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Hoa Lo Prison Relic Review

4.2 /564 Reviews
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Hayley Griffiths
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4/5
It’s never nice to visit a prison, but what it does do is give you a real insight into the grizzly history of the city you’re visiting. In the case of Hanoi, the Hoa Lo prison is now a museum which shows a few sections to visitors and the rest is kept kind of under wraps. You can see how prisoners were crammed into the small cells and made to go to the toilet in cave-like places. Not a nice thing to see but if you like learning about the real history, then you’ll feel like you came away with a true sense o how it was during the war

Hoa Lo Prison Relic

Posted: May 20, 2016
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  • coolby
    4/5Excellent

    interesting but very simple museum that had only a handful of exhibits. would recommend coming here but probably won’t need to spend more than 1 hour here. cost of entry is 30k VND

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    Posted: Aug 10, 2023
  • アララ
    5/5Outstanding
    Original Text

    The situation at that time can be conveyed. Since it was done in northern Vietnam, there was a place to visit the grave inside.

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    Posted: May 27, 2023
  • 超级ctt
    4/5Excellent
    Original Text

    A very interesting half-day trip, we walk around the prison, where you can learn about the years of American pilots being held here, but that's just a small part of the history of the prison. Built by the French in the late 1800s, this is where the French have committed many atrocities against the Vietnamese people, men and women, for a long time, and executed at the guillotine, one of which is on display. There is a lot of knowledge and historical materials to learn, as well as two incidents in which Vietnamese prisoners escaped from prison through sewers. Not everyone likes history, but it is difficult to stay in Vietnam without encountering the relationship with history. Some exhibits are very solemn and some descriptions are a bit exaggerated. It is always a Communist country, and half of the letter is enough.

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    Posted: Apr 8, 2020
  • 2880000016
    5/5Outstanding
    Original Text

    Hualu Prison was left behind to commemorate the war. Although it is totally different from the prison of that year, it still retains the layout of that year. What we can see now is the weakening part of the actual scene, but we can still see the cruel side of the war, the soul of the unjust death seems to be still crying in prison. No war, we want peace.

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    Posted: Jun 16, 2016
  • ragerage
    5/5Outstanding
    Original Text

    I think it is worthwhile to go to the exhibition hall and correct the ticket price: 30,000 adults per person, free children, with Vietnamese, English and French interpretation and signs, can understand a lot of the history of that time, see European and American tourists, especially American tourists are most interested.

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    Posted: Feb 29, 2016
  • 배낭메고 고고
    4/5Excellent
    Original Text

    It is a place where there is a painful story that deeply understands the dark history of Vietnam and reminds us of our Japanese colonial period.

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    Posted: Feb 13, 2023
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