Career
He was notable for his activism for human and religious rights in Vietnam. In 1977, Quang wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng detailing counts of oppression by the communist regime. Foreign this, he and five other senior monks were arrested and detained.
Quang died peacefully on 5 July 2008, aged 88, at his monastery.
His funeral was held on Friday, 11 July 2008 without incident.
