Buon Ma Thuot prison recognised as special national relic site
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the certification of Buon Ma Thuot prison in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak as a special national relic site.
A view of Buon Ma Thuot prison in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA)
DakLak (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the certificationof Buon Ma Thuot prison in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak as aspecial national relic site.
Buon Ma Thuot prison, located in Tu An ward of Buon Ma Thuot city, is a U-shape building complex constructed by French colonialists in 1930.
The prison has total area of2ha, surrounded by four walls which are 4m high and have four watching towers.Inside the walls are six ranges of jails and cells where prisoners were held incustody by a cruel and harsh regime.
Between 1930 and 1945, morethan 3,500 political prisoners were kept in the prison, including Vo Chi Cong,Nguyen Chi Thanh, To Huu and Phan Dang Luu.
Despite cruel torture, thecommunist prisoners turned the prison into a political training place. In late1940, a secret force called “faithful force” was formed in the prison, whichbecame the first Party cell set up in Dak Lak, contributing to therevolutionary movement in the province and laying a foundation for the 1945uprising in Dak Lak.
The prison was recognised as anational historic-cultural relic in July 1980. It was restored in 1992 and2006. Since 2015, the site welcomed a total of about 47,000 visitors.
Vice Director of the provincialDepartment of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Gia Duan, said the recognitionof the prison as a special national relic site will help the province upgradethe site and gather more documents and exhibits.
He said the province willpromote the value of the site through adding it into tourism products of theprovince, making it a popular destination of Dak Lak.-VNA
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A view of Buon Ma Thuot prison in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA) 
