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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