I have many feelings every time I come here. It is a witness for the document what I have read on the book or taught.

The visit to the prison was an extremelly interesting experience. The way the prisoners were treated at different times through history, depended on who they were and where they came from. My teenage daughters were facinated and the sight of a guillotine was extremelly shocking to them. A "must see" for visitors to crazy Hanoi.

This was an experience. The Erie music screens and explosions piped in can send chills up your back. Gives you a greater respect for those who survived their time there.

Interesting to see history written from the Vietnamese point of view, but hoe they can portray the pilots from the US had a good time is tongue biting!

it offers a glimpse of the history of vietnam,the brutality they experienced under the frenchmen,and how they treated the americans when the time that they were the prisoners. the second floor gave me goosebumps/ghostly experience as its a memorial or sort of like that,i dont know if its just me but wifey had the same thing,and its unusually hot on... More

We humans, how depraved we can be - a salient reminder of where we've all come from and certainly paints a picture of the long road to independence for Vietnam

We went to the old prison today and enjoyed walking through, seeing the various prison areas and photos of the conditions that prisoners were kept in. The exhibitions are well set up but there is not a great deal of information in English, just a brief description under each photo. Well worth a visit.

Can check it out if you have the time but overall not anything too amazing. Does give you an insight what prison was like at the time

I went here today based on a few recommendations. Its was so boring. The best thing were the old cells and the creepy music they played. That made the atmosphere interesting at times. There is only a tiny section of the old prison complex left. The knocked the rest to build a silly modern tower block. From the model in... More