AsiaNews: For the first time in 50 years, Vietnam’s Catholic community was able to celebrate a public Mass in memory of the President of the Republic of Vietnam Jean-Baptiste Ngo Dinh Diem, who was assassinated along with his brother in a coup on 2 November 1963.
On 1 November, dozens of people gathered for the service in Mac Dinh Chieu cemetery in Chi Lai, Binh Duong province, north of Ho Chi Minh City, where most of the family is laid to rest.
The Mass was held at the tomb of the former president, which rests next to that of his mother Luxia and his brother (and advisor) Ngo Dinh Nhu. Read more here.
