Huế Phật Đản shootings
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On 8 May 1963, nine unarmed Buddhist civilians were shot by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and security forces in Huế, South Vietnam. The army and police fired guns and launched grenades into a c
Đài Kỷ Niệm Thánh Tử Đạo, Huế 01
Huế 2024 July Altar to the Buddhist martyrs of 1963 Buddhist crisis in Hue, Tu Hieu Temple img 04
Từ Đàm Pagoda, the site of initial congregation
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Ngô Đình Diệm was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination du
Official portrait, 1956
A photo of 4 year old Diệm (third from right) with his family in 1905 or 1906. His father Ngô Đình Khả stands in the centre.
Portrait of emperor Bảo Đại
The five high-ranking mandarins (Thượng thư) of the Nguyễn dynasty during the reign of Emperor Bảo Đại (from left to right): Hồ Đắc Khải, Phạm Quỳnh, Thái Văn Toản, Ngô Đình Diệm, and Bùi Bằng Đoàn.