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Entering as a mandarin of the lowest grade, he was able to get promoted swiftly.

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1933: Diem becomes minister of the interior

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1933: Diem becomes minister of the interior

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Emperor Bao Dai wished to promote Diem from governor of the province of Phan Thiet, to minister of the interior, the most important ministry in Bao Dai's cabinet. This decision was supported by Nguyen Huu Bai and the French.

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1933: Diem resigns from Minister of the Interior

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1933: Diem resigns from Minister of the Interior

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The French disregarded his suggestions, causing him to resign less than 3 months after serving, causing the French to strip him of decorations, keep him under surveillance, and even threaten him with arrest.

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Diem forms the Vietnam National Alliance

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Diem forms the Vietnam National Alliance

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Diem, along with with the conservative Catholic politician Nguyen Ton Ho, formed the Vietnam National Alliance political party which called for Paris to accord Vietnam dominion status within the French Union.

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mid-January 1951: Diem has an interview with Robert Hoey

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mid-January 1951: Diem has an interview with Robert Hoey

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Diem informs Hoey about the Indochina conflict and the best way to handle the conflict.

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Emperor Bao Dai appealed to Diem to become premier by granting him "full powers" over all aspects of the South Vietnamese government, military, and economy.

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July 20 1954: Truce signed at Geneva Conference

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July 20 1954: Truce signed at Geneva Conference

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A truce was signed by representatives of the French high command and the Viet Minh, bringing hostilities to a halt. Two conditions was Vietnam split into two and elections will be held in both sides.

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1956: Overwhelming amount of Catholics in south Vietnam.

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1956: Overwhelming amount of Catholics in south Vietnam.

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Due to the Passage of Freedom, Vietnam's approximately 1,450,000 Catholics, over 1,000,000, lived in the south, fifty-five percent of them refugees from the north. The Passage of Freedom was a task force for evacuation.

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mid-1959: reality of South Vietnam under Diem came to light.

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mid-1959: reality of South Vietnam under Diem came to light.

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A newspaper article that was critical of Diem pushed for a congressional investigation, which destroyed the misconceptions Americans had towards Diem, revealing the horrors in South Vietnam.

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October 23, 1955: Diem becomes first president

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October 23, 1955: Diem becomes first president

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Government staged an election with Diem's win, allowing him to become first president. Ballot boxes were stuffed, voters intimidated, and the nation subjected to anti-Bao Dai propaganda.

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1956: Can Lao controlled every facet of the administrative apparatus

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1956: Can Lao controlled every facet of the administrative apparatus

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Can Lao Nhan Vi Cach Mang Dang, a political party, was created by Ngo Dinh Nhu to support his brother. By 1956 Can Lao personnel controlled every facet of the administrative apparatus of South Vietnam, spying on potential traitors, pressuring government and army officials to join the party, and using torture and assassination to stifle dissent.

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January 1956: Diem issues Ordinance No. 6

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January 1956: Diem issues Ordinance No. 6

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Diem issues Ordinance No. 6, which removed almost all restrictions on officials combating political opponents.

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January 1955: Diem deals with land ownership problem

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January 1955: Diem deals with land ownership problem

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Diem declared that landlords could collect no more than 25 percent of a farmer's crop; rents could be higher if the landlord furnished supplies like fertilizer, but the days of charging half the crop in rent were over. Diem also gave tenants the right to farm abandoned or uncultivated land. These measures contained only weak mechanisms to ensure compliance with the government's orders, and many landlords ignored them.

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mid 1956: North Vietnam deal with the land ownership problem

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mid 1956: North Vietnam deal with the land ownership problem

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North Vietnamese executed about 15000 landlords to deal with the land ownership problem.

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April 26 1960: Caravelle Group demanded publicly for reforms

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April 26 1960: Caravelle Group demanded publicly for reforms

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Caravelle Group made made a letter, demanding reforms, public at a press conference.

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December 20: National Liberation Front (NLF), was formed

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December 20: National Liberation Front (NLF), was formed

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National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, better known as the National Liberation Front (NLF), was formed at Xom Giua, near the Vietnam-Cambodia border. This organization grew out of a decision taken three months earlier at the Third Party Congress of the Communist Party in North Vietnam.

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June 3, 1963: Buddhist crisis turned violent.

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June 3, 1963: Buddhist crisis turned violent.

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Government troops attacked demonstrators who, gathered outside the National Assembly Building in Saigon, carrying banners that demanded government compliance with their five demands.

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June 11, 1963: Thich Quang Duc protested by burning himself.

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June 11, 1963: Thich Quang Duc protested by burning himself.

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Quang Duc, along with other Buddhist monks, began to prepare for his protest. Quang Duc protested by burning himself in public at the intersection of Phan Dinh Phung Boulevard and Le Van Duyet Street, becoming a Martyr.

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Coup conspired between US ambassador and ARVN.

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Coup conspired between US ambassador and ARVN.

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Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, told his subordinates to make contact with high-ranking South Vietnamese officers and let them know that the United States would not look unfavorably on a change in government. The ambassador wanted to end out which ARVN generals seemed capable of unseating Diem, how much support they would requite, and how soon they would be prepared to move.

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Treaty proposed between North and South Vietnam

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Treaty proposed between North and South Vietnam

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De Gaulle, French president, proposed a peace conference in Paris that would unify and neutralize France's former colony. The treaty was rejected.

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November 2, 1963: The coup in South Vietnam was successful.

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November 2, 1963: The coup in South Vietnam was successful.

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Diem was overthrown, allowing the coup to become successful due to Diem's unpopularity and the eagerness of the South Vietnamese to be rid of him.

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Within an hour, the first president of South Vietnam would be murdered between Diem’s arrest at St. Francis Xavier church and the convoy’s 11 o’clock arrival at JGS.