Also known as the coconut tree prison, Di Tích Nhà Tù Phú Quốc represents an embodiment of war crimes turned into a national heritage site. Originating in the Indochina War, the prison was divided into four areas that held over 14,000 prisoners--those who resisted French colonial rule between 1946 and 1954. It served the same purpose during the Vietnam War, except that the U.S. troops rebuilt the areas and separated them strictly for men, women, and elders with tight supervision. Exhibits display gruesome torture tools for crucifixion, boiling, and hammering teeth, as well as the infamous Catso tiger cage: a pitch-black cell, extremely hot during the day and cold during the night, which left prisoners blind and mentally unstable upon release. You can visit the prison with a tour guide service, or explore it freely on your own. Put Di Tích Nhà Tù Phú Quốc on your schedule, and learn what else deserves a visit by using our An Thoi travel route planner.
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I was here with the tour and the tour guy lady give us a lot of information about the reason using in the war time they were divine into communist and capitalist and belong to the South capitalist so.... more
I was here with the tour and the tour guy lady give us a lot of information about the reason using in the war time they were divine into communist and capitalist and belong to the South capitalist so.... more »
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Could be better, more information boards around the place would be a start & lots of rubbish around not very well kept. Free to enter
Could be better, more information boards around the place would be a start & lots of rubbish around not very well kept. Free to enter more »
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The prison depicts the captivity ant torture of vietnamese prisoners. The whole museum has been translated into English but very poorly, so there are some things which are incomprehensible.
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Free admission when we went there. Expect to spend appx an hour here. Good experience to see in Phu Quoc.
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