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title: Land for the People (Cấp phát ruộng đất cho nhân dân)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/land-for-the-people-sp-985-1965/
description: A portrait photo-spread (code SP-985) shows a general in uniform handing a rolled land title to a farmer in dark peasant dress.
section: Collection
---

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# Land for the People (Cấp phát ruộng đất cho nhân dân)

A portrait photo-spread (code SP-985) shows a general in uniform handing a rolled land title to a farmer in dark peasant dress, with three smaller photographs of the general's visit, a crowd with banners and a speaker under a land-reform banner. The numbered captions say the chairman of the national leadership committee visited Ninh Thuan on 28 December 1965, was welcomed by more than 10,000 people, and that a farmers' representative thanked the government for the land programme. A named official's handover of title is offered as the proof of the programme.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CẤP PHÁT RUỘNG ĐẤT CHO NHÂN DÂN

1. Thiếu Tướng cấp phát bằng khoán đất cho nông dân .
2. Thiếu Tướng Chủ Tịch U.B.H.P.T.U. đã đến thăm viếng Tỉnh Ninh-Thuận ngày 28-12-65.
3. Hơn 10.000 ngàn đồng bào Kinh, Chiêm, Thượng đã hân hoan đón tiếp Thiếu Tướng Chủ Tịch .
4. Một đại-diện nông dân bày tỏ lòng tri-ân Chính-Phủ vì chương trình hữu sản hóa đã đem lại quyền lợi thiết thực cho đồng bào.

[Banners in photographs, partly legible:] ỔN ĐỊNH HẬU PHƯƠNG ... TĂNG CƯỜNG TIỀN LỰC PHÒNG ... / CHƯƠNG TR[ÌNH] / HOAN NGHÊNH CHÍNH SÁCH ... CẢI CÁCH ĐIỀN ĐỊA CỦA CHÍNH [PHỦ]

SP-985
```

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

```
ISSUING FARMLAND TO THE PEOPLE

1. The Major General issues land-title certificates to farmers.
2. The Major General, Chairman of the U.B.H.P.T.U., visited Ninh-Thuan Province on 28-12-65.
3. More than 10,000 thousand compatriots, Kinh, Cham and Highlanders, joyfully welcomed the Major General Chairman.
4. A farmers' representative expressed gratitude to the Government because the programme of making people property-owners has brought real benefits to the people.

[Banners in photographs, partly legible:] STABILISE THE REAR ... STRENGTHEN THE FRONT-LINE FORCE ... / PROGRAMME / WELCOME THE POLICY ... LAND REFORM OF THE GOVERNMENT

SP-985
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering. The printed text says 'hơn 10.000 ngàn' (literally 'more than 10,000 thousand'), which looks like a printing slip and is kept as printed. The banner readings are partial and approximate.

[← Land for the Farmers](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/land-for-the-farmers-1965-1969/) ["Liberation Activities" of the South Liberation Front (Hành động "Giải Phóng" của Mặt Trận Giải Phóng Miền Nam) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/liberation-activities-of-the-south-liberation-front-sp-838-1965/)

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