The artifacts comprise a Late Neolithic stone axe, three bronze axes, a ceramic pot of the Dong Son Culture, three stone made crocodile statues in the 1st – 2nd centuries BC, and two bronze pipes created in the 17th – 18th centuries.
In 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States (FBI) recovered more than 7,000 objects and artifacts that had been illegally collected and kept by Donald Miller, a self-proclaimed American philanthropist and amateur archaeologist. The deceased US citizen gave up ownership of those objects and artifacts and wished to return them to the rightful owners.
Following the FBI announcement on its website in February 2019 that some of the artifacts were identified as of Vietnamese origin, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the US worked alongside relevant US agencies on the identification and repatriation of those artifacts.
In October 2022 experts from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reviewed, appraised and received the antiquities from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the handover to the Vietnam National Museum of History under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The museum has been assigned to keep and manage the artifacts according to regulations of the Cultural Heritage Law.
Mosaic Ceramic Paintings of APEC 2017 Leaders
An exhibition of mosaic ceramic paintings of leaders attending APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting 2017 was recently held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi. The event aims to celebrate the success of the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which took place in Da Nang in Vietnam, from November 6-11.
Exhibition reveals maritime secrets from ancient shipwrecks
NDO/VNA – More than 500 ceramic and porcelain objects retrieved from ancient shipwrecks in Vietnam’s seas are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi on January 18.
Exhibition unveils artifacts found in ancient shipwrecks along the coast of Vietnam
NDO – Nearly 4,000 artifacts found in nine ancient shipwrecks along the coast of Vietnam from Quang Nam to Ca Mau provinces are being displayed for the public at an exhibition that opened in Quang Ngai province on June 19.
Pottery village enriches Vietnamese culture
 The Bat Trang Pottery Village in Hanoi’s Gia Lam District dates back 700 years but is only about a 20-30 minute car or motorbike ride from central Hanoi, attracting Vietnamese buyers, exporters and foreign visitors with its huge variety of ceramics and pottery products.
Unique Bat Trang Ceramic Museum
Built with inspiration from the curves of pottery wheels, the Bat Trang Pottery Museum is becoming a new destination for Hanoians.
