History Museum

Apart from being the National History Museum of Vietnam, this was also one of the French architect Ernest Hébrard's most known works. He had the (at the time heretic) thought that the Vietnamese climate made it necessary to take special considerations and not just build like back in France. This turned out to be a very good idea. I'm quite fascinated by those buildings that mix Asian and European building styles. There are many buildings that use those principles in Ha Noi. This museum is one of the more expensive to visit. I paid 15,000 VND ($1) to get in and 15,000 VND to bring my digital camera. If they had known that I could also take video clips, I would have had to pay 30,000 VND ($2).