Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1963, Kudancin Vietnam ta fuskanci rikice-rikicen jama'a a gaban zanga-zangar Buddha game da nuna bambanci da tsarin Diệm na Katolika ya yi. Bayan harbe-harben 'yan zanga-zangar Buddha tara
a ranar haihuwar Gautama Buddha don ƙin yarda da haramcin tutar Buddha, zanga-zangar da ake kira don daidaito na addini ya ɓarke a ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Tare da adawa da Diệm yana ƙaruwa, Nhu ya shirya kai hari kan Xá Lợi Pagoda, babbar cibiyar addinin Buddha a Saigon, inda motsi ke shirya ayyukanta. Sojoji na musamman na Tung a karkashin umarnin Nhu sun kasance masu alhakin harin da aka kai a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1963, wanda aka kama 'yan uwa 1,400 kuma an kiyasta cewa an kashe daruruwan mutane, da kuma lalata dukiya mai yawa. Wadannan hare-haren an maimaita su a duk faɗin ƙasar a cikin hanyar da ta dace. Bayan hare-haren, jami'an Amurka sun yi barazanar hana taimakon ga Sojoji na Musamman sai dai idan an yi amfani da su wajen yakar 'yan gurguzu, maimakon kai hari kan masu adawa.