Tam Buu Pagoda

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              Tam Buu Pagoda was built in 1882 by Ngô Tự Lợi (also known as Ngô Lợi), a patriotic scholar of the Cần Vương movement, who was sought by the French and fled from Mỹ Tho to Ba Chúc. He constructed the pagoda and established a religious sect to evade the enemy's surveillance. Tam Bửu Pagoda is the ancestral temple of the Tứ Nghiệp Hiếu Nghĩa sect, dedicated to venerating the Original Master Ngô Lợi and the Buddha.

              In early 1978, when the genocidal Pol Pot forces attacked, people everywhere in the town sought refuge in the pagoda. On April 13, 1978, the Khmer Rouge troops fired artillery at the pagoda, causing a section of the rear wall to collapse. Forty people died, and twenty were injured. The temple floor was stained with blood, and the bodies of the dead and wounded were piled on top of each other, their cries of agony echoing. By April 20, 1978, the genocidal Pol Pot forces had overrun Tam Bửu Pagoda. They captured over 700 people, taking them out of the pagoda and looting all their belongings. The captives were divided by gender: men were taken toward Lạc Quới fields, while women were led toward Năm Xã canal. Four elderly and infirm individuals who couldn’t walk were dragged into a guesthouse and shot dead. The pagoda was later set on fire. Among the 700 people taken, only two survived and returned.