The Vietnam Army Museum is located on Dien Bien Phu Street in Hanoi. The area formerly consisted of barracks the French and covers 10,000sq.m divided into 30 showrooms.

It opened in December 1959. It contains objects and documents related to the establishment and development of the Vietnamese armed forces. There are many artifacts on display left over from past conflicts.
 

The evolution of the Vietnamese National Army and the Vietnamese People's Army (1946-1954) is depicted with weapons, maps and objects from the famous Dien Bien Phu Campaign.

The period of fighting against the United States, which ended in 1975, is represented through maps and models of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, plus items that once belonged to Vietnamese soldiers.

Several large and impressive piece such as heavy weapons retrieved from enemy forces and shards of planes are also on exhibit.