(VOV) – An exhibit on Vietnam’s Buddhist heritage opened Monday at the National Museum of Vietnamese History.

The exhibit displays 200 documents and objects from different periods of Vietnamese history. Nguyen Dinh Chien is the museum’s Deputy Director: "These artifacts from the early Christian era to the Nguyen dynasty include Buddhist statues, paintings, objects of worship, bronze bells, and drums. Special statues, such as the statue of Buddha entering Nirvana in the 17^th century and the third bell made in the Tang dynasty in the 9^th century, are on display. We also have one of 11 nationally recognized precious objects, a Canh Thinh bronze drum from 1800 in the Tay Son Dynasty".

The exhibit will continue until the end of August.