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title: 'Army information poster, Bulletin No. 6: Artillery and Ban Me Thuot fair (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-bulletin-6-artillery-ban-me-thuot-vietnamese-1957/
description: A photo sheet in two parts. The upper part shows Republic of Vietnam artillery crews and 105mm guns, with captions on defence and unification.
section: Collection
---

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# Army information poster, Bulletin No. 6: Artillery and Ban Me Thuot fair (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A photo sheet in two parts. The upper part shows Republic of Vietnam artillery crews and 105mm guns, with captions on defence and unification; the lower part, headed 'Ban Me Thuot economic fair', shows the opening, American farm machinery, orchids, an elephant race and the president at a farm model. The tell is glittering generalities, with name-calling in the phrase 'bè lũ Thực Phong Cộng' (the band of 'Thực Phong Cộng').

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ĐÂY QUÂN ĐỘI VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA
BẢN THÔNG-TIN SỐ 6
PHÁO-BINH

Trên chiến-trường Pháo-binh nắm vai-trò quan-trọng trong giai-đoạn phòng-ngự cũng như phản công
Dã-pháo 105 ly kiêu-hãnh vươn mình trên nền trời tự-do, biểu-dương sức mạnh của Quân-Đội Cộng-Hòa
Súng thần-công hình như cũng thông-cảm ý-chí cương-quyết bảo-vệ tự-do, thống-nhất đất nước của người chiến-binh Cộng-Hòa. Chờ để sẵn sàng nhả đạn tiêu-diệt bè lũ Thực Phong Cộng
Người quân-nhân Cộng-Hòa học tập xử-dụng Dã-pháo cho thành thạo, để khỏi phụ lòng tin-tưởng của nhân-dân
Đoàn người chiến-binh Cộng-Hòa cùng những khẩu đại-bác không-lồ này đang chuẩn-bị để nhả đạn vào địch-quân, đem lại an-ninh và trật-tự cho dân-chúng

HỘI CHỢ KINH-TẾ BAN-ME-THUOT

Hội chợ kinh-tế Ban-Mê-Thuột đã được khai-mạc dưới quyền chủ-tọa của Tổng-Thống Cộng-Hòa Việt-Nam
Và đã thu hút hàng vạn du-khách tới thăm miền rừng núi phì-nhiêu của Việt-Nam Tự-Do
Nông-cụ tối-tân của Mỹ-Quốc đã góp phần vào công cuộc phục-hưng nông-nghiệp của ta cũng được đem trưng bày tại Hội Chợ
Những cây Phong-Lan duyên dáng, một trong những sản-phẩm đặc-biệt của Cao-Nguyên, là một nguồn lợi lớn lao của dân-chúng Cao-Nguyên
Hàng trăm thớt voi sửa soạn dự cuộc đua hào hứng do Hội Chợ tổ-chức
Tổng-Thống đặc-biệt chú-ý tới sự tổ-chức một nông-trại tối-tân tại Cao-Nguyên được thu nhỏ trên Sa-bàn

[banner on truck in photograph, partly legible:] ... MỸ TẶNG ĐỒNG-BÀO DI-CƯ VIỆT-NAM ... [illegible]
```

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

```
This is the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Information Bulletin No. 6. Artillery.

On the battlefield, artillery plays an important role in defence as well as counter-attack.
The 105mm field guns proudly rear up against the free sky, displaying the strength of the Republican Army.
The cannons seem to share the determination of the Republican fighter to defend freedom and unify the country. They wait, ready to fire and destroy the band of [Thực Phong Cộng].
The Republican serviceman learns to handle the field gun skilfully, so as not to betray the people's trust.
The Republican fighters, with these huge cannons, are preparing to fire on the enemy and bring security and order to the people.

BAN ME THUOT ECONOMIC FAIR

The Ban Me Thuot economic fair was opened under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Vietnam.
It has drawn tens of thousands of visitors to the fertile forest and mountain region of Free Vietnam.
Modern American farm implements, which contribute to our agricultural recovery, are also displayed at the Fair.
Graceful orchids, one of the special products of the Highlands, are a large source of income for the Highland people.
Hundreds of elephants prepare for an exciting race organised by the Fair.
The President takes special interest in the organisation of a modern farm in the Highlands, shown in miniature on a sand-table model.
```

Captions are small at the available resolution and were read from the image; the banner on the truck is only partly legible. 'Thực Phong Cộng' is transcribed and translated as printed.

[← Burma-America Picture News poster, 8 May 1957 (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-america-picture-news-8-may-1957-burmese-1957/) [Chitra Katha photo poster No. 10: Deep-sea fishing and a village farmer (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-10-deep-sea-fishing-bengali-dacca-1957/)

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