Visited some interesting sites linked to the war with America in the late 60's and 70's. Located on the northern side of the demilitarized zone along the coast of the South China Sea, the villagers of Vinh Moc found themselves tragically positioned in one of the most heavily bombed areas of North Vietnam.
In order to escape this bombardment, the villagers constructed approximately 2.8 km of underground tunnels which they used as a refuge to survive the bombings. The tunnels were built in three levels (12, 15 and 23 meters deep) and took thirteen months to complete. Three hundred people lived intermittently in the tunnels during 1966 to 1971. Sixty-two families made the tunnels their home and amazingly seventeen babies were born here and spent the first years of their lives underground!
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