Exhibition praises victory of 1968 Tet Offensive

(Bqp.vn) - Entitled The Epic of the 1968 Tet Offensive, the exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the victory of the campaign.

Major General Nguyen Xuan Nang, Director of Military History Museum of Vietnam speaking at the opening ceremony. (photo: Thuy Linh)

The exhibition displays more than 300 images, documents and objects. The exhibition is divided into three parts: devotion for the battlefield, the historical turning point and echoes of the epic. They depict the determination of Vietnamese people and soldiers in fighting for peace and liberation.

Delegates visiting the exhibition. (photo: Thuy Linh)

“The Military History Museum of Vietnam organized the exhibition with the aim of asserting the historical magnitude and significance of the General Offensive and Uprising in 1968,” said Major General Nguyen Xuan Nang, Director of Military History Museum of Vietnam. The 1968 Tet Offensive affirmed the outstanding, visionary leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh,” said Nang. “It promoted patriotism, national pride and the will to overcome all difficulties to fulfill the task of building and protecting the country.”

Order: The General offensive and general uprising in Mau Than Tet of 1968 by the Central Committee of the Liberation Front of South Vietnam, dated 30/1/1968. (photo: Thuy Linh)

Commando Ba Mu (whose real name is Do Van Can) disguised himself as a rubber latex collector to fool the enemy. He used a tricycle to transport weapons to serve the South Vietnam liberation forces during the 1968 Tet Offensive. (photo: Thuy Linh)

Motorbike: of Ba Trung, used to participate in the attack on Saigon Post Office, in Mau Than Spring of 1968. (photo: Thuy Linh)

ID card: of Mother Nam (a.k.a Thach Thi Xieng) in Nha Rua hamlet, Thach Mi commune, Chau Thanh district, Cuu Long province, used to go into the enemy outpost to persuade them. She helped cleared 6 outposts, seized 150 guns, and caused 180 deserted troops, in Mau Than Spring of 1968. (photo: Thuy Linh)

Paddle: of Trung Van Thanh (C10, MR7), used to deliver documents, troops, in Mau Than Spring of 1968. (photo: Thuy Linh)

The exhibition was opened on 26 Feb at the Military History Museum of Vietnam, 28A Dien Bien Phu Street, Hanoi.