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Historical & Cultural Vestiges

Kon Tum Former Prison (Nguc Kon Tum)

Location: Kon Tum Prison is located in the western part of Kon Tum Town, Kon Tum Province.

Characteristics: The prison was built by the French to detain patriotic revolutionaries.

Since 1975, the end of the war, Kon Tum Prison has been a historical vestige of Vietnam. It has been badly damaged over the years and now only one stela and eight graves of revolutionary combatants remain. Kon Tum Prison is a revolutionary historical monument site.