Cu Chi Tunnels

Location: Cu Chi District, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh.
Features: Tunnels is a battle map and creatively transformed military, Cu Chi people with hundreds of kilometers of the total length of branches spreading like cobwebs in the ground.
In 1948, to avoid the battles of the French sweeping and revolutionary cadres animal hide, hide documents, weapons, people in two communes of Tan Phu Trung and Phuoc Vinh An (Cu Chi) had dug the tunnel , short tunnel area by laterite clay with durability, avoid landslides. Then, the tunneling was expanded to other communes.

From 1961-1967, aimed at promoting guerrilla warfare against the sweeping battles, fierce raiding US - Wei, the people of Cu Chi Commune has connecting tunnel, the tunnel into a main road, call the road "backbone" and digging more tunnels connected with roads branching "backbone" to form a continuous tunnel system.

Only in the very primitive tools, the army and people of Cu Chi tunnels were created crisscrossing 250km underground, connecting the communes, hamlets together, can tunnel the Saigon River, a critical situation room can cross the river to the base of Ben Cat (Binh Duong). Tunnels are also equipped with the stopper to prevent toxic chemicals, sculpted air vents to the surface for air, above the extrusion disguised as termite mounds. Stores up and down the tunnels are designed to sniper gun emplacements versatile layout around trenches, fighting emplacements, tunnels husband, nail holes, anti-tank mines and pits rim anti-aircraft munitions launcher online straight.

Tunnels from 3-10m depth, consists of 3 floors. 3m above the ground floor 1, withstand the destructive power of bullets, artillery, the weight of armored tanks. 2 floors above the ground 5m, stand the destructive power of smaller bombs. 3 ground floor from 8 to 10 meters is a safe haven. Place up and down between floors with secret hatch covers. Inside the tunnel are arranged like a miniature village with infirmary; Hoang Cam kitchen (stove smoke hid in the soil); underground wells providing drinking water for the entire tunnel system; weapons storage areas, food and drinking water; Meeting areas; nurture wounded area; shelter; Cinema district ...

Since 1968, continuous enemy opened the fierce raid raiding Cu Chi. However, the tunnel system has been strengthened and become a gathering place for the legions, the main unit enters the liberation of Saigon, ending win the war against the United States on 30/4/1975 .

Cu Chi Tunnels are preserved in two locations were: Ben Duoc tunnels (used to be the base of the Party Committee, the High Command of Military Zone Sai Gon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh) in Phu Hiep Hamlet, Phu My Hung and local Ben Dinh Tunnels (former base in Cu Chi district Commissioner) at Ben Dinh hamlet, Nhuan Duc commune.

When visiting the land was dubbed "iron land contract", visitors will find the guides as wartime costumes (men dressed liberation, camouflage hat; her three women dressed in black, Riding bandanna, wearing rubber sandals) at the same time have the opportunity to experience life underground tunnel as the true residents before.

Ben Duoc tunnels and Ben Dinh has been recognized as historic national culture in 1979 and 2004.