Museum of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine

The museum showcasing Vietnamese traditional medicine. I liked the view and the decor of the building with a mixture of various culture and religion. The staff said that the parts were collected from traditional houses around the country and assembled in 2007 on site. I visited in the morning there was a local photo shoot. I recommend to buy ticket in advance from Klook etc. because they accept cash only.

The exhibit was beautiful in an ancient hand built home with such a serene 6 story structure- Tons of rich knowledge and beautiful museum gallery space. This place was full of disrespectful people tampering with tons of museum exhibits to have photo shoots, do their make up, and hang their photo equipment everywhere. How horrendously disrespectful. I am truly ashamed to have to witnessed such horrific and outrageous behavior. What a massive display of disrespect to the physicians and doctors that were supposed to be honored here, what a massive disrespect to the hundreds of years of revolutionary knowledge. What a disrespect to the gift of medicine and healing as a whole, and the man who donated and started this museum- and to the original founders of Vietnamese medicine. This place is supposed to be a symbol of honor for our culture, a place of beauty, aw, and reverence. It just shows the insensitivity of people these days. Posing about with no clue of where they are at, what they’re posing with, and no social awareness or respect for those trying to view the actual museum. Or kindness to move out of the way. Majority of the people here were just massive groups of youth posing - and staff didn’t seem to try and manage any of it( which I hope they do) I did end up buying some medicine, enjoying the short film and architecture and free tea I hope the staff implements rules. Not sure if id come again. Even though I loved what this place was initially intended for. Really shows the degradation of our society and culture today.

The Museum of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine in District 10 is definitely worth a visit! I was impressed by the number of artifacts and the size of the place. The displays are beautifully arranged, and the building itself is quite charming. However, I feel like I would have learned more if the herb displays were in English. The complimentary tea at the beginning was a nice touch, but the 180K entry fee feels a bit cringe once you realize the introduction video is a FITO pharmaceuticals sale pitch. However, we did end up buying some herbal medicines in their shop. It can be a bit difficult navigating around the influencers who are using almost every room for photoshoots so maybe come early to avoid that. To be fair, we ended up taking a ton of photos too. All in all, it's a unique spot with some fascinating exhibits and it sparked curiosity in our son to learn more about ancient healing practices. Worth checking out!

Underrated place. There are a lot of new and unexpected information here, the experience was a bit off since a lot of people doing new albums here. Besides, the view, the architecture is very unique. The staffs are also extremely friendly and helpful, they even help tourists to book a grab to other places. Small notes, only 3rd floor has ac so the rest may be hotter than usual.

Visit July 2024 A beautiful museum that deserves far more recognition than it receives due to being away from the cluster of tourist attractions in HCMC. It is like stepping into an ancient house of wisdom, culture and healing. This place is uplifting for the soul, and a great alternative choice to the popular war museum. The original architecture, carvings and artefacts from centuries ago were respectfully preserved and tastefully displayed. The samples of tea were delish and you can wear their traditional period costumes for free too!

Entry ticket price is 180k vnd, they only accept cash. You get to watch a 15min video as a short introduction. You get a laminated booklet as a guide. I was expecting a chill environment to learn about traditional vietnamese medicine, but there were too many people doing their photoshoots that it got very annoying (eg. Your path up/down the stairs will be blocked). Perhaps a dedicated photobooth will alleviate the issue. You get a free sample of lingzhi tea and medicinal oil at the end of the visit. Staff are very helpful and knowledgeable. Otherwise a solid 5 star if not for the overwhelming number of photoshoots going on.

Amazing and unique privately invested museum in HCMC, ít brings back good scent and childhood memories of my grandmother who was also a traditional medicine practitioner. I was overwhelmed with many roof and stairs decorations, spacious thematic halls presenting patterns of Northern and Southern medicine cabinets, list and drawings of herbs, wooden decorations taken from old, heritage home constructions from different regions and collection of related literature and cultural items. Thanks to the visit I learned a lot about the strong roots, knowledge and unique values of Vietnamese traditional medicine and key figures, original Vietnamese contributors and their great influence onto the domestic and international medicine. Technically, I wish the starting video presenting about the museum was more detailed and professional, innovative and education-oriented for both adults and more interesting visually for the young generation, there would be also professional guide with deep knowledge taking us to each and all halls and explain about exhibits, more young learners coming with desire to learn about traditional medicine, to see how talented and compassionate were the Vietnamese traditional practitioners and how important this is for our our generation to cultivate and further develop. Not only nice place for taking photos in traditional Vietnamese dresses.

No museum in HCMC is complete without hordes of ao dai girls treating it as their private photo studio, but nowhere are they so annoying and distracting as in this place because of museum's featuring of traditional architecture elements. So many exhibits were blocked by them, their crews and equipment that it was very hard to concentrate and enjoy the experience. This and the unusually steep price (180k) makes this museum hard to recommend unless you're super into traditional medicine. Otherwise it was a pretty educational visit, and the tea they let you sample at the end was very tasty and has a pleasant aftertaste.