Radio transmitter, used by soldier Chu Van Mui for information and communication in the Dien Bien Phu campaign.
Pick, used by soldiers to dig trench to serve the attack at Him Lam base, March 1954
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.
Wooden pole and winch used by artillery crews to drag field guns at Dien Bien Phu, 1954.
Pill press, used by staff of the Central medical service to produce treatment medications, 1948.
Lamp, produced by students of Han Thuyen school (Bac Ninh province) for use in classes held at night to avoid enemy bombing raids, 1951- 54.
School exercise books made from bamboo husks, produced by students of Han Thuyen school (Bac Ninh province) for use during the anti-French resistance war.
Reinforced Vest, made from tree-bark by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tao (Phu Tho province), for use in the resistance struggle against the French
A Resistance Jar, used for patriotic rice donations by the family of Mrs Vinh of Co Do village, Quoc Oai district, Ha Tay province (now Hanoi capital).
Hanoi's death-vow soldiers carried tripod lunge mines to attack French tanks. In this photo, soldier Nguyen Van Thieng (alias Tran Thanh Thieng), born in 1927 in Hanoi, dies bravely in an attack on the French using a tripod mine in 1946.
Tripod anti-tank lunge mine, used by Hanoi's death-vow soldiers to attack French tanks in the early days of the National Resistance, December 1946.
The Painting “President Ho Chi Minh and children from the North, the Centre and the South”, painted in blood on silk by the artist Diep Minh Chau in 1947.