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title: Ceremony Presenting a House and Market Stall to Two Slain Hamlet Chiefs' Families, Gò Vấp
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gia-dinh-house-and-stall-ceremony-go-vap-1966/
description: A landscape photo sheet under a green headline reports a ceremony of 8 March 1966 in Gò Vấp, Gia Định, at which the families of two hamlet chiefs killed
section: Collection
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# Ceremony Presenting a House and Market Stall to Two Slain Hamlet Chiefs' Families, Gò Vấp

A landscape photo sheet under a green headline reports a ceremony of 8 March 1966 in Gò Vấp, Gia Định, at which the families of two hamlet chiefs killed in December 1965 and January 1966 received a tax-free market stall and a house valued at 70,000 piastres. Five photographs show officials handing over money, a speech and a market plan. The tell is the named bereaved families: the sheet shows the government rewarding those who died for it.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

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

```
CỐ TRƯỞNG ẤP ĐINH VĂN THỊNH TRƯỞNG ẤP 7, XÃ BÌNH HÒA ĐÃ HY SINH VÌ TỔ QUỐC ĐÊM 5-12-1965, ĐỂ LẠI VỢ VÀ 8 CON THƠ. CỐ TRƯỞNG ẤP NGUYỄN VĂN NÀ, TRƯỞNG ẤP ĐỒNG TÂM 4, XÃ THÔNG TÂY HỘI, GÒ VẤP, ĐỀN NỢ NƯỚC ĐÊM 3-1-1966, ĐỂ LẠI MỘT MẸ GIÀ 66 TUỔI VÀ HAI ĐỨA CON LÊN 4 VÀ 6 TUỔI MỒ CÔI CẢ CHA LẪN MẸ. THÔNG CẢM HOÀN CẢNH TRÊN VÀ ĐỂ GHI CÔNG CÁC CÁN BỘ HẠ TẦNG XÃ, ẤP ĐÃ HY SINH VÌ TỔ QUỐC, CHÍNH QUYỀN TỈNH GIA ĐỊNH ĐÃ THỰC HIỆN MỘT CUỘC ĐỜI MỚI CHO 2 GIA ĐÌNH CỐ TRƯỞNG ẤP KỂ TRÊN BẰNG VIỆC TRAO TẶNG MỘT SẠP BUÔN BÁN ĐƯỢC MIỄN THUẾ 2 NĂM CHO GIA ĐÌNH CỐ TRƯỞNG ẤP ĐINH VĂN THỊNH VÀ TRAO TẶNG MỘT CĂN NHÀ TRỊ GIÁ 70.000$ CHO GIA ĐÌNH CỐ TRƯỞNG ẤP NGUYỄN VĂN NÀ.

LỄ TRAO TẶNG NHÀ VÀ SẠP BUÔN BÁN CHO 2 GIA ĐÌNH CỐ TRƯỞNG ẤP ĐÃ HY SINH VÌ TỔ QUỐC TẠI GÒ VẤP (8-3-66)

Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng Gia-Định an ủi gia đình cố trưởng ấp Đinh-Văn-Thịnh sau khi trao chứng khoán tặng một sạp buôn bán miễn thuế 2 năm tại chợ lộ thiên Bà Chiểu và trao số tiền trợ cấp 19.800 $.

Đại Úy Nguyễn-Văn-Bình, Quận Trưởng Gò Vấp đọc diễn văn nói lên sự biết ơn và lòng ưu ái của chính quyền địa phương đối với gia đình các cán bộ xã ấp đã hy sinh vì Tổ-Quốc.

Ngày 8-3-66, Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng Quang Ân, Tỉnh Trưởng Gia Định đã đến Ấp Đồng-Tâm 4, trao tặng 1 căn nhà 70 ngàn đồng cho thân mẫu cố Trưởng Ấp Nguyễn-Văn-Nà, vỗ về an ủi 2 con ông Nà và hứa giúp đỡ cho chúng ăn học.

Đại Úy Quận Trưởng Gò Vấp trình lên Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng họa đồ chợ lộ thiên và chỉ cho bà quả phụ Đinh Văn Thịnh biết địa điểm cấp cho bà xử dụng buôn bán miễn thuế.

Hình trên cho ta thấy ngôi nhà trị giá 70 ngàn đồng do Quận Gò Vấp thực hiện với sự trợ giúp vật lực của phòng cố vấn Hoa Kỳ cạnh Chi khu Gò Vấp, Cơ quan USOM và Không Đoàn 33 Tân Sơn Nhứt.

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```

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

