Pick, used by soldiers to dig trench to serve the attack at Him Lam base, March 1954
Among the objects associated with President Ho Chi Minh preserved at the Vietnam National Museum of History (VNMH) is a modest yet remarkable object: a tortoiseshell comb engraved with the words: “KY - NIEM DAO CON - LON 1917 NGUYEN - THI - THANH.”
Pennant inscribed “Quyet chien quyet thang” ('Resolutely fought and triumphed'), granted by President Ho Chi Minh to cadres and soldiers who took part in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, 1954.