Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chivako chemuziyamu chaimbova nzvimbo yekutsvakurudza nezvekuchera matongo yeChikoro cheFrance cheFar East pasi pehutongi hweFrance (Louis Finot "École française d'Extrême-Orient" EFEO), yakavhurwa muna 1910. Izvi zvakagadziridzwa zvikuru muna 1920, uye zvakagadzirwazve pakati pa1926 na1932 nemugadziri Ernest Hébrard. Inonzi musanganiswa wezvivakwa zveFrance zvekoloni uye zvechinyakare zveVietnamese, zvinonziwo Indochina architecture. Muziyamu yakawanikwa neHurumende yeVietnam muna 1958 uye ipapo kuunganidzwa kwezvinhu zvakaunganidzwa kwakawedzerwa kufukidza hunyanzvi hwekumabvazuva uye nhoroondo yenyika. Yakavhurwa zviri pamutemo kuti vanhu vaone musi wa3 September 1958. Zviratidziro zvemuziyamu zvinosimbisa prehistory yeVietnam (anenge makore mazana matatu ezviuru mazana mana emakore apfuura) kusvika ku
August 1945 Shanduko.