Vietnamese Service Women

Vietnamese service women were also detained in the reeducation camp for several years, depending on their work and position. Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Thuy spent 13 years first in prisons, then in reeducation camps. Her husband was also detained for six and a half years in other concentration camps for men. They left their children, ages 3, 5, 7 with her elderly parents. During her 13 year prison term, her children visited her only once because their grandparents could not afford the transportation cost for their visit.