Con Dao Ferry News

On 14 August, remember Vietnamese patriot Nguyễn An Ninh (1900–1943), his life and journalism, his grave at Hàng Dương Cemetery, and the 1961 prison protest.

30 November is a remembrance date for Lê Văn Việt (Tư Việt), a Saigon resistance fighter who died in Con Dao Prison in 1966 after an attempted escape.

On 18 October, Con Dao remembers Trần Văn Bảy (Bảy Xệ), a revolutionary organiser in the Mekong Delta who died while imprisoned on the island.

Remember Lê Tự Kình (1916–1964), a revolutionary from Quảng Nam who died during a political prisoners’ hunger strike in Con Dao Prison.

Remember Phan Đình Tựu (1936–1968), whose revolutionary songs encouraged fellow prisoners during resistance in Con Dao’s Tiger Cages.

Remember Nguyễn Thị Hoa (Trần Thị Thanh, 1943–1973), a woman revolutionary who died in Con Dao Prison on 30 April 1973 and rests in Hàng Dương Cemetery.

On 5 February, Con Dao remembers Trần Văn Thời (1902–1942), a Vietnamese revolutionary leader who died in the island’s colonial prison.