In February 1954, Shirin Fozdar, a Baháʼí from India who had been a member of the National Spiritual Assembly there, went to Saigon to establish the religion in Indochina.[1][15] On 15 March, she gave a public introduction to the Baha'i Faith in a lecture at the Norodom theatre, which was given significant coverage in the Vietnamese press.[16] During this time, Pham Huu Chu, a professor living in Saigon, became the first Vietnamese Baháʼí.[17] Jamshed and Parvati Fozdar, members of Fozdar's family, arrived to take her place in the summer, settling into an apartment at 88 Bonard St (now Le Loi St).[18][19] By the following year, there were enough Baháʼís in Saigon to elect the country's first Local Spiritual Assembly there, on 21 April 1955.[20] The Assembly was officially recognized by the government of South Vietnam on 20 September.[21] Promotion of the religion in Central Vietnam led to the establishment of Vietnam's second Spiritual Assembly in the village of Trừng Giang,[22] Quảng Nam province, in April 1957.[23][24] Eight more Spiritual Assemblies were established in 1958, bringing the total to ten.