The former southern capital, often known as Saigon, was a prize for the northern Communists, who eventually won the
Vietnam War in 1975.
This historical fact informs much of the content of
Ho Chi Minh City’s museums, which generally pay tribute to the Communist North's regime.
Many of the museums in this list cover aspects of the revolution and the ensuing war, generally from the victors’ point of view.
Others focus on aspects of Vietnamese history and culture that reflect glory on the Vietnamese people as a whole.
- War Remnants Museum
- Independence Palace
- Vietnam History Museum
- Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum
- Museum of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine (FITO)
- Ho Chi Minh Museum of Fine Arts
- South-Vietnamese Women Museum
- Ho Chi Minh City Museum