Hanoi’s Hoa Lo Prison now has an official podcast channel on music streaming service Spotify, aiming to bring the Vietnamese history closer to public audience, particularly young people, according to its management board.
Hoa Lo Prison now has an official podcast channel on music streaming service Spotify. (Photo: bvhttdl.gov.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s Hoa Lo Prison now has anofficial podcast channel on music streaming service Spotify, aiming to bring theVietnamese history closer to public audience, particularly young people,according to its management board.
Free podcasts produced by the relic’s staff are now availableon HoaLoPrisonRelic channel on Spotify, giving audience an overview of life ofVietnamese patriotic inmates and their hardship in the prison.
The management board said the move is intended to help the relicmaintain interaction with the public amidst COVID-19 travel restrictions.The channel will enable people to explore about the history while practicingsocial distancing, it said, adding that it is also expected to come closer tothe young audience by providing a brand-new experience.
Hoa Lo Prison is a special historical relic of Hanoi, builtby the French colonists in 1896 to imprison Vietnamese patriots. Called MaisonCentrale, it used to be one of the biggest prisons of French colonialism inIndochina at that time.
Many patriots, revolutionary leaders of Vietnam, werecaptured in Hoa Lo prison, such as Phan Boi Chau, Luong Van Can, Ho Tung Mau, NguyenLuong Bang, and five General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Vietnam, namely Nguyen Van Cu, Truong Trinh, Le Duan, Nguyen Van Linh and Do Muoi.
From August 5, 1964, to March 31, 1973, part of the prisonwas used to capture American pilots who were shot down during bombing raidsagainst North Vietnam. In this period, the prison was euphemistically calledthe “Hanoi Hilton” by the prisoners in detention. “Alumni” of Hoa Lo includeDouglas Peter Peterson, who later became the first US Ambassador to Vietnam,and John McCain, the late US Senator.
𒁏 In 1993, the Government retained a part of Hoa Lo Prison totransform into a historical relic. This part located in southeast of the prisonwas preserved, renovated and upgraded. Here, there is a memorial monument indedication to the Vietnamese patriotic and revolutionary fighters./.
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Hoa Lo Prison now has an official podcast channel on music streaming service Spotify. (Photo: bvhttdl.gov.vn)
