--- title: Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/relentless-efforts-rural-construction-ministry-1965-1969/ description: A horizontal photo-sheet (code SP-1031) headed 'Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry' shows Major General Nguyen Duc Thang. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry [![Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry, 1966 US poster: A horizontal photo-sheet (code SP-1031) headed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/relentless-efforts-rural-construction-ministry-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/relentless-efforts-rural-construction-ministry-1965-1969.jpg) # Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry A horizontal photo-sheet (code SP-1031) headed 'Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry' shows Major General Nguyen Duc Thang, the rural construction commissioner, briefing officials and questioning villagers in An Giang province. The captions say the visit was to make the rural construction programme fit local wishes and needs 'in the spirit of the Honolulu Conference', and that education received his special attention. Named officials and pictured visits stand in for results; no outcome figures are given. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` CỐ GẮNG KHÔNG NGỪNG CỦA BỘ XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN THIẾU TƯỚNG NGUYỄN-ĐỨC-THẮNG, ỦY VIÊN XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN ĐÍCH THÂN VÀO TẬN THÔN ẤP TẠI AN-GIANG TÌM HIỂU SINH HOẠT CỦA ĐỒNG BÀO ĐỂ CHƯƠNG TRÌNH KIẾN THIẾT NÔNG THÔN ĐƯỢC PHÙ HỢP VỚI NGUYỆN VỌNG VÀ NHU CẦU CỦA ĐỊA PHƯƠNG HƠN. Thiếu Tướng Ủy Viên trình bày nỗ lực của Nội Các Chiến Tranh về vấn đề xây dựng nông thôn và cùng Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng An-Giang và Trưởng Ty, Sở hoạch định chương trình kiến thiết nông thôn theo tinh thần Hội Nghị HONOLULU. Tại xã Trung-An, Thốt-Nốt và Hòa-Bình-Thạnh, Châu-Thành, Thiếu Tướng Ủy Viên và Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng An-Giang thân mật hỏi han đồng bào các giới về đời sống của họ. Giáo dục tại thôn ấp được Thiếu Tướng Ủy Viên chú trọng đặc biệt. SP-1031 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` RELENTLESS EFFORTS OF THE RURAL CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY Major General Nguyen-Duc-Thang, Commissioner for Rural Construction, personally went into the hamlets and villages in An-Giang to learn about the life of the compatriots so that the rural construction programme would better fit local aspirations and needs. The Major General Commissioner presents the War Cabinet's efforts on rural construction and, together with the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief of An-Giang and the heads of the service and department, plans the rural construction programme in the spirit of the HONOLULU Conference. At Trung-An village, Thot-Not, and Hoa-Binh-Thanh, Chau-Thanh, the Major General Commissioner and the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief of An-Giang cordially asked the compatriots of all circles about their lives. Education in the hamlets and villages receives the Major General Commissioner's special attention. SP-1031 ``` [← Cán bộ XDNT tại Bình Long giúp đỡ đồng bào tái tạo một ngày mai tươi sáng (Revolutionary Development Cadres Help the People of Binh Long)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rd-cadres-help-binh-long-1966/) [Gia-Định với vấn đề định-cư đồng-bào tỵ nạn Cộng-Sản (The Resettlement of Refugees in Gia Dinh Province) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/resettlement-refugees-gia-dinh-1966/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Clay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three temples](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cylinder-nabonidus-ehulhul-inscription-555bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ishtar-gate-panel-striding-lion-nebuchadnezzar-ii-604bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Limestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at Herakleopolis](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jubilee-relief-ramesses-ii-herakleopolis-met-05-4-256/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). 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