USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nguyen Van Thieu, (born April 5, 1923, Tri Thuy, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam-died September 29, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), president of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1967 until the republic fell to the forces of North Vietnam in 1975.

Detailed explanation-2: -The US government saw South Vietnam’s autocratic ruler, Ngo Dinh Diem, as a bulwark against Communism.

Detailed explanation-3: -As president of South Vietnam (1955–63), Ngo Dinh Diem assumed dictatorial powers. Diem’s heavy-handed tactics against the Viet Cong insurgency deepened his government’s unpopularity, and his brutal treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese populace, notably Buddhists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ngo Dinh Diem, (born January 3, 1901, Quang Binh province, northern Vietnam-died November 2, 1963, Cho Lon, South Vietnam [now in Vietnam]), Vietnamese political leader who served as president, with dictatorial powers, of what was then South Vietnam, from 1955 until his assassination.