The Worst POW camp of the Vietnam War in Hanoi - Hoa Lo Prison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2022
- Hỏa Lò Prison was built in 1896, and it was used by the French colonists for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners during the Vietnam War. Let's find out why it's the worst POW camp during the Vietnam war.
Address: 1 P. Hoả Lò, Trần Hưng Đạo, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội
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Thank you for covering this very important and sensitive subject matter. I have to admit, I'm pleasantly surprised that you did it. But you handled the material in a very respectful and caring way. I hope this episode reaches a lot of young people who may not be aware of their own history.
Thank you!!!
Amazing work by Ms. Van Vu. I learned so much from this video. Senator McCain was a well respected Senator from the State of Arizona. It's heartbreaking to see that humans can be so cruel to other humans. Colonization brings about lots of pain. War brings about lots of pain.
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Humans are the most disgusting creatures in creation 😑
I went there in 2019 and was moved to tears. The museum is very well done.
Here, in Can Tho City 🇻🇳, we’ve a similar, but smaller French Prison (Prison Provinciale). 😓 And the “Guillotine” (machine to cut heads) is in Can Tho Museum. 😅
Oh, thank you for sharing this information!!
Thank you for the history lesson. I am a Viet Nam Vet 1968 and heard a lot of stories about the Hanoi Hilton. It seems it has been used for many decades for punishment and persuasion.Again thank you.
Thanks for watching!!!
My wife and I visited ' Hanoi Hilton' we spent 4 hours here. Unbelievable treatment, but well worth a visit while in Hanoi.
Thank you for sharing!!
I'm coming to Vietnam in December - I'd love to catch up :D Your videos (and you) are incredible ! :D
Thank you!!! Hope you will have a wonderful time in Vietnam. See you soon!
Beautiful ending. And nice that the video was published just before April 30.
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Ugh. I will visit this place. I will cry big tears. I will meditate on hopefulness.
I was born in 1971, so I was a baby as this war was slowly, painstakingly coming to an end. As I recall from history, we finally packed up and pulled out in 1975. I'm 50, and there's still so much I don't know about this conflict. Thank you for posting this. I work for a city here in Texas with a heavy Vietnamese population, I've been there 21 years, and I'm to this day still trying to learn about these folks and their culture.
Thanks for sharing! I'm very glad my content is helpful for you.
Hi Russell, from your description, I would venture and say that you live in Houston, TX, where it has the 2nd largest Vietnamese population (after Los Angles and the Orange County area in CA). My family moved to the US after the fall of Saigon in 1975, almost a half century ago. We are all now naturalized Americans and proud of it. My family settled in Houston decades ago. If you have questions about the Vietnam War and our culture, just send me a reply. May this message find you and your family well.
This video's touched me, thanks Van Vu alots
Very good video Van Vu. 👍
Nice video
Thanks for the recommendation!
I just went to the War Remnants Museum here at Saigon. Will be in Hanoi by end-May 😆
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Hi Beautiful, it is good to know more about VN history, thank you for sharing.
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Watching your videos makes me want to travel to Vietnam more and more!
Thank you! Hope to see you soon in Vietnam✨
Thank you for sharing, I'm surprised you know quite a bit about wars and POW stories among Vietnam, French and American, the real interesting topics besides Food and Travel, you're the best!
Thank you very much🥰
It's really sad and scary how this happened in our times. Great content Van. I learned so much front this vlog. BTW, I am coming to Ho Chi Min in June. Could you recommend any tour for 5 days, thanks so much.
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@@WhatThePho Thanks for this, Van. Have a wonderful week ahead
Thanks for this bit of history, I'd like more!
Good video. Thanks 🙏 I’ve been there a couple of times. It’s good to remember these things and we don’t repeat the past mistakes
Thanks for watching!!!
I like visiting place like this to learn about history
Love the content❤️❤️❤️❤️.love you🥰❤️
Thank you☺️
I love history.hope more and more video from you.thanks hihi
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Thank you!
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That breaks my heart sooo much.
It is the best video about Vietnam, Vietnamese and your history. cảm ơn
Have you been travelling to Côn Đảo island ?
There is also a place to show how terrible the war was 😥😥
Hi Van Vu..., "I will NEVER forget." USMC 1964-1972 " Semper Fi " Mike in Montana P.S.: Excellent video and very informative, and thank you for sharing... :)
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Van Vu - this upload is one of your best ones - about the History of Vietnam - could you upload some episodes of the American War seen from the Vietnamese side??
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Your idea is great and I noted down. I will do it one day🙌
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when I was in school. one of the things they taught me about Vietnam was that Vietnam won the war against France at Dien Bien Phu. It's really sad to see the another bad side of how French people treated Vietnamese.
