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Brown University alumnus Steven Prusky is the owner and president of MFIP, Inc., a financial company located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. During his free time, Steven Prusky enjoys traveling and has been to numerous destinations in Southeast Asia including Vietnam.
The Vietnam of today is a paragon of progress. From being a struggling bicycle city in the early 1990s, the country has become one of the fastest-developing nations in the region, as evidenced by its flourishing metropolises. It is difficult to imagine that just a few decades ago this country had been torn apart by war. Despite Vietnam already moving past being strongly identified with the destructive war that bears its name, it manages to preserve vestiges of this tragedy to serve as a reminder for future generations.
One way it does this is through the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. Formerly known as the Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes, the museum accurately captures the brutality of war and the effects the Vietnam War had on civilian victims. The museum contains photographs and war paraphernalia including US armored vehicles, artillery pieces, bombs, and infantry weapons. Visitors may also have a rare glimpse of some of the experimental weapons used in the war.
The museum is open between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.. An admission fee of 15,000 Vietnamese Dong, or about 70 cents, is collected at the entrance.
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