Chin Ham is located in the middle of a pine hill at the foot of Thien Thai mountain (also known as Ngu Tay mountain), about 1km from Ngo Dinh Can's house. Although it is called Chin Ham, it actually has eight tunnels and a guard barracks.
In 1941, the French colonialists built the Nine Tunnels area on a small hill to hide weapons. In 1945, after the Japanese coup "ousted" the French, the French army took all the weapons, and the tunnels were abandoned from then on.
During the time when Ngo Dinh Can ruled the Central region, he renovated and used Chin Ham as a solitary confinement area for patriots or those who opposed the Ngo family dictatorship. From then on, the Chin Ham area became a forbidden zone.
On December 16, 1993, Ngo Dinh Can's house and the Chin Ham area were The Minister of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) ranked it as a national historical relic commemorating a national event in Decision No. 2015/QD-BT.
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