Picture of New Life in Phuoc Tuy photo poster, 1965 US poster: A Vietnamese photo poster titled 'Picture of the new life

Picture of New Life in Phuoc Tuy photo poster (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A Vietnamese photo poster titled 'Picture of the new life, Phuoc-Tuy province'. Photographs show villagers voting, fertiliser distribution, rice harvesting, duck farming, pigs supplied on government loans and a compulsory-education school assembly, each with a caption crediting the government. The tell is card-stacking: only government programmes and their benefits appear, with general phrases such as 'democratic spirit' standing in for evidence.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Date
March 10, 1965
Period
Cold War
Made by
U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
Region
North America
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Economy and finance, Elections and party politics
Event
Vietnam War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 10, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949325, 306-PPB-399).

Text on the object

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

BỨC TRANH TÂN SINH HOẠT
TỈNH
PHƯỚC-TUY

Thể hiện tinh thần dân chủ, đồng bào tỉnh Phước-Tuy bỏ phiếu lựa chọn người đại diện xứng đáng cho dân.

Đồng bào tỉnh Phước-Tuy đang nhận lãnh phân bón hóa học do chính phủ cung cấp để phát triển nông nghiệp.

Mức sản lượng lúa đã tăng là nhờ phân bón hóa học của chính phủ.

Một số đông nông dân tỉnh Phước-Tuy chuyên sống về nghề nuôi vịt, góp phần phát triển nền kinh tế địa phương.

Chánh Phủ cấp heo giống và cho vay tiền chăn nuôi, đem lại nguồn lợi tức phong phú cho nông dân ...

Chương trình cưỡng bách Giáo dục của chính phủ đang thực hiện, để nâng cao trình độ văn hóa của nhân dân.

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

PICTURE OF THE NEW LIFE, PHUOC-TUY PROVINCE. Showing the democratic spirit, the people of Phuoc-Tuy province cast ballots to choose worthy representatives for the people. The people of Phuoc-Tuy province are receiving chemical fertiliser supplied by the government to develop agriculture. The increased rice yield is thanks to the government's chemical fertiliser. Many farmers of Phuoc-Tuy province live by duck raising, contributing to the development of the local economy. The Government supplies breeding pigs and lends money for raising them, bringing abundant income to farmers ... The government's compulsory education programme is being carried out to raise the cultural level of the people.