• (Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ], Nhà tù Hỏa ; French: Prison Hỏa ) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners...
  • Although it is now a facility that many foreigners come to see as a tourist spot, Hoa Lo Prison was originally a prison as its name suggests.
  • Ironically referred to as the “Hanoi Hilton” by its American guests, the Hỏa Prison complex is located in the center of Vietnam’s capital.
  • The Hỏa prison opened in 1886, when Vietnam was under French colonial rule as part of Indochina. Most of its prisoners at that time were political agitators.
  • With its bright yellow and green painted walls, it’s hard to imagine that Hỏa Prison was once a place where untold suffering and despair took place.
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  • Hoa Lo Prison, also called the “Hanoi Hilton”, is an infamous prison in Hanoi that housed prisoners during the French colonial period.
  • Hoa Lo Prison nowadays locates at 1 Hoa Lo Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi and it takes only 10 minutes to walk from Hoan Kiem Lake .
  • Hoa Lo Prison translates to Hell’s Hole. The prison was built by French colonialists in the late 1880’s when Vietnam was still part of French ruled Indochina.
  • Hỏa Prison, dubbed the 'hell on earth,' housed approximately 500 prisoners with a design reminiscent of a penitentiary establishment.
  • The prison’s role, as was the case with many other prisons of the day, was to lock away political prisoners. ... The end for Hoa Prison came in 1990.
  • He spent six years in Hỏa . Most of the prison was demolished in the mid-1990s for a high-rise apartment building but part of the prison exists today as a...
  • Hỏa Prison was originally built by the French in the late 1800s to house Vietnamese political prisoners who were fighting for their country’s independence.