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The complex in the Central Highlands province of Da Lak was built by French colonialists in the period 1930-1931 to exile and detain convicted central Vietnam partisans. Among them were pioneers in the Soviet Nghe Tinh movement. There are six main prison houses. All are lined up with high iron bar windows, solid walls, tiled roofs and meshes of barbed wire above the ceiling to prevent prison break. Being shackled depended on a prisoner's sentence and "level of danger". All inmates, especially political prisoners, survived under extreme conditions and were often brutally tortured. Prisoners were employed on construction sites, plantations or in factories under the close supervision of guards. Prison guards tortured new inmates prior to interrogation. Beside six collective prison houses, dark and damp, two-square-meter solitary confinement areas were reserved for loyal soldiers who had led the resistance, protests or prison breaks. Thermic punishment in a concrete yard, feet chained to a large, heavy iron ball. Brutality and oppression served to ignite revolutionary fervor, with prison cells turned into makeshift classrooms. Inside the central management facility is an altar dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh and the communist soldiers who died in the national liberation movement and room of honor for unyielding communists. Many intact documents tell of the construction of the Buon Ma Thuot exile house, resistance in prison, development of the Communist Party and of Dak Lak Province. Buon Ma Thuot exile house was restored in 1992, 2006 and is open for purposes of historical research. The complex was recognized as a Special National Monument in 2019. …

Songs and music pieces by late musician and author Bac Son, one of the region’s leading artists in music, theatre and movies in the 1980s and 90s, can be seen on a YouTube channel. Songs and music pieces by late musician-author Bac Son, one of the region’s leading artists in music, theatre and movies in the 1980s and 90s, can be seen on a YouTube channel. Photo courtesy of the producer The channel, Tình Ca Bắc Sơn - Tập Đoàn An Nông (Bac Son’s love songs - An Nong Group), includes many works portraying southern people and their culture by artist Bac Son. Many documents and articles on the artist’s life and career are also featured. On the channel, music lovers can search Bac Son’s works arranged by topics by using key words. “Through YouTube, we hope fans, singers, composers and music producers can work together to introduce Vietnamese music and musician-author Bac Son in particular,” said theatre actress-singer Bich Thuy, one of the channel’s producers. Theatre actress-singer Bich Thuy performs songs featuring southern people and their culture written by his father, late musician-author Bac Son. His art is featured on YouTube via the channel, Tình Ca Bắc Sơn-Tập Đoàn An Nông (Bac Son’s love songs-An Nong Group). Photo courtesy of the producer Bich Thuy, also Bac Son's daughter, and her staff have invited dozens of singers and theatre actors to join their filming. She and her family have encouraged Bac Son’s fans at home and abroad to send information and materials to promote the late composer’s music on YouTube. Musician-author Bac Son (whose real name Truong Van Khue) was born in 1931 in Dong Nai Province. He began his writing career in 1952 when he was a teacher. In 1977, he became familiar with folk tunes that feature his love for the south. He later lived in HCM City and worked as a musician, theatre actor and scriptwriter. Bac Son wrote more than 500 songs, most of them in praise of southern people and their …

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Late musician-author Son’s art appears on YouTube