 Diem, uyo aiva nomukurumbira wokutsigira zvikuru vaKaturike, akapa vavhoti vake vatsva nhamba yakakura zvisingaenzaniswi yezvigaro zvehurumende nezvemauto pamusana pezvitendero panzvimbo pezvakanaka. Nhamba yakanyanyisa yavanhu vokuchamhembe avo vakabata nzvimbo dzokutungamirira yakamutsawo makakatanwa pakati pevamwe vanhu vokuchamhembe vane pfungwa dzomunharaunda avo vakavaona sevapanduki. Iye akapfuuridzira muitiro weFrance wokutsanangura chiKaturike serudzidziso uye chiBuddha sesangano, iro rakarambidza mibato yazvo. Izvi zvakaita kuti pave nemakakatanwa pakati pevanhu vakanga vachangobva kusvika nevavakidzani vavo. Paakanga ashanyira Saigon muna 1955, mutori wenhau wokuBritain uye munyori wenhau Graham Greene akashuma kuti kufarira zvorudzidziso kwaDiem kungasiya zvakanaka nyika yake inobvumidza nhaka yokurwisana nechiKaturike. Muna 1963, kusagutsikana kwakanga kwava kupisa pamusoro pokusarura kwaDiem mune zvechitendero kwakapararira kuva mhirizhonga huru yevagari vomunyika panguva yenhamo yechiBuddha. Pashure pokunge mureza wechiBuddha warambidzwa kuratidzwa paruzhinji nokuda kwemhemberero dzeVesak dzokuyeuka kuberekwa kwaGautama Buddha, mauto aDiem akazarura pfuti ndokuuraya vapanduki vapfumbamwe. Sezvo kuratidzira kwakapfuurira mukati mechirimo, Mauto eRipublic of Vietnam Special Forces akapamba pagodas munyika yose, achiuraya mazana nokuisa mutorongo zviuru zvavaBuddha. Kunetsana kwacho kwakaguma nokugumburwa kwaDiem uye kuurayiwa kwake mukubvuta hurumende kwaNovember. 