Vietnam Travel Hanoi - Maison Centrale (Hoa Lo Prison) 火爐監獄

 Vietnam Travel Hanoi - Maison Centrale (Hoa Lo Prison) 火爐監獄 (2014 1014)

Address: 1 Hoa Lo Street, Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening Hours: Daily 08:00 - 17:00

Maison Centrale in Hanoi, also known as Hoa Lo Prison and the ‘Hanoi Hilton’ housed Vietnamese revolutionaries and American POW during the Vietnam War. The fortress was once a vast colonial-style prison, most of which was torn down in the 1990s. Visiting today you will find the small southern section resting alongside a hotel and office complex. The prison is still a popular tourist attraction for those on the war history trail. Official records claim inmates numbered in their hundreds although it was not unknown for up to 2,000 prisoners to be crammed into a space reserved for 600 inmates.