 During Diệm's exile, his brothers Nhu, Cẩn, and Luyện played important roles in helping him to build international and internal networks and support in different ways for his return to Vietnam.In the early 1950s, Nhu established the Cần Lao Party, which played a key role in helping Diệm attain and consolidate his power.Until 1953, the State of Vietnam was nominally independent from Paris.