Of the casualties, 13 were American, and many others were Vietnamese citizens.
The only type of weapon Vietnamese citizens may own is a shotgun, and this is only after a license has been issued.
The law says Vietnamese citizens 18 and over have the right to open private businesses.
The people in the background are other monks and Vietnamese citizens who had gathered to watch the burning monk's suicide.
While at the site, a Vietnamese citizen turned over to the team human remains the he claimed to have found amid the wreckage.
For many of its 1m Vietnamese citizens America is a temporary refuge, not a new home.
What are they doing now, persecuting more Vietnamese citizens?
Vietnamese citizens have occasionally been granted visas to attend conferences or visit the United States for other reasons, however.
There were many methods employed by Vietnamese citizens to leave the country.
A second proof that Vietnamese citizens have no freedom of religion.