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title: Army poster for the Tribes, Viet Minh policy (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-poster-for-the-tribes-viet-minh-policy-vietnamese-1976/
description: A Vietnamese-language poster showing a grimacing soldier in a star-badged helmet, with a rifle on his back, whipping and leading a chained.
section: Collection
---

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# Army poster for the Tribes, Viet Minh policy (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A Vietnamese-language poster showing a grimacing soldier in a star-badged helmet, with a rifle on his back, whipping and leading a chained, bare-chested highlander past a burning hut. The text calls this the 'love the highland compatriots' policy of the Communist Viet Minh. The tell is name-calling and fear-appeal: the label 'policy' is used sarcastically over an image of one side's soldier as the abuser.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ĐÂY
CHÍNH-SÁCH YÊU
ĐỒNG-BÀO-THƯỢNG
của
VIỆT-MINH CỘNG-SẢN
```

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

```
THIS
is the policy of loving the highland compatriots
of
the Communist Viet Minh
```

Faint show-through of reversed lettering is visible in the paper; it is not part of the front text.

[← We need handguns like we need a hole in the head](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-need-handguns-hole-in-head-1976/) [中共中央通知 中发〔1976〕16号 (CCP Central Committee Notice, Zhongfa \[1976\] No. 16), first page →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/zhongfa-16-notice-wang-zhang-jiang-yao-clique-1976/)

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