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title: The Rural Areas of Kien Hoa To-Day
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description: A horizontal sheet (code SP-1343) headed 'Kien Hoa countryside today' sets out how self-help rural projects are approved and funded.
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# The Rural Areas of Kien Hoa To-Day

A horizontal sheet (code SP-1343) headed 'Kien Hoa countryside today' sets out how self-help rural projects are approved and funded, then gives a table of completed and in-progress works up to 30 June 1966: 45 schools, 3 dispensaries, 12 bridges, 125 information posts and others, with an icon for each. A colour map of the province's districts and roads sits beside it. The sheet persuades by tally, with a list of totals and no figures for losses, cost or anything not built.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

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

```
NÔNG THÔN KIẾN-HÒA NGÀY NAY

THỂ THỨC THỰC HIỆN
1) DỰ ÁN TỰ TÚC :
— NHÂN DÂN ẤP, XÃ BÌNH NGHỊ THIẾT LẬP DỰ ÁN.
— CHÍNH QUYỀN QUẬN CỨU XÉT CHUYỂN ĐỀ NGHỊ VỀ TỈNH.
— SAU KHI CHẤP THUẬN H.Đ.X.D.N.T. TỈNH CẤP PHÁT NGÂN KHOẢN VÀ VẬT LIỆU ĐỂ DÂN CHÚNG ẤP, XÃ CÙNG GÓP CÔNG THỰC HIỆN SỰ GIÚP ĐỠ KỸ THUẬT CỦA CHÍNH QUYỀN.
2) TRANG BỊ KỸ THUẬT :
— NGOÀI RA, TÙY NHU CẦU, H.Đ.X.D.N.T. TỈNH CÒN CẤP PHÁT HOẶC CHO MƯỢN HOẶC BÁN TRẢ GÓP CÁC PHƯƠNG TIỆN KỸ THUẬT CẦN THIẾT TẠO ĐIỀU KIỆN CHO DÂN CHÚNG ĐỂ CẢI TIẾN NGHỀ NGHIỆP HẦU TĂNG GIA SẢN XUẤT.

SONG SONG VỚI CÔNG TÁC DIỆT CÔNG, DÂN QUÂN KIẾN HÒA QUYẾT ĐẨY MẠNH NỖ LỰC XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN ĐỂ MỖI XÃ, ẤP ĐỀU CÓ ĐỦ CÁC TIỆN NGHI TỐI THIỂU VỀ Y TẾ, GIÁO DỤC, XÃ HỘI ...
ĐÂY LÀ THÀNH QUẢ CÔNG TÁC ĐÃ THỰC HIỆN ĐƯỢC TÍNH ĐẾN 30-6-1966.

TRÊN 200.000 DÂN TRONG CÁC ATS VÀ CÁC VÙNG AN NINH TRONG TỈNH ĐANG ĐƯỢC HƯỞNG CÁC TIỆN NGHI NÀY:

HOÀN THÀNH / ĐANG LÀM
Trường học ... 45 / 22
Trạm y tế ... 3 / 1
Giếng nước ... 4 / 1
Cầu ... 12 / 8
Hệ thống điện ... 7
Hệ thống nước máy ... 5
Chợ ... 8 / 6
Nhà bảo sanh ... 4 / 1
Ống cống ... 4
Cơ sở xã hội từ thiện ... 14
Cơ sở thông tin ... 125
Ao nuôi cá ... 110
Lúa giống ... 104;800
Heo nuôi rẻ ... 214 con
Hồ nước ngọt ... 4

[map labels:] B; QUẬN TRÚC GIANG; QUẬN HÀM LONG; QUẬN ĐÔN NHƠN; QUẬN BÌNH ĐẠI; QUẬN GIỒNG TRÔM; QUẬN MỎ CÀY; QUẬN BA TRI; QUẬN HƯƠNG MỸ; QUẬN THẠNH PHÚ; NAM HẢI

SP-1343
```

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

```
KIEN-HOA COUNTRYSIDE TO-DAY

METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION
1) SELF-HELP PROJECTS:
— The people of the hamlet and village deliberate and set up the project.
— The district government examines it and forwards the proposal to the province.
— After approval, the provincial Rural Construction Council allocates funds and materials so that the people of the hamlet and village contribute labour, with the government's technical help.
2) TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT:
— In addition, according to need, the provincial Rural Construction Council also allocates, lends or sells on instalments the technical means needed to enable the people to improve their trades so as to increase production.

Alongside the work of destroying the Communists, the Kien Hoa militia are determined to push forward efforts to build the countryside so that every village and hamlet has the minimum amenities in health, education and social welfare ...
This is the result of the work accomplished up to 30-6-1966.

OVER 200,000 PEOPLE IN THE NEW-LIFE HAMLETS AND SECURITY AREAS OF THE PROVINCE ARE ENJOYING THESE AMENITIES:

COMPLETED / UNDER WAY
Schools ... 45 / 22
Dispensaries ... 3 / 1
Wells ... 4 / 1
Bridges ... 12 / 8
Electric systems ... 7
Piped water systems ... 5
Markets ... 8 / 6
Maternity homes ... 4 / 1
Culverts ... 4
Charitable social establishments ... 14
Information posts ... 125
Fish ponds ... 110
Seed rice ... 104,800
Pigs raised cheaply ... 214 head
Fresh-water reservoirs ... 4

[map labels:] N; TRUC GIANG DISTRICT; HAM LONG DISTRICT; DON NHON DISTRICT; BINH DAI DISTRICT; GIONG TROM DISTRICT; MO CAY DISTRICT; BA TRI DISTRICT; HUONG MY DISTRICT; THANH PHU DISTRICT; SOUTH SEA (East Sea)

SP-1343
```

Table rows are read as a list; the original is a two-column table with icons. The seed-rice quantity is printed '104;800' (read here as 104,800) and its unit is not printed. The translation of NAM HẢI as 'South Sea' is literal; the sheet gives no gloss.

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