Located in Cau Giay District, west of Hanoi, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened at the end of 1997. Since then, it has attracted the attention of visitors as well as ethnographers and researchers from all over the world.

 It contains more than 10,000 objects, 15,000 black and white photos and hundreds of video tapes and cassettes which depict all aspects of life, activities, customs, and habits of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam.

The Ethnological Museum has successfully recreated the daily life together with the religious rituals and the sym­bolic festivals of each ethnic group in Vietnam. Visitors have the opportuni­ty to admire costumes, embroidery as well as outside stilt houses and habitats from the different groups.

All displayed objects mingle and supplement one another to create a colorful and diversified picture of Vietnamese culture.