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title: Building in An Giang
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/building-in-an-giang-1965-1969/
description: A photo poster headed 'Works built by the people in An Giang' shows a concrete footbridge, a larger bridge under construction and new school buildings
section: Collection
---

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# Building in An Giang

A photo poster headed 'Works built by the people in An Giang' shows a concrete footbridge, a larger bridge under construction and new school buildings with crowds of children. The text says villagers of Phu-Hoa village built these themselves, with funds and technicians supplied by the Government of the Republic of Viet-Nam, as part of aid to areas already pacified. The tell is shared credit, the people's own labour and the government's money, shown in a selected set of building photographs.

## 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

```
NHỮNG CÔNG TRÌNH DO NHÂN DÂN KIẾN TẠO TẠI AN-GIANG

NHỮNG CÔNG TRÌNH MÀ ĐỒNG BÀO TRÔNG THẤY Ở ĐÂY ĐỀU DO NHÂN DÂN XÃ PHÚ-HÒA, QUẬN CHÂU-THÀNH, TỈNH AN-GIANG ĐÃ HOẶC ĐANG TỰ LỰC KIẾN TẠO. CHÍNH PHỦ VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA CUNG CẤP NGÂN KHOẢN VÀ CHUYÊN VIÊN VỀ KỸ THUẬT CẦN THIẾT CHO NHỮNG CÔNG TRÌNH XÂY DỰNG NÀY.

CÁC CÔNG TRÌNH TRÊN ĐÂY THUỘC KHUÔN KHỔ GIÚP ĐỠ CỦA CHÍNH PHỦ DÀNH CHO ĐỒNG BÀO Ở NHỮNG NƠI ĐÃ ĐƯỢC BÌNH ĐỊNH.

Chiếc cầu bằng xi-măng cốt sắt để đồng bào qua lại đã được hoàn thành.

Một chiếc cầu khác rộng lớn hơn, xe cộ có thể qua lại được, đang được xây cất.

Những lớp học mới đã và đang được kiến tạo tại AN-GIANG
```

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

```
WORKS BUILT BY THE PEOPLE IN AN-GIANG

The works the compatriots see here were all built, or are being built, by the people's own efforts in Phu-Hoa village, Chau-Thanh district, An-Giang province. The Government of the Republic of Viet-Nam supplies the funds and technical specialists needed for these construction works.

The works above fall within the government's aid for compatriots in places that have been pacified.

The reinforced-concrete bridge for compatriots to cross has been completed.

Another, wider bridge, which vehicles can cross, is being built.

New classrooms have been and are being built in AN-GIANG
```

[← Building a New Life in Bien Hoa](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/building-a-new-life-in-bien-hoa-1965-1969/) [Captured Weapons: Binh Duong and Pleiku Provinces →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/captured-weapons-binh-duong-pleiku-1965/)

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