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Phu Quoc Prison
Phu Quoc Prison, aka the Coconut Tree Prison, is the place of detaining political prisoners and people who fought against the French and American. This prison hides in itself a doom period of Vietnamese prisoners.
-Phu Quoc Prison is a prison -communists in the An Thoi Town, in the south of Phu Quoc Island. In the period of Indochina War, the prison was also commonly known as the Coconut Tree Prison. This is the central prison of the Republic of Vietnam. Once, it detained more than 32,000 prisoners (40,000 prisoners including political prisoners for many periods). During the period of resistance wars against the French and American, hundreds of prisoners were jailed and tortured brutally and barbarically.
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-Coming to the jail, one of top things to see in Phu Quoc, you will have a chance to see all terrible and brutal punishments and tortures by your naked eyes. The more you witness, the more can you understand the bravery of prisoners to the enemy. The image of torturing by nailing into prisoners' body, jailing them in Tiger Cages in sunny days will recall a fierce jailing period in this prison. Visiting this prison, you will known more about the patriotism of Vietnamese people.
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