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Another great video, I would like to add two more things:
In the first place, in answer to the question of how could those people last? I think the answer lies in poetry, at the moment I am writing a booklet about the people that the streets in Da Nang are named after and who often ended up in one of the prisons, but it is striking how many poems by them have been preserved. To me one of the most poignant was written by an unnamed woman who was imprisoned in Ha Noi, somewhere around 1905 she wrote in beautiful calligraphy, with her own blood on the wall of her cell, in poetic form all the atrocities that were done to her. The poem can be read in the museum of resistance in Ha Noi.
Second, a quick note about "Hanoi Hilton": in those days many Hanoi residents did not even have a roof over their heads because of the many bombings, they took shelter in the wells in the street and it was often too late for the elderly and injured. Many people lost everything and had nothing to eat for their families. Such a guard in "Hanoi Hilton" whose house and family had just been bombed.... he probably does not start his work cheerfully.
Good job.
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Great
oooh i wanna visit that place
Thank you for this informative video. I have a question regarding face masks, what are the rules for them in Vietnam?
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In Vietnam, wearing a face mask is mandatory in public transportation.
You should go to Khe Sanh in the province of Quang Tri, where the American military was completely defeated by the North Vietnamese military
Yeah, I will. Thanks for sharing the information!
Completely defeated? Dunno about that. The North vietnamese lost tons more people in that battle. It was a draw at best for the Vietnamese and a lot of people say they lost
@@briancrawford69 died a lot of people doesn’t mean to be a loser. Soviet Unions lost over 1 millions soldier in the battle of Stalingrad, while the Nazi Germany didn’t even lost near 900 thousands soldiers. And who was the winner? Beside, the Electronic Wall of McNamara had completely been wiped
I like the food contents, but I enjoy your history and cultural contents more (like your Tet video:). It's good education for the outside world AND for those millions of Viet Kieu that were born or grew up outside of VN. Many of them either didn't have an opportunity to learn or chose to not learn the POV of the other side. And unfortunately, many of those foreign born children have a biased view because they know only what their biased parents taught them (especially the South VN Catholics). Or because they don't understand the VN language, they can't watch the VN language videos. Thus, they can only understand whatever the biased western media shows. (It's like a Chinese learning about Australian culture in China only from the Chinese school/media. It's going to be biased.) The VN-US war was only about 20 years long, while VN is 2000 year old. A drop of water in the bucket. Please, share more info about the rest of VN history and culture.
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That’s the reason why I’m passionate about making TH-cam video. I strongly believe that the world will be a better place if we know each other’s culture and history✨
Then again the history being taught in Vietnam nowaday is very biased. It only tells their side of stories from the communist north point of views. They don't mention the north were the aggressor and tried everything to overthrow the Southern government. No genuine free elections were help. They are imposing their forms of political and economic systems to the whole Vietnam. Being independent is good but being free is another matter for the Vietnamese. Colonialism were bad but it also has the good. Such as social progress made during the French Indochina periods. A more balanced perspective on history is better for critical thinking.
@@benchan731 I think you better read up a bit more, specifically about the Geneva Accord. It was the South (Diem as president) that refused a national election in 1956, knowing full well that HCM would have won by a landslide. He was a corrupted Catholic president. And progress can be made without colonialism. Plenty of countries out there that did well without any colonialism - Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, etc.
Here's your western media info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_in_the_Vietnam_War
@@benchan731
>said critical thinking
>"Colonialism were bad but it is also good"
Lol
sad,very emotional place with history that I hope we continue to learn from and keep creating the path that the next generation's to come will not have to relive...Thank you for sharing this.another stop I would like to see myself......🤙
Thank you!
☹☹☹☹ Such heartbreaking
I find what the French did to the Vietnamese “prisoners” to be appalling at the same time carrying that treatment on once in power is equally appalling. I’m glad the prison is now a museum people can learn from and that the war is all but forgotten.
In 2010, I spent a month in Vietnam on vacation. One of the places I was able to visit was the Hoa Lo Prison. I remember my tour guide mentioned that according to what she learned, only one prisoner was tortured at the Hanoi Hilton. She said that was John McCain, and how he was only tortured because he wouldn’t leave. Now, I didn’t want to get into an argument but I politely pointed out how wrong her statement was.
After the tour we headed back to my hotel and I asked her to wait for a moment while I picked up something from my room. I returned with my copy of Hubbell’s “P.O.W.: A Definitive History of the American Prisoner-of-War Experience in Vietnam, 1964-1973”, which I bought for the plane ride to Vietnam. I gave it to her and explained that these are the stories of some of the prisoners, told in their own words.
