Museum of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine

Complete history of vietnamese herbal medicine in a five-story building. We start from the first floor to watch a 15-min documentary and then go straight to fifth floor, and gradually move to lower floor. Everything was arranged beautifully without losing its traditional touch. I went on weekday so its kind of quiet. I enjoy every floor and read every information like it really is interesting. At the end of the tour, we can taste their herbal tea which I like and ended up buying two packs of lotus tea. Btw, you can buy the entrance tickets by card, but they only accept cash for the shop.

I totally felt in love with this museum. Their collection of medicine making artifacts, sculptures, vases, wood carvings, drawing, pictures, the building itself are all extraordinary.

Very interesting to see everything was written by Chinese and some Vietnamese tourists who were taking pictures there even asked us what’s the meaning of the words on the wall ! But they call it Vietnamese medicine 😂 everyone has a smile on their face, a gold moment

What a great visit. Historical Context & Architecture Founded by Dr. Lê Khắc Tâm, the FI­TO Museum was constructed in 2003 and opened to the public in 2007 The architectural style is a textured blend of traditional Vietnamese wood carving (often influenced by Hue and Cham styles) with six floors and over 18 exhibition rooms designed to evoke an ancient herbal medecine What You’ll Discover on Each Floor Ground Floor & 1st Floor: Cinema Room: A 15-minute multilingual documentary (Vietnamese, English, French, German, Russian) introduces visitors to the origins and stories of Vietnamese traditional medicine Souvenir Shop & Herbal Pharmacy: Browse herbal teas, medicinal wines, essential oils, or sample wellness products 2nd Floor: The Royal Medicinal Academy, recreated to represent the royal clinic with ornate decor, giving a window into historic royal healthcare systems 3rd and 4th Floors: Rich displays of herbal tools—from metal teapots, mortars, grinders, tools for slicing herbs, scales to tincture jugs and medicine jars—offering insight into traditional preparation methods. Interactive Experience: A model pharmacy (19th century style) with an 81-drawer wooden cabinet. Under guidance, visitors can mix their own remedies from the herbs provided 5th Floor: Ancestral Hall & Medicinal Tree: An altar honoring legendary herbalists Tuệ Tĩnh (14th century) and Hải Thượng Lãn Ông – Lê Hữu Trác (18th century) with a carved “Vietnam Bach Gia Y” tree featuring 100 famed medical practitioners’ names. Ancient Tools & Historical Timeline: Artifacts from the Stone and Bronze Ages and a chronological display of Vietnamese medical milestones Vietnam Discovery Travel 6th Floor: A comparative visual journey through traditional medicine systems of Vietnam, China, Korea, and Japan. Unique cultural features like a Cham tower replica and imagery of the Thăng Long Medical Temple from Hanoi, plus portraits of traditional Vietnamese medecine

Excellent curation of traditional Vietnamese medicine. However, the management should do something about those who just come in for photography sessions. It ruins the whole experience as you can’t even read the information because they’re all over the place!

Amazing collection of herbal medicines and artefacts over an old, 5 story building with lovely scenes at every turn. Apart from this there is the health aspect for herb lovers.

4 Floors full of medicine. It starts with a 15 minutes movie about the vietnamese medicine. The museum is located in an old house. The entry fee was only 90.000 VND due to the massive amount of locals taking pictures for new year. In every room the took pictures but it didn't disturbed too much.

Very interesting and a fantastic building - a little to many “models” but i just had fun with them