For the most part, the contents of Vietnamese museum and historical sights are low-tech, and in Hoa Lo Prison this is particularly effective. There is a large model of the prison at the time when it got the most use, and the French occupation is marked by (among other things) a guillotine.
John McCain's cell--fairly recently repainted, I think--is small and dank and dark, truly a hellish place. Towards the end of the do-it-yourself walk through the prison, a glass case encloses what purports to be the flight suit he was wearing when he was rescued from Truc Bac Lake and imprisoned.
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