Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupfura kweHuế Phật Đản
musi waMay 8, mhirizhonga yomunzanga yakatanga muSouth Vietnam. VaBuddha vapfumbamwe vakapfurwa nehurumende yeRoma Katurike yaPurezidhendi Ngô Đình Diệm mushure mekuramba kurambidzwa nehurumende kukwidzwa kwemireza yechiBuddha paVesak, zuva rekuzvarwa kwaGautama Buddha uye kufamba mumhirizhonga inopesana nehurumende. Pashure pokupfura, vatungamiriri veBuddha vakatanga kukurudzira Diệm kuti ave neruramisiro yechitendero uye muripo uye kururamisira mhuri dzevakaurayiwa. NaDiệm achiramba achiramba, kuratidzira kwakawedzera. Kuzvipisa kwomufundisi wechiBuddha Thích Quảng Đức pamharadzano yakabatikana yeSaigon kwakava njodzi yehukama hwehukama hwehurumende yaDiệm, sezvo mifananidzo yechiitiko ichi yakaita misoro yemapeji ekutanga munyika yose uye yakava chiratidzo chemitemo yaDiệm. Sezvo kuratidzira kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi, mauto eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Special Forces akavimbika kumunun'una waDiệm Ngô Đình Nhu akaita kurwisa kweXá Lợi Pagoda musi waAugust 21, achisiya huwandu hwevakafa hunofungidzirwa kusvika kumazana akati wandei uye zvichikonzera kukuvara kwakakura pasi pekuziviswa kwemutemo wemauto. Mayunivhesiti nezvikoro zvesekondari zvakavharwa pakati pokuratidzira kukuru kwevaBuddha. Munguvayi, kurwisana nokupandukira kweViet Cong kwakanga kwatanga kurasikirwa nesimba pakati pemakuhwa okurwisana kwemapoka pakati pemapoka eARVN. Izvi zvakawedzerwa nokuronga kwevakuru vakuru vakasiyana-siyana veARVN kuti vaite coup d'état, izvo zvakavhiringidza pfungwa dzevapanduki. Pashure pokupamba pagoda, hurumende yaKennedy yakatumira Cable 243 kuU.S. Embassy, Saigon, ichiraira kunzvera mimwe mikana yokutungamirira.