The tours tell the story of the prison, once called 'hell on earth' (Photo: VNA) 
The first Hoa Lo night tour kicked off in July, called 'Sacred Night - Glorious Vietnamese Spirit' (Photo: VNA) 
The journey backwards in time takes visitors through the main gate to dark cells, a tropical almond tree, a guillotine, a monument, and blocks for male prisoners, female prisoners, and political prisoners (Photo: VNA) 
The journey backwards in time takes visitors through the main gate to dark cells, a tropical almond tree, a guillotine, a monument, and blocks for male prisoners, female prisoners, and political prisoners (Photo: VNA) 
The journey backwards in time takes visitors through the main gate to dark cells, a tropical almond tree, a guillotine, a monument, and blocks for male prisoners, female prisoners, and political prisoners (Photo: VNA) 
The journey backwards in time takes visitors through the main gate to dark cells, a tropical almond tree, a guillotine, a monument, and blocks for male prisoners, female prisoners, and political prisoners (Photo: VNA) 
Hoa Lo Prison was named after the coal-fired stoves once sold on the surrounding streets and was built by the French and opened in 1896 to jail anti-French revolutionaries (Photo: VNA) 
The first Hoa Lo night tour kicked off in July, called 'Sacred Night - Glorious Vietnamese Spirit' (Photo: VNA) 
The tours tell the story of the prison, once called 'hell on earth' (Photo: VNA) VNA
