Question

The Hoa Hao Movement was led by ______________.

• A. Huynh Phu So
• B. Ng-Yuyen Dinh Chiev
• C. Phan Boi Chau
• D. Sun Yat Sen

Answer 1

The correct option is A Huynh Phu So

• It began in 1939 and gained great popularity in the fertile Mekong delta area.
• It drew on religious ideas popular in anti-French uprisings of the nineteenth century.
• The founder of Hoa Hao was a man called Huynh Phu So.
  
• . His criticism against useless expenditure had a wide appeal. He also opposed the sale of child brides, gambling and the use of alcohol and opium.
  
• The French tried to suppress the movement inspired by Huynh Phu So. They declared him mad, called him the Mad Bonze, and put him in a mental asylum.