Mông Đồng

Mông Đồng 艨艟 is a class of near-shore warship and riverine boat that played a dominant role in medieval Vietnamese naval forces for over a thousand years.

Lacquered and gilded wood model of a 17th-century Mông Đồng- Hanoi Museum of National History.
Mông Đồng Illustration
  • relief carving of a Mong Dong boat- Hương Canh communal house, Vĩnh Phúc.
  • Carving on Chương Cauldron- 19th century Huế.
  • Close up on the bow of the miniature Mông Đồng at the Hanoi Museum of National History, originally the model was kept at Keo Temple, Thái Bình
  • Close up on the stern of the miniature Mông Đồng at the Hanoi Museum of National History, originally the model was kept at Keo Temple, Thái Bình
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