New soldiers of Naval Region 5 visit and study at Phu Quoc Prison

On March 22, in Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province, Battalion 563, Naval Region 5 organized a visit and study tour at the Vietnam Communist Prisoner of War/Phu Quoc Relic Site (abbreviated as Phu Quoc Prison). The activity had the participation of hundreds of new soldiers enlisted in 2025 at the unit.

Chiến sĩ mới Vùng 5 Hải quân tham quan, học tập tại Trại giam Phú Quốc

Officers and soldiers of Battalion 563 offer incense to commemorate heroic martyrs.

Before visiting and studying at Phu Quoc Prison, officers and soldiers of Battalion 563 respectfully offered incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs, and expressed their infinite gratitude for the great contributions of previous generations who heroically sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland and for the happiness of the people.

The unit commander introduced the exhibits at Phu Quoc Prison to the soldiers.

Next, officers and soldiers of the unit visited and learned about the main features of the construction and existence of Phu Quoc Prison; the forms of torture used by prison guards on communist prisoners; the will, determination and indomitable fighting spirit of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers.

The visit and study at Phu Quoc Prison is a meaningful activity, helping new soldiers better understand the history and revolutionary traditions of the nation. From there, they will raise awareness, responsibility, actively strive, study, practice, work, and successfully complete assigned tasks.

New soldiers attentively learn during the tour.

Phu Quoc Prison was built by the US-puppet regime in 1967, covering an area of about 400 hectares with nearly 500 prison cells, divided into 12 zones (each zone has 2 sub-zones). This place was dubbed “hell on earth” because the prison guards used all kinds of cruel and brutal tricks to subdue the fighting spirit of the revolutionary soldiers.

Unit officers introduce the outdoor tiger cage system for confining prisoners to new soldiers.

Phu Quoc Prison once held nearly 40,000 prisoners, most of whom were officers and soldiers of the armed forces, civil party cadres and patriotic citizens. Of these, about 4,000 revolutionary soldiers were killed by the enemy, and tens of thousands were injured and disabled by the enemy's brutal torture.