Tay Ninh Countryside Today photo poster (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
A Vietnamese photo poster headed 'Tay-Ninh countryside today', with an arc of twelve photographs of school buildings and pupils and a printed Education tally. The text lists 38 schools with 277 classrooms (13,850,000 piastres), 248 classrooms repaired, 71 latrines, 42 wells, 198 education committees, and a total of 16,677,000 piastres. The tell is card-stacking: figures for building and spending are given without baselines, costs to residents or other conditions in the province.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 22, 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 22, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949329, 306-PPB-403).
Text on the object
TÂY-NINH nông thôn ngày nay GIÁO DỤC 38 Ngôi trường gồm 277 phòng học xây cất bằng gạch, lợp ngói hoặc Tole, trị giá 13.850.000$00. 248 Phòng học sửa chữa lại, trị giá 2.480.000$00. 71 Nhà vệ sinh cho các trường, 42 giếng nước cho các trường, 5 phòng để xe cho học sinh: 347.000$00. 198 Uỷ viên giáo dục đã đào tạo để cung ứng cho các trường. Trị giá chung: 16.677.000$00 [Photo signs:] TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC TRƯỜNG HÒA; TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC HIỆP ĐỊNH; TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC PHƯỚC-CỌC; 1964
TAY-NINH countryside today. EDUCATION. 38 schools comprising 277 classrooms built of brick, roofed with tile or sheet metal, worth 13,850,000 piastres. 248 classrooms repaired, worth 2,480,000 piastres. 71 latrines for the schools, 42 wells for the schools, 5 bicycle sheds for pupils: 347,000 piastres. 198 education committee members trained to supply the schools. Total value: 16,677,000 piastres. [Photo signs: Truong Hoa primary school; Hiep Dinh primary school; Phuoc-Coc primary school; 1964.]
