 He was unable to fight to the death because the townspeople of Cần Thơ had begged him not to resist, believing that it would cause futile bloodshed, and Hưng was one of five ARVN generals who committed suicide that day.Hưng shot himself in the chest with his pistol at his residence.Before ending his life he said "I was willing to choose death, if the general could not keep the country, could not protect the city, he had to die according to the city.