Vice President and President of Brazil visit Vietnam Military History Museum

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visit the Vietnam Military History Museum. Photo: VNA

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan also attended.

At the Museum, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the High-ranking Delegation of the Federal Republic of Brazil listened to the introduction and explanation of 6 exhibition topics: The early days of nation building and defense; Protecting national independence (939-1858); Fighting against French colonialism to gain national independence (1858-1945); Resistance against French colonialism (1945-1954); Resistance against the US (1954-1975); Building and defending the country (1975-2024).

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed in the Guest Book of the Vietnam Military History Museum.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva writes in the guestbook at the Vietnam Military History Museum. Photo: VNA

The Vietnam Military History Museum is one of the six national museums and the flagship museum of the Military Museum system, established on July 17, 1956, located at 28A Dien Bien Phu Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi City. In 2019, the Vietnam Military History Museum was newly built by the Ministry of National Defense in Tay Mo and Dai Mo wards, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City.

The museum has a modern design, creating an intuitive historical flow with suitable colors; applying many projection technologies in the exhibition, giving viewers a completely new experience.

With a scale of 4 floors above ground and 1 basement, the Museum has a construction area of ​​23,198 m2, the total floor area of ​​the main building is 64,640 m2, currently displaying and preserving tens of thousands of artifacts. In front of the building is the 45 m high Victory Tower with a five-pointed star stacked in many layers, symbolizing the year 1945, when the Vietnamese people gained independence.

The Vietnam Military History Museum is a particularly typical cultural work with display components for visitors to interact and better understand the struggle for national independence of the Vietnamese people; thereby contributing to preserving and promoting the quintessence of the nation's military cultural heritage, meeting the needs of research, study, sightseeing, and cultural enjoyment of people of all walks of life at home and abroad; in line with the policy of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense: "The Vietnam Military History Museum is a multi-purpose, comprehensive, especially important, typical institution of the capital Hanoi and the country".

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan with delegates at the Vietnam Military History Museum. Photo: VNA

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the first foreign head of state to visit Vietnam in 2025. This is also the second time President Lula da Silva has visited Vietnam as head of state of Brazil, after the first time in 2008.

This visit takes place in the context of the Vietnam-Brazil relationship being upgraded to a Strategic Partnership on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024. This upgrade demonstrates the strong, substantive, and effective development of the bilateral relationship, marking a significant step forward in the political and foreign relations between the two countries.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s visit will highlight the complementarity between the two countries, the important role of the two economies in key areas such as agriculture, science, technology and innovation, and expand new channels of cooperation in trade, economy and investment. In addition, the visit will promote deeper interactions in the field of people-to-people diplomacy. This visit also marks an important step forward in bilateral relations and dialogue between the two countries.

According to VNA

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