In the 1990s, at least six shipwrecks were found and excavated in the Vietnamese territorial waters through efforts by Vietnamese and international archaeologists and authorities. Hundreds of thousands of artifacts from each shipwreck were discovered, studied, preserved, and now held in different major museum collections in Vietnam as well as abroad.

Today, a permanent collection of “Asian ceramics,” found from shipwrecks dating from the 9th century until the 18th centuries, are now on display at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History.

Written by An Trần. Photos by An Trần. (Source Saigoneer)