Vietnamese Women's Museum
Museum tracing Vietnamese women's family life, wartime roles and ethnic dress across three floors of exhibits.
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This guide to the Vietnamese Women's Museum in Hanoi opens with a donation notebook found in the handbag of Nguyen Thi Dinh, the first woman to become a major general in the Vietnam People's Army and later the country's vice president. It follows her decision to build a museum for Vietnamese women with no budget behind her, and the village-by-village fundraising she carried out by hand on every business trip. Take your time on the three floors above, arranged around marriage, war, and the dress of fifty four ethnic groups.
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