::: March 14, 2017 VIETNAM, Hanoi - "Hanoi Hilton" or Hoa Loi Prison and other places

No fixed tours today so did my own touring. Hỏa Lò Prison was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. Prisoners of War during the Vietnam War. Wikipedia 

The only surviving original piece is the gatehouse which has been turned into a museum. During the Vietnam War it was euphemistically referred to as the "Hanoi Hilton".

 

 Literally the Central House

 

 

 Worn by Paratroopers 

 

 

 

St Joseph's Cathedral Hanoi

 

 

Huge case inside a Chinese temple 

 

National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi