War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City

A powerful museum about the Vietnam War (the 'American War' in Vietnam), with American tanks, helicopters and planes in the courtyard and displays inside on the effects of the war, including the use of Agent Orange and napalm. The photography gallery, with work by war photographers from both sides who were killed in the conflict, is particularly moving.

Some of the exhibits are very graphic, and the museum gives the Vietnamese government's view of the war. Allow at least two hours. It's a short walk from the Independence Palace. For a seaside break, the beaches of Vũng Tàu are about two hours away by road or hydrofoil.