 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1963, Diệm ane masimba akasimba akawedzera kusafarirwa nekuda kwedambudziko reBuddha uye mauto eARVN akafunga kutanga coup, iyo Minh pakupedzisira akatungamirira. Diệm akaurayiwa musi wa 2 November 1963 nguva pfupi abviswa pachigaro. Minh akapomerwa mhosva yokurayira mubatsiri wake, Nguyễn Văn Nhung, kuuraya Diệm. Minh akabva atungamirira hurumende yehurumende kwemwedzi mitatu, asi akanga ari mutungamiriri asina kubudirira uye akashoropodzwa zvikuru nokuti akanga asingaiti basa uye asingafariri. Mukati memwedzi mitatu yokutonga kwake, zvinetso zvizhinji zvavagari vemo zvakawedzera uye vaKomonisiti vakawana mibairo mikuru. Akatsamwiswa nokusawana nzvimbo yake yaidiwa, Mukuru Mukuru Nguyễn Khánh akatungamirira boka ravakuru vakuru vaiva nevavariro dzakafanana mukutonga kworusununguko muna January 1964. Khánh akabvumira Minh kuti arambe ari mukuru wehurumende kuitira kuti abatsirwe nechinzvimbo chaMinh munzanga, asi akachengetedza simba chairo. Pashure pokurwira simba, Khanh akaita kuti Minh aendeswe kunyika yake. Minh akaramba ari kure asati asarudza kudzoka uye kupikisa General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1971. Apo zvakava pachena kuti Thieu aizobata sarudzo, Minh akabva uye haana kudzoka kusvikira muna 1972, achiramba ari pasi. 