An organized crime group and, later, legal wing of the Vietnamese army that fought with the rest of the Vietnamese National Army (led by Ngô Đình Diệm) over Sài Gòn in 1955. Bố’s grandmother is caught in the crossfire of this battle, which destroys her opium jars and leads her to move back in with Bố’s grandfather.
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Chapter 6: The Chessboard
...of a street battle between Ngô Đình Diệm’s government forces and the local mafia, or Bình Xuyên . The shooting destroys her opium jars, and out of desperation, she goes back to...
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