The General Association of Buddhists was a Buddhist organisation formed in South Vietnam in 1951, regarded as the leading Buddhist organisation in the country. "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January It was prominent during the 1963 Buddhist crisis, a period of demonstrations and political instability which led to the deposal of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam from May 1963 to November 1963 which was sparked by the shootings of nine unarmed civilians On November 1, 1963, President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN officers primarily After the fall of Saigon, it effectively became outlawed under the communist government, who created their own Buddhist organisation under government control. The Fall of Saigon (in Vietnamese: Sự kiện 30 tháng 4 - April 30 Incident; Giải phóng miền Nam - The liberation of the south