits on display are vivid, deeply personal to the public, rather than just ideological or empty slogans. For example, there are displays related to the My Lai Massacre, photographs of various destructive acts by U.S. forces, explanations of deformities in children affected by Agent Orange, and even preserved fetuses deformed by the chemical, all of which are deeply disturbing to witness.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was the founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam, and a great proletarian revolutionary. Born in Nghe An Province, Vietnam, on May 19, 1890, he worked as a teacher, seaman, and laborer in his early years. He joined the Communist Party in France in 1920, studied in the Soviet Union in 1923, attended the Fifth Comintern Congress in 1924, and engaged in revolutionary activities in China from the end of that year until 1927. In February 1930, he led the establishment of the Indochinese Communist Party. In 1941, he initiated the creation of... More details about Ho Chi Minh ++