Evolution in South Vietnam
A blue-toned English-language title panel, 'Evolution in South Vietnam,' shows a steel bridge girder being lifted by a crane above six smaller photographs of pipe-laying, textile work, pottery, food processing and machine-shop work. A quotation credited to the Government of Vietnam's Declaration of Honolulu of 9 February 1966 says 'We are dedicated to the eradication of social injustice among our people...' The tell is the pairing of a pledge with images of building and industry, offered as evidence that the pledge is being met.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1966
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, Saigon, for the South Vietnamese government
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, Saigon, for the South Vietnamese government. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-011-45.
Text on the object
EVOLUTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM " We are dedicated to the eradication of social injustice among our people..." Government of Vietnam Declaration of Honolulu Feb 9. 1966 [handwritten:] PANEL No. 1-8 Photos and Text - SEPIA Background - BUFF 1
