PANO – The Liaison Board of Political Prisoners in Ho Chi Minh City on December 24th released a book, entitled “Former political prisoners and prisoners of war (POWs) in Ho Chi Minh City – Witnesses and Events”, by the Ho Chi Minh General Publishing House.

The 1,520-page book includes President Truong Tan Sang’s foreword, articles about former POWs in Ho Chi Minh City, and an introduction of investigation and the prison system in the Southern region-Sai Gon.    

Through photos and articles by around 9,000 people, the book will help readers learn more about the prison system and the enemy’s plots and schemes against political prisoners and POWs, as well as educate the young generation about the revolutionary tradition.

Ho Chi Minh City now has 8,760 former political prisoners and POWs, and 85% of them are over 75.

Translated by Son Ca