Hàng_Dương_Cemetery
Hàng Dương Cemetery
Cemetery in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Vietnam
Hàng Dương Cemetery is a memorial cemetery in Vietnam with the remains of independence fighters and prisoners who died at the Con Dao Prison.[1] The cemetery is situated near the prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn) the largest island of the sixteen islands of the Con Dao archipelago.[2] Many Vietnamese, war veterans, and former prisoners travel to the island to pay homage to the fallen at temple shrines and tombs.[3] Many of the graves are unmarked but marked and numbered notable graves include those of Lê Hồng Phong, Nguyễn An Ninh and Võ Thị Sáu.