--- title: Project Concern in Vietnam poster, No. 352 (Vietnamese, Saigon) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/project-concern-in-vietnam-1964/ description: A Vietnamese-language photo poster headed 'International Medical Relief Group' (Project Concern). Photographs show Dr. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Project Concern in Vietnam poster, No. 352 (Vietnamese, Saigon) [![Project Concern in Vietnam poster, No. 352, 1964 US poster: A Vietnamese-language photo poster headed 'International Medical](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/project-concern-in-vietnam-1964.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/project-concern-in-vietnam-1964.jpg) # Project Concern in Vietnam poster, No. 352 (Vietnamese, Saigon) A Vietnamese-language photo poster headed 'International Medical Relief Group' (Project Concern). Photographs show Dr. James W. Turpin examining patients, a mobile clinic vehicle, a Dam Pau hospital site 60 km from Dalat and staff planning a 44-bed hospital. The text describes the group as an independent private organisation. The tell is testimonial with card-stacking: one named doctor's work stands for the whole programme, and only service scenes are shown. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` ĐOÀN CỨU TRỢ Y TẾ QUỐC TẾ KẾ HOẠCH CỨU TRỢ Y TẾ QUỐC TẾ là một tổ chức độc lập, tư nhân, nhằm cứu trợ tất cả mọi người ở khắp mọi nơi. Kế hoạch này cung cấp thuốc men, thực phẩm, y phục, những cơ hội giáo dục, giúp đỡ các kế hoạch tự lực cánh sinh cho các ngành kỹ nghệ, huấn luyện nghề nghiệp và canh nông. Những hoạt động đầu tiên của Đoàn Cứu Trợ Y Tế Quốc Tế khởi phát tại Hương Cảng do bác sĩ James W. Turpin sáng lập. Nơi đây bác sĩ đã thiết lập được hai bệnh viện nổi. Mới đây bác sĩ James W. Turpin đã tới hoạt động tại Việt-Nam và thiết lập một bệnh viện tại Dam Pau, cách Đà-Lạt 60 cây số. Bác sĩ James W. Turpin (giữa) mỗi sáng thăm bệnh cho các bệnh nhân đồng thời huấn luyện những y tá (trái) để sau này phục vụ tại các buôn, xã. Bệnh viện Dam Pau cách Đà-Lạt 60 cây số là bệnh viện đầu tiên của Đoàn Cứu Trợ Y Tế Quốc Tế tại Việt-Nam thiết lập hồi tháng 6, 1964. Buổi chiều, bác sĩ Turpin rời Dam Pau tới các làng lân cận khám bệnh cho các bệnh nhân. Cô Grace Saul, một vị nữ mục sư giúp việc thông ngôn. [further captions in small type, partly illegible] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` International Medical Relief Group. The International Medical Relief Plan is an independent, private organisation aiming to give relief to all people everywhere. This plan supplies medicine, food, clothing and educational opportunities, and helps self-help plans for industries, vocational training and agriculture. The first activities of the International Medical Relief Group began in Hong Kong, founded by Dr. James W. Turpin, where the doctor set up two floating hospitals. Recently Dr. James W. Turpin came to work in Viet-Nam and set up a hospital at Dam Pau, 60 km from Dalat. Dr. James W. Turpin (centre) examines patients each morning while training nurses (left) to serve later in the hamlets and villages. The Dam Pau hospital, 60 km from Dalat, is the first hospital of the International Medical Relief Group in Viet-Nam, set up in June 1964. In the afternoon Dr. Turpin leaves Dam Pau for neighbouring villages to examine patients. Miss Grace Saul, a woman missionary, helps with interpreting. [remaining captions not transcribed] ``` Several smaller captions are not transcribed. [← Pictures in the News poster, No. 2 (English, Beirut)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pictures-in-the-news-no-2-english-beirut-1964/) [Ministry of Interior Helps Farmers' Livelihood poster, No. 353 (Thai, Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ministry-of-interior-farmers-income-thai-1964/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). 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