Nhu was a staunch advocate of personalism and later became known for his efforts in running the clandestine Can Lao Party, which supplied Diệm's power base and acted as a security apparatus to crush dissent in South Vietnam.
Nhu was a staunch advocate of a Catholic doctrine known as personalism and later became known for his efforts in running the clandestine Can Lao Party (Personalist Revolutionary Party). The Can Lao was a Catholic part which supplied the autocratic Diem's power base and acted as a security apparatus to crush dissent in South Vietnam.