Tu Bông

For the Emperor of Vietnam, see Lê Thần Tông.
Tu Bông
Xã Tu Bông
Commune and village
Tu Bông
Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 12°46′18″N 109°17′53″E / 12.77167°N 109.29806°E / 12.77167; 109.29806
Country Vietnam
ProvinceKhánh Hòa Province
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC+7)

Tu Bông is a commune (xã) and village in Khánh Hòa Province, in Southeast Vietnam.[1] It is best known for being the homeplace of the Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức, who burned himself to death in 1963 to protest the anti-Buddhist discrimination of then-President of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem.

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