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Ngô Đình Nhu
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Ngô Đình Nhu was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and State Counsellor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held no formal executive position
Nhu in 1963
Nhu in 1963
Ngô Đình Nhu meets then US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1961.
Ngô Đình Nhu meets then US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1961.
Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
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On 2 November 1963, Ngô Đình Diệm, the president of South Vietnam, was arrested and assassinated in a CIA-backed coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh. After years of autocratic and nepotistic fam
Ngô Đình Nhu
…loyalist General Tôn Thất Đính, who had turned against the Ngô family. On 1 November 1963, the coup proceeded, and the Ngô brothers (Nhu and Diệm) were detained and assassinated the next day. Nhu's family originated from Lệ Thủy district, Quảng Bình in central Vietnam. His family had served as mandarins in the imperial court in Huế. His…
Death certificate of Ngô Đình Diệm
Death certificate of Ngô Đình Diệm
St. Francis Xavier's Church, where the Ngo brothers were arrested
St. Francis Xavier's Church, where the Ngo brothers were arrested
A pew in the church is marked with a small plaque identifying the spot where President Ngo Dinh Diem was seized after taking refuge here with his brot
A pew in the church is marked with a small plaque identifying the spot where President Ngo Dinh Diem was seized after taking refuge here with his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu on 2 November 1963, after fleeing the Presidential Palace.