Hanoi Hilton
Coordinates: 21°1′31″N 105°50′47″E / 21.02528°N 105.84639°E / 21.02528; 105.84639
The Hỏa Lò Prison was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War when it was sarcastically known to American prisoners of war as the "Hanoi Hilton". The prison was demolished during the 1990s, though the gatehouse remains as a museum.
Read more about Hanoi Hilton: French Era, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1954, Vietnam War, Hỏa Lò in The Late 1970s and Early 1980s, Demolition, Conversion and Museum
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