Ho Chi Minh Museum and Military Zone 5 Museum in Da Nang, Vietnam

Visit the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Da Nang to understand more about Uncle Ho and the life of local people during the war. It sits beside the Military Zone 5 Museum, the city’s war museum, with aircraft, tanks and a copy of his Hanoi stilt house outside. Worth about two hours if the war interests you.

Ho Chi Minh Museum or Military Zone 5 Museum?

Both: two museums share the grounds, and Da Nang’s tourism board lists them together, with a single 60,000 VND price for foreign visitors: the Ho Chi Minh Museum – Military Zone 5 Branch, with the stilt house and four rooms on Ho Chi Minh’s life, and the Military Zone 5 Museum (Bảo tàng Quân khu 5), opened in 1982 and dedicated to the armed forces of Military Zone 5. Older guides call it the “Fifth Military Division Museum”, a mistranslation.

Ho Chi Minh Museum Da Nang opening hours and ticket price

Foreign visitors pay 60,000 VND, per the Da Nang tourism board’s January 2026 price list (some guides still say 20,000 VND); Vietnamese citizens go free. The museum’s website gives 7:30 am to 4:30 pm daily, lunchtime included; the board says from 8:00 am. Some travel sites list a lunch break and Monday and Friday closures that no official source confirms, so on those days check the museum’s Facebook page (Bảo tàng Quân khu 5) first.

1. Overview of Ho Chi Minh Museum in Da Nang

If you have ever visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex in Hanoi, the house here will look familiar. Located on Duy Tan street, it features a full-size (1:1) copy of the stilt house that Uncle Ho used to live in, in the Presidential Palace grounds, with a garden and a fish pond. Visiting the stilt house, you will have the feeling as though the President is still here.

As you may know, the South of Vietnam gained its complete liberation in 1975. And, just 1 year later, work began on the Ho Chi Minh Museum, on grounds it now shares with the Military Zone 5 Museum, to show the love of local people and soldiers to dear Uncle Ho. It was also named after the President and officially opened to the public on 19 May 1977, his birthday.

2. Structure and What to See in Ho Chi Minh Museum

With an area of more than 9 ha, the museum comprises two main parts: the outside and inside displays.

• The outside area

The exterior area includes the stilt house campus, a garden, a fish pond, and displays the large weapons such as aircraft, a helicopter, tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery from 75 mm to 175 mm, and some types of weapons from French and American armies. Among them are a MiG-21 fighter and an American M48 tank.

Visiting the stilt house and its campus, you can see how simple Uncle Ho’s life was, with not too many items in the house and most of them are wooden. A hedge of red hibiscus runs around the garden and the pond.

• The inside area

Interior space is divided into 4 showrooms exhibiting photos and artifacts about the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh, a national hero and also a worldwide famous cultural man; and 8 exhibition halls exhibiting thousands of photos and objects about the brave fight of the Military Zone 5 forces.

Especially, there are many rare artifacts and hard-to-find photos that show the creativity and solidarity of local people in the 2 wars against France and America, and their faithfulness to the Communist Party of Vietnam and Uncle Ho.

Each object on display is a moving story about the sacrifice and struggle of Da Nang people for independence and freedom of their country. 

For example, it is the double-bottomed basket (mủng) of Mr. Ho Le Phuong from Hoa Cuong, Da Nang. Though it looks like other normal baskets, it has the 2nd bottom that is very hard for searchers to find. During the war, Mr Phuong and his wife used to carry this basket to safely deliver the secret documents for his son, Mr Ho Le An. After the war, in 1977, the family gave this basket to the Ho Chi Minh Museum.

Or, you may be attracted to the old sandals displayed in the museum. They belonged to Ms Phan Thi Mua, a member of Da Nang’s city commando force (biệt động).

In 2025 the Military Zone 5 Museum received more than 200 new objects, photos and documents from veterans, their families and the public.

Ho Chi Minh Museum is not only the place where tourists get better understanding about President Ho Chi Minh, but also helps the next generations have a deeper insight into the fight of Da Nang people against the enemies to gain the freedom and unification for the country, as well as the love of the President for every Vietnamese person.

Is it worth visiting if you’ve seen the War Remnants Museum?

Yes, if the war interests you. The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City centres on the war’s toll on people, Agent Orange included; this complex follows the Military Zone 5 forces and Da Nang’s people through objects like the basket and sandals above, plus Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house.

3. How to Get to Ho Chi Minh Museum in Danang?

From the Da Nang International Airport, it is about 3 km by road, a short Grab or taxi ride, and about 4 km if departing from Da Nang Train Station. The Dragon Bridge is 2.5 km away and the Cham Museum 2 km, so both museums fit into a half-day.

Local tips

• Captions are mostly Vietnamese, with brief English on some exhibits, travel guides say; a camera translation app helps.
• The Ho Chi Minh branch’s website, baotanghcmqk5.hochiminh.vn, has a virtual tour of its rooms.

Sources: museum website; Da Nang tourism board, 2026 prices; Báo Đà Nẵng