Burning monk
185 Đ. Cách Mạng Tháng 8, Phường 6, Quận 3,
Hồ Chí Minh / Saigon, Vietnam
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The Venerable Thich Quảng Đức Monument
A small square to honor the monk who burned himself: Thích Quảng Đức (chữ Hán: 釋廣德 (1897 – 11 June 1963). He was protesting Diem’s persecution of Buddhists – Ngô Đình Diệm was a Roman Catholic.
