Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary Relic

Location: Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary is located in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province.
Characteristics: Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary for Vietnamese patriots was widened and built more concretely from 1900 to 1930 on the base of a prison.

Nowadays in this exciting Buon Ma Thuot City, many young people are probably surprised when they are told that over 50 years ago the city was thinly populated, surrounded by great wild jungle and considered as unwholesome jungle, malarial water, few people in plains wanted to set their steps on this place. At that time, there was a penitentiary (special jail for political prisoners) where had many cruel measures applied by French colonialist. If visitors want to learn about the area, the people here, they cannot help visiting this historic vestige classified by the Government. At this penitentiary, they are told stories about glorious revolutionary tradition of former communists.

Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary is not only a crime evidence of French colonialism but also a significant training school of many persistent revolutionists of Vietnam such as: Ho Tung Mau, Phan Dang Luu, Nguyen Chi Thanh, To Huu, Hong Chuong, Bui San, Tran Van Quang, Ngo Duc De and a lot of talent revolutionists all the country. Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary played a great important role in the August Revolution in Dak Lak. The communists who were put into this penitentiary became men of sowing revolutionary seeds on the highland.


Presently, coming to Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary, visitors will witness such cruel evidences of French colonialist. Thereby, visitors will think of the penitentiary under the former cruel and hard regime as a hell of French colonialist. When the time passes by, those evidences still impress deeply in everybody's mind. During visitors' visitation, they will surely grieve, thrill because of observing many bilboes as well as more admire manly revolutionists who were no afraid of sacrifice, resolvedly defeated their enemy and contributed to disenthralling of nation.

WHERE TO STAY
Muong Thanh Buon Ma Thuot Hotel

Add: 81 Nguyen Tat Thanh St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3961 555

Sai Gon - Ban Me Hotel

Add: 1 -3 Phan Chu Trinh St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3685 666

Dakruco Hotel

Add: 30 Nguyen Chi Thanh St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3970 888

White Horse Hotel

Add: 9-11 Nguyen Duc Canh St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3815 656/ 3815 757

Dam San Hotel

Add: 212-214 Nguyen Cong Tru St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3851 234/ 3814 071

Coffee Tuan Vu Hotel

Add: 135/1 Ngo Quyen St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 6252 252

Eden Hotel

Add: 228 Nguyen Cong Tru St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3840 055/ 3841 448

Hoang Loc Hotel

Add: 7 - 9 Ybih Aleo St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 6251 777/ 3956 704

WHERE TO EAT
Pho Nuong restaurant

Add: 150 Hung Vuong St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3969 999

Tuan Vu restaurant

Add: 135/1 Ngo Quyen St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 6252 252/6252 999

Hoang Loc restaurant

Add: 7 – 9 Ybih Aleo St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 6251 777/ 3956 704

Biet Dien restaurant

Add: 1 Ngo Quyen St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3954 299

Thanh Hung restaurant

Add: D1 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3957 057/3953 700

Thung Lung Hong restaurant

Add: 153 Phan Chu Trinh St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3952 741

Dam San restaurant

Add: 212-214 Nguyen Cong Tru St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3856 724

Thien Ma restaurant

Add: 50 Hai Ba Trung St., Buon Ma Thuot City

Tel: (84-262) 3853 963