Over 80 photos taken during the Vietnamese Buddhists Protest in 1963 are being displayed for the first time in Lieu Quan Buddhist Cultural Centre, in  Hue from May 17-24.

The government of South Vietnam, led by president Ngo Dinh Diem, favored Catholicism and issued a number of policies that restricted Buddhists' rights.

The situation came to a boiling point in 1963 with a number of protests, especially in HCM City, where monk Thich Quang Duc famously set himself on fire in public. The event attracted world's attention and made the US rethink their support for Ngo Dinh Diem's government.

Demonstration in front of Dieu De Pagoda in Hue City on May 8

Victims during the Buddhists crisis

Ngo Dinh Diem's army arrest monks on July 17

Hundreds of arrested monks released to Xa Loi Pagoda on July 20

Protests and hunger strikes occur across the country, but mainly in Hue and HCM City

Vietnamese Buddhists demand an end to prohibition of religious flags

The photo of monk Thich Quang Duc self-immolation captured by M.Browne on June 11

The charred heart of monk Thich Quang Duc remained

Monk Thich Thien My also set himself on fire in protest on October 27

The protest of Buddhists and students in front of Ben Thanh Market resulted with the death of student Quach Thi Trang

Buddhists protest in HCM City