```
LATE HAMLET CHIEF ĐINH VĂN THỊNH, CHIEF OF HAMLET 7, BÌNH HÒA VILLAGE, SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR THE FATHERLAND ON THE NIGHT OF 5-12-1965, LEAVING A WIFE AND 8 YOUNG CHILDREN. LATE HAMLET CHIEF NGUYỄN VĂN NÀ, CHIEF OF ĐỒNG TÂM HAMLET 4, THÔNG TÂY HỘI VILLAGE, GÒ VẤP, PAID HIS DEBT TO THE NATION ON THE NIGHT OF 3-1-1966, LEAVING AN ELDERLY MOTHER OF 66 AND TWO CHILDREN AGED 4 AND 6, ORPHANED OF BOTH FATHER AND MOTHER. SYMPATHISING WITH THE ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO RECORD THE MERIT OF THE VILLAGE AND HAMLET LOWER-LEVEL CADRES WHO SACRIFICED THEMSELVES FOR THE FATHERLAND, THE GIA ĐỊNH PROVINCIAL AUTHORITY HAS MADE A NEW LIFE FOR THE 2 FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE LATE HAMLET CHIEFS BY PRESENTING A MARKET STALL EXEMPT FROM TAX FOR 2 YEARS TO THE FAMILY OF LATE HAMLET CHIEF ĐINH VĂN THỊNH AND PRESENTING A HOUSE VALUED AT 70,000$ TO THE FAMILY OF LATE HAMLET CHIEF NGUYỄN VĂN NÀ.

CEREMONY PRESENTING A HOUSE AND A MARKET STALL TO THE 2 FAMILIES OF LATE HAMLET CHIEFS WHO SACRIFICED THEMSELVES FOR THE FATHERLAND AT GÒ VẤP (8-3-66)

The Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief of Gia Định comforts the family of late hamlet chief Đinh Văn Thịnh after presenting the certificate granting a market stall, tax-exempt for 2 years, in the open-air Bà Chiểu market, and handing over a relief payment of 19,800 $.

Captain Nguyễn Văn Bình, Gò Vấp District Chief, reads a speech expressing the gratitude and concern of the local authority toward the families of village and hamlet cadres who sacrificed themselves for the Fatherland.

On 8-3-66, Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief Quang Ân of Gia Định came to Đồng Tâm Hamlet 4 and presented 1 house worth 70 thousand piastres to the mother of late Hamlet Chief Nguyễn Văn Nà, soothed and comforted Mr. Nà's 2 children and promised to help them with their schooling.

The Captain District Chief of Gò Vấp presents to the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief the plan of the open-air market and shows the widow of Đinh Văn Thịnh the site allotted for her tax-free trading.

The picture above shows the house worth 70 thousand piastres, built by Gò Vấp District with material help from the American advisory office beside the Gò Vấp sub-sector, the USOM agency and the 33rd Air Group at Tân Sơn Nhứt.

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```

Read from the image; some diacritics in the smaller caption type are faint and could not be fully verified. In the third caption the printed phrase 'Trung Tá Trưởng Quang Ân' and 'vỗ về an ủi' read as printed and look like typesetting slips; the translation follows the evident sense. 'Đền nợ nước' is rendered literally as 'paid his debt to the nation'.

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