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title: Dân chúng Bình-Thuận đã bầu Hội đồng tỉnh (The People of Binh Thuan Have Elected a Provincial Council)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/binh-thuan-provincial-council-inaugural-ceremony-1965/
description: A photo-led poster (code SP-1032) reports that the Binh Thuan Provincial Council was directly elected by the province's people on 30 May 1965 and installed
section: Collection
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# Dân chúng Bình-Thuận đã bầu Hội đồng tỉnh (The People of Binh Thuan Have Elected a Provincial Council)

A photo-led poster (code SP-1032) reports that the Binh Thuan Provincial Council was directly elected by the province's people on 30 May 1965 and installed on 1 July 1965. Four photographs show the province chief handing over the seal of office, a monthly council meeting, and council members meeting villagers and handing out commendations. Every image and caption shows the council functioning as intended; the sheet gives no count of voters, candidates or complaints.

## 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

```
DÂN CHÚNG BÌNH-THUẬN
ĐÃ BẦU HỘI ĐỒNG TỈNH

HỘI ĐỒNG TỈNH BÌNH-THUẬN ĐƯỢC TOÀN DÂN TRONG TỈNH TRỰC TIẾP BẦU CỬ NGÀY 30-5-65. NGÀY 1-7-65 BUỔI LỄ TỰU CHỨC HỘI ĐỒNG TỈNH ĐƯỢC CỬ HÀNH TRỌNG THỂ TẠI TRUNG TÂM TU NGHIỆP CÔNG CHỨC.

[banner in photograph, partly cut off:] [C]ỘNG-HÒA MUÔN NĂM

Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng trao ấn tín cho vị niên Trưởng Hội Đồng Tỉnh.

Hằng tháng Hội Đồng Tỉnh đều có họp nhằm mục đích: Kiểm công tác hoạt động và tình hình chung. Hoạch định chương trình mới nhằm phục vụ các giới đồng bào.

Hội đồng tỉnh thường xuyên cử các phái đoàn về tận nông thôn để tìm hiểu tình hình và nguyện vọng của dân chúng. (Ông Chủ-Tịch Hội Đồng Tỉnh và Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng đang ngỏ lời cùng đồng bào xã Mường Mán trong một dịp viếng thăm).

Trong dịp viếng thăm xã Phú Long, Ông Chủ-Tịch và Phó Chủ-Tịch Hội Đồng trao bằng tưởng lệ cho các cán bộ xuất sắc trong công cuộc tái thiết Xã Phú Long.

SP-1032
```

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

```
THE PEOPLE OF BINH THUAN HAVE ELECTED A PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

The Binh Thuan Provincial Council was directly elected by all the people of the province on 30-5-65. On 1-7-65 the ceremony installing the Provincial Council was solemnly held at the Civil Servants' Training Center.

[banner in photograph, partly cut off:] [Re]public Long Live [lit. 'Republic ten-thousand years']

The Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief hands the seal of office to the senior member (chairman) of the Provincial Council.

Every month the Provincial Council meets with the aims of: reviewing the work done and the general situation; drawing up new programmes to serve all sectors of the people.

The provincial council regularly sends delegations out to the countryside to learn the situation and the wishes of the people. (The Chairman of the Provincial Council and the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief speaking with the people of Muong Man village during a visit).

During a visit to Phu Long village, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council present certificates of commendation to cadres who excelled in the rebuilding of Phu Long Village.

SP-1032
```

[← Bình-Thuận (Binh Thuan)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/binh-thuan-1965-1969/) [Cả hai đồng một nụ cười tin tưởng! (Both Have the Same Confident Smile) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/both-have-the-same-confident-smile-juspao-1965-1969/)

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