Talk:Côn Sơn Island

Photos
I haven't been able to find the original "Life" photos, but these pages have pictures of museum replicas:
 * World History Connected, Figure 8 Replica of Con Son Island Tiger Cage
 * Con Son Prison Photo Gallery by Matthew Herschmann at pbase.com 88.217.78.20 (talk) 22:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Not closed in the 1930s?
The following was marked with a "Fact" template": "However it gained notoriety and was closed in 1936 under the French Popular Front government. All the prisoners were amnestied." I have removed this passage for the time being. Either the statement is untrue, or it was only a very temporary closure, because it is certainly true that the journalist vi:Nguyễn An Ninh was sentenced to 5 years on 21 May 1940 and died at Con Son on 14 August 1943. This biography in French confirms the details.

If there was a temporary closure, it would be good to have a footnote reference. And rew D alby 20:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Moving "Tiger cages" section
I'm planning to move "Tiger cages" section from "Côn Sơn Island" article to "Côn Đảo Prison" article. Anyone has any objections ? --- [Tycho] talk 23:47, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I would suggest leaving an overview of the prison in the Con Son Island article with a Main Article Link right below the header for the section. I will make the observation that neither this article or the Con Dao article are well referenced. Not much point in moving anything unless you intend to add referencing to the Con Dao article. I can't find much on the prison in my library or I would help you. My interest in the Con Son Island article is that of the Coast Guard LORAN station that was located there during the Vietnam War. Your move wouldn't affect that. Cuprum17 (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Tourism on Con Dao Island
Understandably, the narrative focuses mainly on the events during the Vietnam War, and is indeed quite detailed. Nowadays this is principally a holiday island, very popular with people from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). There are several upmarket hotels and tourism has now become the mainstay of the island's economy, but none of this is reflected in the narrative. Fishing is also an important industry on the island. I believe the inclusion of this, or similar information, would present a more balanced view of the island froup. Garstonboy (talk) 16:08, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


 * You are welcome to include the information that you mention. Be sure to include references if you add to the article as anything not referenced will likely be removed by another editor. Try to match the style of the references already included in the article. Cuprum17 (talk) 18:17, 28 February 2024 (UTC)