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Con Dao historical site

Con Dao island in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau has a 200 km coastline with dozens of beautiful beaches, pure blue water and colorful coral reefs. The island also has an historic prison and thousands of graves of revolutionary soldiers. 

Visit historical site of Con Dao

Con Dao is an island of Vung Tau province which is still untouched and natural. The island is endowed with favorable climate and beautiful scenery. It is also a famous historical site dating since French colonial period.

Cong Quan Relic, a visiting site

Cong QuanRelic  is built by the French with an area of ??150m2. This house is restored and belongs to the Chua Dao zone now.

Ma Thien Lanh bridge, an exciting visiting site

Ma Thien Lanh bridge is situated on the edge way ofa mountain in Con  Dao center. Visitors can walk or travel by car to visit the Ma Thien Lanh Bridge. This is place the French had taken prisoners as slave to open the road which service for monitoring prisoners  from escapingand logging woods.

The ruins of Lo Voi site

Lo Voi Department is located on Nguyen Van Cu street. Visitors can travel by car to visit the relic from the center of Con Dao island. This department is seen as an indictment of the policyabout exploiting the labor of prisoners. These prisoners had to work hard all day, and were held in the dark rooms with the hunger, cold, the lack of rice, food,clothes at night.

A visiting site – Phu Son Prison

Phu Son  Prison is located next to Ton Duc Thang and Nguyen An Ninh street. Tourists are easy to come this place. Phu Son Prison was also known as another name, Banh  II. This prison was built by French colonists  from 1908 to  1916. In the period of the US puppet, it was renamed Lao 2, Vi Nhan prison. Then they called it Camp 3. After the Paris Peace Accord in 1973, they called it Phu Son prison. This prison has an area of 13.228m2, consists of 13 large cells  and 14 small cells.

A visiting site - American Tiger Cages

American Tiger Cages relic is located on Nguyen Van Custreet. Tourists can travel by car to visit Phu Binh prison.This is the most extreme solitary confinement built up by the American to exile the Viet Nam patriots during the Americans and their puppets.

Phu Tho Prison relic - Con Dao

Phu Tho prison is located on Nguyen Van Custreet. Visitors can walk or move by car to visit Phu Tho Prison. This is a French prison,which was built for detention, isolation of new prisoners sent to the island or before moving to other prisons.

Hang Duong cemetery relic

Tourists will have the chance to visit Hang Duong cemetery when coming to Con Dao. This is the resting place of thousands of  Viet Nam revolutionaries and patriots who sacrificed their lives  for our country’s  liberty during 113 years under the brutal yoke of  French colonialism and American imperialism.

Con Dao Prison becomes special national relic

Con Dao Prison, where some 20,000 Vietnamese revolutionaries died during the war against the French colonialists and American invaders, has become a special national relic.

Tourists flocks to Con Dao during first lunar month

After the Lunar New Year (Tet holiday), the VASCO (Vietnam Service Air Company) airlines operated five or six daily flights on the Ho Chi Minh city – Con Dao route, said Ms Trinh Thi Phuong, head of the VASCO branch in Con Dao.

Dam Trau Beach

Located in the north of main island, Dam Trau Beach has been symbolic to a yellow ribbon tied across the green carpet, half woods half astride let loose on the surface.

Ong dung Beach

This is a fascinating destination located on Con Son Island, about 3 km from Visitors center to the west. It has beautiful natural scenery, pristine, pure environment. It takes about 1 hour for walking on the trail through the forest from Park visitors center to Ong Dung beach.

Dam Tre Bay

Dam Tre Bay located in the north of the main island, 3km from Con Son Airport. This bay is large, deep-rooted in the land, the harmonious combination between the sea and  mountains, giving a poetic, charming  scenic bay and fresh environment.

Ba Island

Ba island has an area of ??576 hectares, is the third largest island in the archipelago of Con Son. Connect to Con Son island by a sea mouth named Cua Tu (Death Mouth). It is wide and calm bay, where almost anchorage of fishing boats.

Exploring Bay Canh lighthouse on Con Dao island

Bay Canh lighthouse on Con Dao island is adjacent to international navigable channels. This is the outpost territorial waters of our motherland linking Vung Tau, Ho Chi Minh City and the Southwest territorial waters. 

Visiting tour: Tourism Pier – Bay Canh Islet – Cau Islet

Ships will pick up visitors from Tourism Pier and take them to Bay Canh islet. When looking back the starting position, visitors can survey all of view  of Con Son bay.