Location : 1 Hỏa Lò, Quận Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Việt Nam

Opening hours: 8am-11.30am, 1.30pm-4.30pm Tue-Sun, closed Mon

Established by the French colonial government in 1896, Hoa Lo Prison was originally used to detain political prisoners and formed part of a Northern network of ‘unjust and cruel prisons’ which included Cao Bang, Son La, Lai Chau and Hai Phong. Ironically, The Americans called this prison “Hanoi Hilton” during the Second Indochina War.