Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga o Vietnam, i tautokohia e te US tetahi Katorika ko Ngô Đình Diệm mo te kaiarahi o to ratou o Vietnam ki te Tonga. I whakaarohia e te US ka tiakina e Diem te herekore o te haahi i Vietnam ki te Tonga, na tona whakapono hohonu, engari i whakamahia e ia tana mana ki te whakakore i te Buddhism (ko te nuinga o te haahi o Vietnam ki te Tonga) me te whakatairanga i te Katorika. I whakakahoretia e te kāwanatanga o Vietnam ki te Tonga te rere o te haki Puta, nā reira i pupuhi ai te iwi o
e iwa ngā tāngata Buddhist 1963, e tino nui ana ki te raruraru Buddhist.