Seventy royal items dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are being showcased at the Museum of History of Ho Chi Minh City, giving an insight into the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam.

Costumes of Nguyen kings and queens are displayed at the centre of the exhibition hall

Yellow is the symbol colour of kings

A close look at the patterns on a robe of a king

Some royal costumes worn by women in the Nguyen Dynasty

Some robes of mandarins in the Nguyen Dynasty

A mandarin coronet

Boxes for containing personal belongings

Silver and jade hairpins

Sophisticated silver hairpins

Foreign visitors to the exhibition
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