According to decree 116/BNV/CT of the Republic of Vietnam, the Can Lao Party was established on 2 September 1954. Nhu became the General Secretary of the party. Initially, the Party was named the "Personalist Revolutionary Party of Worker and Peasant" ("Nông Công Nhân vị Cách mạng Đảng"), then this name was replaced by "Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party" ("Cần Lao Nhân vị Cách mạng Đảng"). According to Miller, the name "Can Lao" shows Nhu's profound concern in political potential of Vietnamese labors which related to French unionist ideology. The slogan of the Party was: Labor – Revolution – Personalism.