HO CHI MINH CITY MUSEUM OF HISTORY CONTINUES TO BE RANKED AS GRADE I

On the morning of November 23, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City coordinated with the City's Cultural Heritage Association to organize a ceremony to announce and present the decision to rank relics and museums.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Pham Dinh Phong, Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Tran The Thuan, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City; Le Tu Cam, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Heritage Association.
At the ceremony, the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History was honored to receive the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to re-classify it as a Type I museum along with the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum and the Ho Chi Minh City Museum. At the same time, the War Remnants Museum was re-classified as a Type I museum.

Museums receive decisions from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

In addition, the Organizing Committee announced the Decisions of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on ranking historical-cultural relics and city-level scenic spots for 3 works: Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital architectural and artistic relic, Ho Chi Minh City Children's House architectural and artistic relic and Go Mon District Base Historical Relic (1961-1969) in An Binh Hamlet, Trung An Commune, Cu Chi District.

In addition, the Cultural Heritage Association of the History Museum received the Encouragement Prize in the Contest "Promoting the Value of Ho Chi Minh Cultural Heritage" organized by the City Cultural Heritage Association.

  Currently, the City has 17 museums, including 11 public museums (4 museums ranked I, 3 museums ranked II, 16 national treasures are kept in the museums) and 6 privately owned museums. Museums and historical and cultural relics attract a large number of visitors, becoming favorite destinations for domestic and foreign tourists when coming to the City./.

Source: https://www.baotanglichsutphcm.com.vn/ban-tin/bao-tang-lich-su-tphcm-tiep-tuc-duoc-xep-hang-loai-i