Inside the Vietnamese Women Museum (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is one ofthe top destinations in Hanoi. It gives visitors an insight into the Vietnameseculture through the beauty of Vietnamese women.
The museum showcases more than 28,000 objects, photos and videos,illustrating the daily lives of Vietnamese women in the past, during the warand in modern times.
The museum’s exhibits are arranged into three thematic galleries,namely “Women in Family”, “Women in History” and “Women’s Fashion” on threefloors.
Traditional wedding costumes and ceremony of Vietnamese people on display in the museum. (Photo: VNA) Martin Peronnet, a French visitor chose to begin his first trip toHanoi by visiting the Vietnamese Women’s Museum. He said he admired thecontribution made by Vietnamese women to the national liberation anddevelopment.
“Ican see that Vietnamese women joined the incredible war that we all feel verybad about it,” said Peronnet looking around the ‘Womenin History’ floor.
He also expressed his admiration for Vietnam to build itselfin a incredibly tough and hostile environment in the past and make significantsocio-economic achievement recently.
Safi Abdallah and his colleagues visit the museum on their first day to Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Likemany other foreign visitors, Safi Abdallah, a tourist from Morocco also wantedto spend his first day in Vietnam by exploring the museum and he found it worthvisiting.
“The museum gives me ideas about how old it is about the historyof Vietnam, particularly in the role of women in their family and working andfighting the war,” Abdallah said.
Abdallah expressed his impression of the freedom Vietnamese womenhave gained, not only in improving their own family lives but also makingcontribution to the nation through war fighting, education, and politics.
A corner showcasing traditional outfits of different ethnic groups (Photo: VNA) Meanwhile, Basha Silver, a recently-married tourist from New YorkCity was attracted by the museum because its exhibits showcase roles andresponsibilities of women in typical Vietnamese families and traditionalmarriage and childbirth customs across ethnic groups.
However, Basha Silver said she was most impressed by the diversefashion, costumes and jewels of Vietnamese women.
Basha Silver was most impressed by the diverse fashion, costumes and jewels of Vietnamese women (Photo: VNA) “It is really interesting how different groups have differentfashions and costumes, jewels. I was most impressed by the embroidery anddyeing techniques used by different ethnic groups,” Silver said.
The Vietnamese Women Museum was established in 1987 andopened to the public in 1995. It receives up to hundreds of visitors per day,most of them foreigners.
The museum receives up to hundreds of visitors per day, most of them foreigners (Photo: VNA) The museum has been listed among the best attractions in Hanoi bythe tourism website TripAdvisor for several times./.
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