This museum is very professionally arranged with clear explanations of what you are seeing. Most importantly it's an important opportunity to remember that history always has two sides. What was infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton in the USA was also a prison for Vietnamese...More

It was interesting and fascinating to look around a place which is obviously fairly important historically, for the imprisonment of Vietnamese revolutionaries and of US PoWs. However, given the little research I did following my visit, it seems that a lot of how they present...More

I’m not a history buff but actually found this museum really interesting and engaging. A glimpse into how the French colonialists treated the Vietnamese. Shocking and worth seeing if your in Hanoi. Worth the 30k vnd entrance

I think it’s a must do in Hanoi. It could take around 1.5-2 hours to nicely walk around. You can read everything in English and also the staff speak it very well. Highly recommend

Good overview of the prison with signs and most of the info in English. Glad we could leave and weren’t prisoners. Looks like it would have been hellish. Worth the visit, not expensive.

Despite only the gatehouse surviving, this is a big building and looking round gives you a clear idea of the conditions that inmates would have to endure, as well as explaining the history around the period the prison was in use from the late 1800s...More

This museum was 30k to enter and was well worth it. A good explanation of what the prison has been used for over time with many exhibits and short videos around the place. Very informative and straight to the point. Maybe not suitable for children...More