She thanked me for the book and promised to read it. I don’t know if she ever read it, but I felt like I’d helped dispel some of the lies about the P.O.W.s and the war.
Your opening comment sounded like political BS…….thank you for trying to bring out the truth and educating this guide….
My Grandfather was a PoW in Europe, so I dont have any stories from Asia….
Thank you for trying to show her the truth!
It’s great and really inspiring to hear your story.
I thought of another book.
The Passing of the Night,
Gen Robbie Risner.
Vietnamese culture has many wonderful things about it. It's a mature culture: Vietnam is able to reckon with the dark blotches of it's history in a healthy way where most cultures seem to fail at this. The Vietnamese people are able to remember the past without holding grudges. No doubt Vietnam could learn much from the West but by the same token, a lot of Westerners should learn from Vietnam as well
Really? I just wonder why they still hate the former South Vietnamese soldiers and call them puppets.
Great video! I was very glad I visited the Hilton , I learned a lot more than I thought I would. In fact the French were the worst of the lot. It opened my eyes for sure.
I’ m wondering if book sales May mai still works there .
The ending. Well said Van. Hope
@@I_Am_Blondie . You're still here . Hello Blondie, how 're you today, my friend ! 😁
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Kênh của Vân đã mang tới một Việt Nam thật sống động trong mắt bạn bè quốc tế. Hy vọng trong tương lai gần, Vân sẽ làm 1 tập về thăm quê Bác, để giới trẻ bây giờ có dịp nhớ về vị cha già kính yêu của dân tộc và cũng để cho thế giới biết một Hồ Chí Minh tuy giản dị nhưng có thể dẫn dắt cả một dân tộc đến độc lập hôm nay ^^
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No animal is as ignorant and savage as mankind. Thank you for this video.
One of my great uncles was a POW in Vietnam. I remember hearing about the rice with salt too. When he was released he was very skinny. 😔 The people in power are the worst and we all suffer for it. Doesn't matter which side we are on.
I agree. War is the worst😔
Thank you for sharing!
Ms. Van… how about your next tour be of the Museum of American War Crimes in Ho Chi Minh City?
Smoking that Hilton pack rn
Actually i was there on tet holiday with my Vietnamese girl friend watching from Philippines
Hi Van, thanks for your video which was very educational that make me rethink about the world's history. Even right now , the war still happening. "Russian invasion of Urkain ". I can't imagine how badly some prisoners were treated to be died in a horrific way! Praying for their spirt in a peaceful places! Hopefully, people should learn a lesson how to building a peaceful world no a war! Agree?
Thanks for sharing!
I totally agree. War is the worst.
You forgot to mention US invasion of Yugoslavia, Iraq and Syria. When you forget those things, no peace will ever happen
I think this prison represents not just Vietnamese history, it is also the history of French and American ! My heart aches.
Great content. Should learn history to stop it happening again…how about some content in
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram. Another Vietnam diary that is worth the read. Kind of like an American war vlog before blogs existed
Thanks for watching!
Great idea and I noted down😁
How the modern world was shaped is truly horrendous…….we must never forget…….
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I was wondering what happened to those concentration camps that held South Vietnamese solders ...Perhaps they were gone by now, not a trace?
My Pops didn't make it out alive at Ky Son/Tam Ky ...I still hold a grudge
Glad to see your channel is growing....
Miss Van was born the day after the VN War was over and she doesn't know much about it. Let loose and let go the past, would you please (for your own health benefits also)?
@@I_Am_Blondie . Why ? 😎
@@I_Am_Blondie . "In 1995, McCain applauded the Clinton administration’s decision to restore diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
“It’s close to miraculous to see how far we’ve come over the last few decades,” the ambassador says.
“To go from the experiences of the war and the experiences of Sen. McCain and what we had here initially, to now be here today where we’re talking about a partnership and a friendship.”
McCain’s indelible mark on Vietnam can be seen on the walls of the prison where he once languished. Not far from pictures of him as a wounded POW, there is a photo of a smiling McCain on a tour of the museum in 2000.
The senator often stopped in to the “Hanoi Hilton” during more than 20 trips to Vietnam. On one of those visits, the former prisoner left a short message in the museum’s guest book. It reads:
Best wishes, John McCain
US Senator Arizona"
@@I_Am_Blondie That was exactly what I had said to you Blondie, "Move On" and live everyday like as if it's your last, you only live once my deer Blondie. 😄
@@I_Am_Blondie . I would say : Wake up Blondie ! You're a growing up girl now and the war was over for almost half a century ago . 😘
Please make video about alcohol in Vietnam with prices.
