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title: Self-Help Project Brings Prosperity to Vinh Quang Hamlet
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/self-help-project-brings-prosperity-to-vinh-quang-hamlet-1965-1969/
description: A vertical photo-sheet (code SP-1453) says villagers of Vinh Quang hamlet repaired a sea dike, contributing 113,700 workdays and 17,500 cubic metres
section: Collection
---

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# Self-Help Project Brings Prosperity to Vinh Quang Hamlet

A vertical photo-sheet (code SP-1453) says villagers of Vinh Quang hamlet repaired a sea dike, contributing 113,700 workdays and 17,500 cubic metres of earth, so that 400 tonnes of rice can be harvested this year. Photographs show a line of workers in the water along the dike, villagers and a man in Western dress walking the finished dike, and a planned market site. A before-and-after account with specific figures is told entirely from the sponsoring side, and the Viet Cong are named as the party whose control let the dike fall into disrepair.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

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

```
CHƯƠNG TRÌNH TỰ TÚC ĐEM LẠI THỊNH VƯỢNG CHO ẤP VINH QUANG

KHI VIỆT CỘNG ĐẶC ÁCH KIỂM SOÁT CÁC LÀNG DỌC THEO VỊNH QUI NHƠN TỈNH BÌNH ĐỊNH THÌ CON ĐÊ GIỮ NHỮNG RUỘNG LÚA KHỎI NƯỚC BIỂN TRÀN VÀO ĐÃ BỊ HƯ HỎNG VÌ KHÔNG AI SĂN SÓC. KHI CHÍNH QUYỀN TRỞ LẠI THIẾT LẬP TRẬT TỰ THÌ NƯỚC BIỂN ĐÃ LÀM LỞ NHIỀU KHÚC ĐÊ VÀ LÀM HƯ RUỘNG. CÁC CÁN BỘ XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN ĐÃ THẢO LUẬN VỚI DÂN CHÚNG VÀ DÂN CHÚNG ĐÃ ĐỒNG Ý BẮT TAY VÀO DỰ ÁN SỬA CHỮA CON ĐÊ. ẤP VINH QUANG ĐÃ LÃNH PHẦN ĐẮP MỘT KHÚC ĐÊ GỒM 6 CÂY SỐ TRONG SỐ 20 CÂY SỐ ĐÊ. TRẢI NĂM TUẦN LỄ LÀM VIỆC CỰC NHỌC, DÂN CHÚNG ĐÃ GÓP 113.700 NHÂN CÔNG ĐỂ ĐEM 17.500 THƯỚC KHỐI ĐẤT TỪ NHỮNG VÙNG SÌNH LẦY BÊN KIA SÔNG VỀ ĐẮP ĐÊ. ĐÊ ĐÃ ĐƯỢC SỬA CHỮA VÀ RUỘNG GIỜ LẠI CÓ THỂ CÀY CẤY. ĐỐI VỚI NHÂN DÂN ẤP VINH QUANG ĐÂY CÓ NGHĨA LÀ NĂM NAY HỌ SẼ GẶT ĐƯỢC 400 TẤN LÚA VÀ SANG NĂM CÓ LẼ SẼ GẶT ĐƯỢC GẤP ĐÔI KHI RUỘNG HOÀN TOÀN KHÔNG CÒN BỊ ẢNH HƯỞNG VÌ NƯỚC MẶN.

DÂN CHÚNG ẤP VINH QUANG HÃNH DIỆN NHÌN CON ĐÊ HOÀN THÀNH.

MỘT DỰ ÁN KHÁC ĐANG TIẾP TỤC THỰC HIỆN: SAU KHI ĐÊ HOÀN TẤT DÂN CHÚNG ẤP VINH QUANG KHỞI SỰ XÂY MỘT NGÔI CHỢ.

SP-1453
```

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

```
SELF-HELP PROGRAMME BRINGS PROSPERITY TO VINH QUANG HAMLET

When the Viet Cong were in control of the villages along Qui Nhon Bay in Binh Dinh province, the dike that kept sea water out of the rice fields was damaged because nobody looked after it. When the government returned to establish order, the sea water had already broken many sections of the dike and ruined fields. Rural Construction cadres discussed with the people, and the people agreed to take up a project to repair the dike. Vinh Quang hamlet took on the task of building a section of 6 kilometre-markers out of the dike's 20 markers. Over five weeks of extremely hard work the people contributed 113,700 workdays to bring 17,500 cubic metres of earth from the swampy areas across the river to build up the dike. The dike has been repaired and the fields can again be ploughed and planted. For the people of Vinh Quang hamlet this means that this year they will harvest 400 tonnes of rice, and next year perhaps double that when the fields are completely free of the effects of salt water.

The people of Vinh Quang hamlet proudly look at the finished dike.

Another project is under way: after the dike is finished, the people of Vinh Quang hamlet have started building a market.

SP-1453
```

[← A Safe and Easy Way Back to the Just Cause (River and Coast Chieu Hoi Poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/safe-easy-way-back-to-the-just-cause-river-coast-1965-1969/) [Self Sufficiency →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/self-sufficiency-1965-1969/)

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