Known popularly as "Big Minh," Duong led the South Vietnamese army under prime minister Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1963, he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered.

General Duong Van “Big” Minh announced the regime’s capitulation. Hundreds of people lined the streets of the fallen capital to cheer the NLF troops in their tanks on their way to the ...

Known popularly as "Big Minh," Duong led the South Vietnamese army under prime minister Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1963, he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered.