The Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi has just reopened after extensive renovation work. The collection runs over five floors and includes exhibits, video and photos on Hanoi’s women street vendors, marriage and family life, and the role of women in Vietnam’s wars against the French and the US backed South Vietnamese Government. The top floor is devoted to women’s fashion and includes variations on the traditional Vietnamese ao dai as well as clothing from the country’s ethnic minority peoples.

The Women’s Museum is one of Hanoi’s best. It features simple, compelling exhibits, and its subject matter – the amazing women of Vietnam – makes it well worth a visit, and can be included within our Hanoi sightseeing programs.

For more information contact the Footprints’ office or visit the museum’s website at: www.womenmuseum.org.vn/en.html.