Hoa Lo Prison, known for its role in Vietnam's colonial resistance and the Vietnam War, provides a compelling glimpse into the sacrifices and resilience of Vietnamese revolutionaries. The facade of ...

HANOI, Vietnam — To hear the official Vietnamese version, American soldiers imprisoned at the POW camp derisively named the “Hanoi Hilton” during the Vietnam War were actually treated downright ...

While on vacation in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2010, I had a chance to view some Vietnam War history from the local perspective. I toured the infamous Hoa Lo Prison, or the "Hanoi Hilton" as it came to be ...

Many prisons used to hold American POWs were in close proximity to Hanoi, with a few of the more well known jails located directly in Hanoi. American prisoners spent years living in these ...

“Freedom has a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know.” –A POW saying left on a wall in the Hoa-Lo Prison known to Westerners as the “Hanoi Hilton.” A small ...

From Cu Chi tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City to Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi, National Geographic has named eight historic sites where Vietnam's past will come alive this National Day. As National Geographic ...

On Nov. 29, 1970, 43 U.S. servicemen gathered in the Hoa Lo prison compound, often called the “Hanoi Hilton,” and performed an act of retaliation— a church service. Nine days earlier, after a failed ...