Inauguration of the 23rd Provincial Road at Sadec
Sheet SP-1168 reports the opening ceremony of Provincial Road 23 at Sa Dec, chaired by 'Air Vice Marshal, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee' (the head of the Saigon government). A panoramic crowd photograph, an aerial view of the road, a bridge and a steam roller are captioned with a start date of 15 September 1965, a completion date of 31 March 1966 and a cost of 3,800,000 dollars (piastres). The tell: the named head of government presides in the headline photograph, linking his authority to the finished road.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1966
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, for the South Vietnamese government (sheet carries no issuing office)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, 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, for the South Vietnamese government (sheet carries no issuing office). National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-7-1168.
Text on the object
THIẾU TƯỞNG CHỦ TỊCH UBHPTƯ CHỦ TỌA LỄ KHÁNH THÀNH TỈNH LỘ 23 TẠI SA-ĐÉC Nhiều cầu cống được sửa chữa, tu bổ, khả dĩ đáp ứng thích nghi với nhu cầu giao thông trên trục lộ 23 này. Nhân Viên Công Chánh Vĩnh Long và Sađéc đã tích cực thực hiện chương trình tu bổ Tỉnh lộ 23 trước thời gian công tác ấn định. Tỉnh lộ 23 (Vĩnh Long Kiến Phong) được khởi công tu bổ ngày 15-9-1965 và hoàn tất vào ngày 31-3-1966, với một kinh phí 3.800.000 $ dùng vào việc cán đá toàn diện cho một bề dài 14 ngàn thước. SP-1168
AIR VICE MARSHAL, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDES OVER THE INAUGURATION OF PROVINCIAL ROAD 23 AT SA-DEC Many bridges and culverts have been repaired and restored, enough to meet suitably the traffic needs on this Road 23 axis. Public Works staff of Vinh Long and Sadec have actively carried out the programme of restoring Provincial Road 23 ahead of the scheduled working time. Provincial Road 23 (Vinh Long - Kien Phong) was started on 15-9-1965 and completed on 31-3-1966, at a cost of 3,800,000 $ spent on full macadamising over a length of 14 thousand metres. SP-1168
Translation by FRAME from the Vietnamese text on the poster, literal and machine-assisted, not checked by a fluent reader; the claims are the poster's own and FRAME has not checked them against other records. Diacritics are transcribed as printed to the best of legibility at this image resolution.
