Vietnam’s National History Museum to be a showplace

This will be the largest museum in Vietnam exhibiting items about Vietnam’s history from ancient times to the present day. It will become a modern cultural landmark, and Vietnam’s largest socio-historical museum.
The Museum will have frequent access to new research and results confirmed by historical and other related sciences. It will expand cooperative relations to introduce historical and cultural heritages of domestic and foreign museums, plus the private collections of individuals and organizations.
According to a decision signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in 2006, the National History Museum will serve scientific research, study, and dissemination of knowledge about history and cultural heritage as well as other requests by Vietnamese citizens and international friends, contributing to socio-economic development. The Museum also helps to train and nurture skilled personnel in museum studies.
The National History Museum project will be a complex of construction works, based on a combination of the current Vietnam History Museum and the Vietnam Revolution Museum in Hanoi. The Museum will be built on 28 ha at Huu Nghi Park in Co Nhue and Xuan Dinh communes in Tu Liem District of Hanoi.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2007 organized a design contest for the new museum and introduced 18 designs for public comments. The design by Nikken Sekkei Ltd was chosen.