Explore the little-known tunnels between Saigon's inner city

Besides Cu Chi Tunnels, few people know that Saigon still has a resistance system of tens of kilometers right in the inner city.

Explore Phu Tho Hoa Tunnels in the heart of Saigon

It is the Phu Tho Hoa tunnels - a system of tunnels that has developed strongly in Phu Tho Hoa area in western Saigon during the anti-French and anti-American periods.Today this entrance gate is located at 139 Phu Tho Hoa Street, Phu Tho Hoa Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City.

The precursor of Phu Tho Hoa Tunnels is the secret tunnel from the anti-French time.Since 1947, due to the resistance war, the inter-communal tunnel system has begun to form, extending from Loc Hoa hamlet to Ap Binh Long, Binh Dong through Binh Hung Hoa to Go Dau . Photo: A corner of the relic area Phu Tho Hoa tunnels.

The length of tunnels along bird paths is about one kilometer longer, while the length running along the terrain and terrain is over tens of kilometers long.Photo: A tunnel door leads down to the tunnel.

The entrance to the tunnels is the cellar doors with wooden lids in trapezoidal form, above to pour soil and plant grass to disguise.Each tunnel mouth is only wide enough for a person to escape.

The tunnel has 2 floors, which are dug deep into the ground 3-4 meters.The tunnels are about 1 meter high, about 0.8 meters wide, the two sides have many nooks and turns to different directions.

Each section of the tunnel is about 20m, there is a partition, in the middle there is a hole with a diameter of 0.5m and a crawler.How to arrange this partition to prevent when the enemy detects tunnels, our troops go through the next tunnel then close the door, be careful to make the enemy think this is a dead end.

The tunnels have a system of ventilation holes leading up to the ground, which is carefully decorated depending on the terrain.

During the anti-French war, the Phu Tho Hoa tunnels were the basis of fierce victories, such as two attacks on the Phu Tho bomb store, many times hitting Tan Son Nhat airport, effectively supporting Dien Bien Phu battlefield. in the north.Photo: A vent in the bamboo bush.

In the anti-American time, Phu Tho Hoa tunnels were often used by special units, special forces to attack the city of Saigon, causing heavy losses to the enemy . Photo: Gas tank of America from before 1975 on the site of the monument area.

It can be said that Phu Tho Hoa Tunnels is one of many proofs of the extraordinary creativity of our people in the struggle for national defense.Photo: The gallery in Phu Tho Hoa tunnels.