Museum of Vietnamese History

The museum has a fine collection of Vietnamese antiquities. Read up on Vietnamese history first or you'll have no idea what you're looking at. Outside, the Botanical Gardens are very nice and a good place for a cheap lunch away from the crowds. Six times a day, you can see a 20-minute water puppet show (adult 50,000 dong, child 35,000 dong). It's quite amusing, even for adults.

• museum
• outdoors
• history

Address

2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, Bến Nghé, Quận 1

Getting there

at the intersection of Le Duan St and Nguyen Binh Khiem, just inside the zoo gates

Hours

Daily 08:30-11:30, 13:30-17:00

Price

30,000 dong