What happened to the Buddhists in South Vietnam once Diem was overthrown in 1963?

by el_goliardo

While I'm aware of the widespread Buddhist opposition to the Catholic President Diem and his regime in South Vietnam, I feel like their role in history after 1963 isn't really mentioned much. I have a few questions

  1. While Communist ideology is hostile toward religion, did the Vietcong try to make inroads with the Buddhist opposition anyway?
  2. Were the Buddhist clergy only protesting against pro-Catholic policies, or were they involved in other issues such as land reform?
  3. Did Buddhist protests against the South Vietnamese government cease once Diem was overthrown?
  4. What were the religious policies of the junta that followed Diem? Did they have a pro-Catholic bias like Diem did?

Any recommendations for books that go in-depth about South Vietnam's internal issues would also be much appreciated.

Stoppostingshitthx

Take this with a grain of salt but, very broadly speaking, the subsequent leaders were mostly Catholics and Buddhists and none of them were nearly as ardently anti-Buddhist as Diễm (his policies were exacerbated by "Lady" Nhu, his sister-in-law, who was ardently Catholic). Officers were often coerced into "conversion" towards Catholicism in a bid to have a better shot at promotions and more privileges. No, the protesting did not cease immediately thereafter though one could say that the worst chapter in that saga was that of Diễm's. The infamous immolation of that one monk Quảng Đức took place in 1963, the very year Diễm and his brother Nhu were assassinated. The communists in Vietnam today are still suppressing religious activities, the assumption is that it's out of fear of uprisings. While the church enjoyed a privileged position during Diễm's reign, it's largely been stripped bare of that.