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title: Bien Hoa Fire Relief photo poster (Vietnamese, Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bien-hoa-fire-victims-relief-photo-poster-ppb-380-vietnamese-saigon-1964/
description: 'A Vietnamese-language photo poster headed ''Bien Hoa in action: relief for fire victims''. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.'
section: Collection
---

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# Bien Hoa Fire Relief photo poster (Vietnamese, Saigon)

A Vietnamese-language photo poster headed 'Bien Hoa in action: relief for fire victims'. Nine captioned photographs show burned houses, food and cooking pots delivered, corrugated roofing, an elderly man receiving goods, the Minister of Social Welfare handing out small sums, and the provincial chief talking with a victim family. The tell is card-stacking with plain-folks: only the relief effort is shown, with officials placed among villagers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
BIÊN-HOÀ HOẠT ĐỘNG
CỨU TRỢ HOẢ TAI

QUANG CẢNH ĐIÊU TÀN SAU CUỘC HỎA HOẠN, GÂY THIỆT HẠI 128 NỐC GIA CỦA ĐỒNG BÀO TRONG ẤP TÂN SINH CÁT-LÁI, XÃ PHÚ-HỮU THUỘC QUẬN NHƠN-TRẠCH.

TRUNG TÁ, TỈNH TRƯỞNG TỈNH BIÊN-HÒA ĐẾN TẬN NƠI HỎA HOẠN ĐỂ ỦY LẠO VÀ TRAO TẬN TAY ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN CÁC TẶNG PHẨM CỨU TRỢ.

ÔNG BỘ TRƯỞNG XÃ HỘI, TRUNG TÁ TỈNH TRƯỞNG TỈNH BIÊN-HOÀ VÀ PHÁI ĐOÀN QUÂN, DÂN, CHÍNH ĐÃ GÓP PHẦN VÀO CÔNG TÁC XÂY DỰNG LẠI CHO ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN HOẢ TAI.

THỰC PHẨM VÀ DỤNG CỤ NẤU NƯỚNG ĐƯỢC GỬI ĐẾN NGAY TẠI CHỖ ĐỂ CỨU TRỢ ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN HỎA TAI.

MỘT ÔNG CỤ XÚC ĐỘNG KHI NHẬN ĐƯỢC TẶNG PHẨM, ĐẦY ĐỦ ÁO QUẦN, VẢI, NỒI, SON VÀ THỰC PHẨM CỦA CHÁNH PHỦ GỬI TẶNG.

ÔNG BỘ TRƯỞNG XÃ HỘI, ĐẠI DIỆN CHÁNH PHỦ GỬI TẶNG MỖI GIA ĐÌNH ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN MỘT SỐ TIỀN MỌN, THỂ HIỆN SỰ GIÚP ĐỠ CỦA CHÁNH QUYỀN ĐỐI VỚI ĐỒNG BÀO NÔNG THÔN.

ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN ĐƯỢC MỜI ĐẾN ĐỂ NHẬN LÃNH CÁC TẶNG PHẨM DO CƠ QUAN CHÁNH QUYỀN PHÂN PHÁT.

MÁI TÔN VÀ LÁ CŨNG ĐƯỢC GỬI ĐẾN TẶNG NGAY TẠI CHỖ ĐỂ GIÚP ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN TRÁNH CẢNH MÀN TRỜI CHIẾU ĐẤT.

TRUNG TÁ, TỈNH TRƯỞNG TỈNH BIÊN-HÒA ĐANG TIẾP XÚC THÂN MẬT VỚI MỘT GIA ĐÌNH NẠN NHÂN HỎA TAI.
```

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

```
BIEN HOA IN ACTION
RELIEF FOR FIRE VICTIMS

The scene of desolation after the fire, which damaged 128 households of our compatriots in Tan Sinh Cat-Lai hamlet, Phu-Huu commune, Nhon-Trach district.

The Lieutenant Colonel, province chief of Bien Hoa, came to the fire site to console the victims and hand relief gifts to them in person.

The Minister of Social Welfare, the Lieutenant Colonel province chief of Bien Hoa and the military, civilian and administrative delegation contributed to rebuilding work for the fire-victim compatriots.

Food and cooking utensils were sent on the spot to relieve the fire-victim compatriots.

An old man is moved on receiving gifts, including clothes, cloth, pots, a pan and food sent by the Government.

The Minister of Social Welfare, representing the Government, gave each victim family a small sum of money, showing the authorities' help for rural compatriots.

The victim compatriots were invited to receive gifts distributed by the authorities.

Corrugated iron sheets and palm leaves were also sent on the spot to help the victims avoid sleeping in the open.

The Lieutenant Colonel, province chief of Bien Hoa, is talking warmly with a fire-victim family.
```

Some diacritics on the sheet are inconsistent, for example 'HOẢ' and 'HỎA'; transcribed as printed. Words in the 'MỘT ÔNG CỤ' caption are read as printed.

[← Chieu Hoi verse poster 406a, red lettering (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-verse-poster-406a-red-lettering-vietnamese-saigon-1964/) [Bolivia Progresa con la Alianza poster (Spanish poster distributed in La Paz) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bolivia-progresa-con-la-alianza-poster-spanish-1964/)

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