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The Army Museum is one of six national museums in Vietnam. It was established on Dec, 22nd 1959 in the centre of Hanoi, and covers 10,000 square meters in area.<br/><br/> The Army Museum offers a comprehensive and patriotic history of the Vietnamese people's armed forces under the leadership of Vietnam's communist party and of president Ho Chi Minh. Thousands of exhibits, photographs, maps, scale models and weapons are on display.<br/><br/> According to the authorities: 'This will give visitors a good general knowledge of the process of the birth, growth and victories of the Vietnamese people's armed forces for the cause of peace, independence and freedom'.
The Fall of Saigon was the capture / liberation of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under Communist rule.<br/><br/> North Vietnamese forces under the command of the Senior General Văn Tiến Dũng began their final attack on Saigon, which was commanded by General Nguyen Van Toan on April 29, with a heavy artillery bombardment.<br/><br/> By the afternoon of the next day, North Vietnamese troops had occupied the important points within the city and raised their flag over the South Vietnamese presidential palace. South Vietnam capitulated shortly after. The city was later renamed Ho Chi Minh City, in posthumous honour of the communist leader Ho Chi Minh who had died in 1969.