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title: Building a Bridge in Dong Binh
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/building-a-bridge-in-dong-binh-1965-1969/
description: A Vietnamese-language sheet says the old bridge at Dong Binh hamlet was about to collapse, that the district chief called on the People's Forces for help.
section: Collection
---

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# Building a Bridge in Dong Binh

A Vietnamese-language sheet says the old bridge at Dong Binh hamlet was about to collapse, that the district chief called on the People's Forces for help, and that soldiers and villagers finished a new bridge in one day. Photographs show a woman student pouring water for a soldier and students in ao dai carrying supplies past a banner at the work site. Soldiers, students and villagers appear as one working group.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Chiếc cầu củ ở ấp Đông Bình sắp đổ vỡ. Nếu không có một chiếc cầu thì ấp sẽ bị cắt làm hai. Xây cất chiếc cầu mới thật là cần thiết nhưng dân ấp Đông Bình lại không có tiền và cũng không có người khéo léo để xây cất. Quận trưởng, Thiếu tá Lê Tri Vi, kêu gọi sự giúp đỡ của các Lực Lượng Nhân Dân. Họ đáp ứng với một số người đã được huấn luyện và giúp đỡ gỗ để làm cầu. Nhờ sự khéo léo của các anh em quân đội và những bàn tay rắn chắc của đồng bào trong ấp, chiếc cầu mới được hoàn tất nội trong một ngày.

Các nữ sinh viên tình nguyện làm công việc tiếp tế bánh, nước

Cầu đã xây cất xong, sinh viên trở về trại của họ trông mệt mỏi nhưng vui vẻ. Ấp Đông Bình thuộc về địa phận của quận Hốc Môn.

Banner in photograph: Trại Hè XÂY-DỰNG [remainder illegible]
```

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

```
The old bridge at Dong Binh hamlet is about to collapse. Without a bridge the hamlet will be cut in two. Building a new bridge is truly necessary, but the people of Dong Binh hamlet have no money and also no skilled people to build it. The District Chief, Major Le Tri Vi, called for the help of the People's Forces. They responded with a number of trained people and helped with wood to make the bridge. Thanks to the skill of the soldier brothers and the strong hands of the people of the hamlet, the new bridge was completed within one day.

Women student volunteers do the work of supplying cakes and water

The bridge built, the students return to their camp looking tired but cheerful. Dong Binh hamlet belongs to the area of Hoc Mon district.

Banner in photograph: Summer Camp BUILDING [remainder illegible]
```

[← 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/) [Dong Binh Bridge: Connecting →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/building-a-bridge-in-dong-binh-connecting-the-two-parts-1965-1969/)

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