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Relentless Efforts of the Rural Construction Ministry, 1966 US poster: A horizontal photo-sheet (code SP-1031) headed

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

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Date
1966
Period
Cold War
Made by
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, for the South Vietnamese Government
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. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-7-1031.

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

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