Haha sounds great! I noted down
Mình rất thích những videos của Vân. Nhưng mình vẫn cảm thấy nội dung trình tự các videos của bạn vẫn chưa có sắp xếp hay kiểu như lịch rõ ràng. Thiết nghĩ Vân nên phân mảng ra review Food riêng Văn Hóa riêng và Danh lam thắng cảnh. Là một người xem kênh của Vân từ video đầu tiên đến bây giờ mình mong bạn sẽ đầu tư hơn. Mỗi tuần mong bạn sẽ post ít nhất một video về một chủ đề nhất định và khung giờ nhất định. Để người xem có thể nắm đc lịch rõ hơn ạ. Chúc b sớm đạt nút bạc TH-cam
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Cảm ơn bạn đã góp ý về việc phân mảnh video nhé. Mình sẽ tiếp nhận và cố gắng hết sức để kênh trở nên chỉn chu hơn.
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@@WhatThePho thanks Vân . Mình tin bạn có thể làm.được nhiều hơn thế. Chúc Vân và cả gia đình bạn có một kỳ nghỉ lễ vui vẻ.
My uncle was there as a POW.
But every Freedom fighters life is lesson for next generation.. I want this type of vlog
Thank you for watching!!!
it's creepy... history shown
Can you reflect on south vietnam's side of the war
Oh great idea! I noted down!
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Diu ma day wook me Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh Moon Nam! But in all seriousness, excellent video!
Does she still call Ho Chi Minh City Saigon? Why did she do that?
Cause a lot of people still do
No napalm ? Luxury !
Man’s inhumanity to man!!
"I will come back for someday If I survive. I pledge to you my mind, my heart, my spirit, my bones, my blood...and the heart that pumps it. But the enemy is beyond powerful, and every Warrior that we send is killed. But I pray that God brings us together again before my last breath. For I will always love you Vietnam...until the end of the world...and then...still."
From one Republic to another.
Thank you for sharing this!!!
Oh my god. I was thinking of going to Hanoi this summer, but I have a guillotine tattoo on my leg. I got it for completely different reasons (mostly for anti classism), and I’m not even French (I’m Ukrainian). I wouldn’t want people to think I support colonialism, quite the opposite, or remind them of their oppression. Should I avoid travelling to Vietnam? I don’t think I could avoid wearing shorts in a tropical setting.
There is no problem with tattoos. Just don't wear short at the place relevant to religion like temple, pagoda...
@@ducthangle2617 thank you for letting me know!! Even if it’s a guillotine? 😭
@@HealthHazzard6 Your body your choice. As long as you don't do illegal things, follow the laws then everything is ok. We are open-minded people and don't pay attention to your tattoos. There are also a lot of people have tattoos in Vietnam. They see it as an art.
The painful history story is very different vlog
This girl is heartless and has no idea of the suffering. What about the torture from the Vietnamese? That wasn’t covered. Also why doesn’t she andrews that it was male prisoners? She’s the worst I’ve seen.
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Thanks for the video. When we hear stories about the "Hanoi Hilton" its always in the context of how cruel those Vietnamese were to American soldiers or the white man as always its through the prism of race. Your brought to light it was the French or the white man who brought these harsh devilish methods of torture to Vietnam because they did not see their Asian subjects as human. I commend the Vietnamese for ultimately slaughtering the French and driving them home. And Americans solders inflicted war crimes again the people. For those that did they deserved their stay at the Hanoi Hilton. We should not shed a tear. Rot in hell for your deeds. Colonization and oppression anywhere simply does not work.
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When colonizers build a prison to hold native people and the native people use the prison to hold colonizers it is sad karmic justice
you out here singling
I never liked hanoi the people there was not friendly. But this was 20 years ago. But i am back in Vietnam in Saigon and i loved it! But i will never go back to Hanoi
North Vietnam always gave special care to American POWs in terms of foods, exercise, etc. which the Americans later said they were treated badly. But how does life in the difficult prison camp of the North compare with the welfare regime that American pilots are cared for while in the US?
What the...house of horror in Vietnam?
Wonder if they're honest about the brutality and torture that went on there by the Vietnamese
If there is nobody around you leave your mask or throw your mask
Vietnamese have great awareness of wearing face masks to protect themselves and everybody else. No one forces us to wear it. We just want Covid pandemic will be completely eliminated soon. To be honest, the only people who do not wear face masks in VN are foreigners.
? The title, how is it the worst
She literally explained everything in the video 😀
First
They would had a good life but no thanks to the Americans and the french
You look so beautiful
Thank you!
@@WhatThePho Really???
There were no women pows in the viet nam war
I rather have pho 🍜