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title: A Home and Land for Tran Van Vi
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description: A vertical photo-sheet (code SP-1218) tells the story of a named refugee farmer, Tran Van Vi, who with his family is said to have escaped Viet Cong terror
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# A Home and Land for Tran Van Vi

A vertical photo-sheet (code SP-1218) tells the story of a named refugee farmer, Tran Van Vi, who with his family is said to have escaped Viet Cong terror and been given a plot of 50 by 30 thuoc and 5,900 piastres to build a house in An Giang province. Photographs show his house, his family indoors and rural-construction cadres helping newcomers build shelters. A single named household stands for a programme, and the closing banner turns the local project into a national promise.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MỘT NÓC NHÀ VÀ MỘT MIẾNG ĐẤT CHO ÔNG TRẦN VĂN VI

Ông Trần Văn Vi cùng gia-đình thoát khỏi ách khủng bố Việt Cộng. Khi đến tại Tỉnh An-Giang, họ đã được Chính Quyền V.N.C.H. giúp cho một miếng đất rộng 50 x 30 thước và số tiền 5.900$ để dựng một căn nhà. Ông Vi giờ đây chuyên nghề làm ruộng. Trong giờ rỗi rãnh ông ra công đắp cao nền nhà để tránh bị lụt. Ông Vi cho biết đã để ra đủ số gạo ăn trong 6 tháng tới và bây giờ đang cố dành dụm để mua vài con heo. Ông dự định sẽ trồng chuối và khoai. Nhiều đồng bào tỵ nạn đã di cư đến cùng tỉnh với ông Vi, họ được các Cán Bộ Xây Dựng Nông Thôn giúp đỡ lập những nơi tạm trú rồi sau đó, như ông Vi, định cư hẳn ở những Ấp mới của đồng bào tỵ nạn để làm ăn sinh sống.

[caption:] Trưởng Đoàn Cán Bộ Nông Thôn, anh Đỗ Bảo Thái đang giải thích chương trình giúp đỡ đồng bào tỵ nạn cộng-sản cho những người mới đến.

[caption:] Những Cán Bộ đang giúp dựng những nơi tạm trú cho đồng bào tỵ nạn.

Ngày nay: PHÁT TRIỂN CÁCH MẠNG TẠI AN-GIANG.
Ngày mai: TOÀN ĐẤT NƯỚC VIỆT-NAM.

SP-1218
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
A ROOF AND A PIECE OF LAND FOR MR. TRAN VAN VI

Mr. Tran Van Vi and his family escaped the yoke of Viet Cong terror. On arriving in An-Giang Province, they were helped by the Republic of Vietnam government with a piece of land 50 x 30 thuoc wide and a sum of 5,900 piastres to build a house. Mr. Vi now works full time in the rice fields. In his spare time he works to raise the house foundation to avoid floods. Mr. Vi says he has set aside enough rice to eat for the next 6 months and is now trying to save to buy a few pigs. He plans to plant bananas and sweet potatoes. Many refugee compatriots have migrated to the same province as Mr. Vi; they are helped by the Rural Construction Cadres to set up temporary shelters and then, like Mr. Vi, to settle permanently in the new Hamlets of the refugee compatriots to make a living.

[caption:] The Rural Cadre Team Leader, Do Bao Thai, is explaining the programme of help for Communist-refugee compatriots to the newly arrived.

[caption:] The Cadres are helping build temporary shelters for the refugee compatriots.

Today: REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT IN AN-GIANG.
Tomorrow: THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF VIET-NAM.

SP-1218
```

[← A Gesture of True Friendship](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-gesture-of-true-friendship-1965-1969/) [Gương mặt mới hướng về tương lai (A New Face for the Future) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-new-face-for-the-future-cleft-lip-surgery-1965-1969/)

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