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title: Army Helps People poster, tractor and rice field (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-helps-people-poster-tractor-and-rice-field-vietnamese-1956/
description: A colour Vietnamese-language poster with a soldier driving a large red tractor beside a rice field where a helmeted soldier and farmers hoe.
section: Collection
---

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[![Army Helps People poster, tractor and rice field, 1956 US poster: A colour Vietnamese-language poster with a soldier driving](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-helps-people-poster-tractor-and-rice-field-vietnamese-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-helps-people-poster-tractor-and-rice-field-vietnamese-1956.jpg)

# Army Helps People poster, tractor and rice field (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A colour Vietnamese-language poster with a soldier driving a large red tractor beside a rice field where a helmeted soldier and farmers hoe, plough with a buffalo and reap together. The headline says helping the people in every task is the duty of the republican soldier. The tell is plain-folks: soldiers are shown doing the same farm labour as villagers, tying the army to civilian life.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GIÚP ĐỠ NHÂN-DÂN
TRONG MỌI CÔNG-TÁC
là
BỒN PHẬN của NGƯỜI
QUÂN NHÂN CỘNG HÒA
```

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

```
HELPING THE PEOPLE
IN ALL TASKS
is
the duty of the
REPUBLICAN SOLDIER
```

Diacritics on 'BỒN' read from a decorative typeface and may be 'BỔN' (duty).

[← Aqua Ballet poster for Oakland swimming team (English, Karachi)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/aqua-ballet-oakland-team-english-karachi-1956/) [Krus Na Kawayan film poster (Tagalog-English, distributed in Manila) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/krus-na-kawayan-film-poster-tagalog-manila-1956/)

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