The Republic of Vietnam Helps Refugees

A Vietnamese-language poster headed 'The Government of the Republic of Vietnam helps compatriots fleeing from the Communists' shows a maroon silhouette of a man with a sack, a woman carrying a baby and a bag, and a child running past a tree. The text lists three kinds of aid from the Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and Relief and says hamlet and village officials can help claim them. It is mainly informational and names no cause of displacement other than the Communists.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folksCard stacking

Date

1965

Period

Cold War

Made by

Government of the Republic of Vietnam (Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and Relief), issued through the U.S.-South Vietnamese poster programme (sheet code 3038)

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Johnson Administration

Leader

Lyndon B. Johnson

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Themes

Migration, Home front

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
Government of the Republic of Vietnam. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-7-3038.

CHÍNH PHỦ VIỆT NAM CỘNG HÒA
GIÚP ĐỠ ĐỒNG BÀO TỴ NẠN CỘNG SẢN

Gia đình các đồng bào tỵ nạn có thể được Bộ Y Tế, Xã Hội và Cứu Trợ giúp đỡ.
a. Tiền cứu trợ tạm thời
b. Tiền trợ cấp định cư
c. Tiền bồi hoàn thiệt hại
Đồng bào tỵ nạn có thể nhờ các Trưởng Ấp, Chủ Tịch Hội Đồng Xã hoặc các viên chức Quận giúp đỡ để nhận những số tiền trợ cấp trên.

3038

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
HELPS COMPATRIOTS WHO HAVE FLED THE COMMUNISTS [literally: taken refuge from Communism]

The families of refugee compatriots may be helped by the Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and Relief.
a. Temporary relief money
b. Resettlement allowance
c. Compensation for damages
Refugee compatriots can ask Hamlet Chiefs, Village Council Chairmen or District officials to help them receive the above sums of aid.

3038