Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Discover Vietnam:The most frightening destinations in Vietnam

These destinations each marking an area of ​​intense warfare phase proud history of Vietnamese. It was also seen as frightening places but should go at least once in their lives. They are the places that will give visitors an unforgettable experience of pain or fear.
1. The War Remnants Museum



The War Remnants Museum, No. 28 Vo Van Tan Road, District 3, in HCM City is where visitors can feel the pain and brutality of the Vietnam War through artifacts and photographs. Exhibits demonstrate the destruction by the U.S. military, the suppression of the struggle for independence, the unification of Vietnamese people and the prolonged effects of Agent Orange. The museum also has exhibition rooms of the southwestern border war, the war to protect the northern border and Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands. Photo: Jennifer Harvey.

2. Cac Co Cave
Cac Co Cave in the historic site of Thay Pagoda in Sai Son Commune, Quoc Oai District, Hanoi is famous for the thousands of remains scattered across every corner of the cave, which have lain here for hundreds of years. Many sets of remains are gathered in a large tank placed in the cave. There are many different theories about the origin of the skeletons here. Photo: VTC.

3. Nem Thuong village
On the 6th day of the lunar year, Nem Thuong village in Khac Niem Commune of Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province organizes a ritual to chop off the heads of two pigs to offer to the village saint. Many people criticize this bloody festival and ask to put an end to this “horror festival”. Photo: Thitbo.


The Son My or My Lai Remnants in Tinh Khe Commune, Son Tinh District, Quang Ngai Province. This solemn place commemorates the massacre of the citizens of Son My (My Lai Massacre) at the hands of U.S. soldiers on March 16, 1968. Through photographs, relics and personal stories, the horror of that day, in which over 500 unarmed civilians were brutally cut down, is intensely recounted.

5. The Museum of the Engineers

The Museum of the Engineers at No. 290 Lac Long Quan Road, Hanoi, showcases the US’ weapons of mass destruction that were used in the Vietnam War. Even after the war, American bombs killed more than 40,000 people, injuring over 60,000 others, in the ensuing quarter century. The victims included many children. Clearing the remaining mines and explosives is an ongoing process, and will require much money and time.


Dong Tam Snake Farm in Binh Duc Commune, Chau Thanh District, Tien Giang Province, is the biggest snake farm in Vietnam. It is also regarded as a living museum of snakes, where visitors can observe thousands of different species of snakes in an environment close to their natural habitats. Those who fear snakes are advised to skip this stop.


Con Dao Prison on Con Dao Island, in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. It was regarded as " hell on earth" for the revolutionaries in the two wars of resistance against France and the U.S. Various forms of torture were employed, reminiscent of themedieval age.

8. Hoa Lo Prison

Hoa Lo Prison was built by French colonists in the center of Hanoi. Dark prison cells and the guillotine – used to dispatch many a revolutionary - will provide an unforgettable experience of a traumatic period of history.

9. Phu Quoc Prison



Located on the island of Phu Quoc in Kien Giang Province, Phu Quoc Prison, was the central prison of the Saigon regime before 1975, where over 32,000 prisoners in the Vietnam War were detained. 

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