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title: Tiến bộ (Progress)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tien-bo-progress-rural-construction-1965-1969/
description: A photographic sheet (code SP-1841) pairs four before-and-after views of rural works, such as dykes, a reservoir and a sluice.
section: Collection
---

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[![Tiến bộ, 1965 US poster: A photographic sheet (code SP-1841) pairs four before-and-after views of rural works, such as dykes](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tien-bo-progress-rural-construction-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tien-bo-progress-rural-construction-1965-1969.jpg)

# Tiến bộ (Progress)

A photographic sheet (code SP-1841) pairs four before-and-after views of rural works, such as dykes, a reservoir and a sluice, under the headline 'Progress'. The text credits the people's 'enthusiastic support' for the rural construction programme and promises lasting peace, economic progress and national unity. The before-and-after pairing is selective by design; the sheet does not say where the sites are or how many works were not built.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
TIẾN BỘ

[banner in photograph, partly legible:] VỊ TRÍ XÂY NÓNG CẦU NHAN BIỂU
[plaque in photograph:] [illegible]

SỰ ỦNG HỘ NỒNG NHIỆT CỦA NHÂN DÂN ĐỐI VỚI CHƯƠNG TRÌNH XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN ĐÃ MANG LẠI NHỮNG THÀNH QUẢ VÔ CÙNG TỐT ĐẸP. NHƯNG THÀNH QUẢ NÀY SẼ ĐEM LẠI CHO NHÂN DÂN NỀN HÒA BÌNH TRƯỜNG CỬU, SỰ TIẾN TRIỂN VỀ KINH TẾ VÀ TÌNH ĐOÀN KẾT QUỐC GIA.

BÊN ĐÂY LÀ CÁC BỨC TRANH ĐỐI CHIẾU HAI CẢNH CŨ VÀ MỚI CỦA NÔNG THÔN, ĐIỂN HÌNH CHO CÔNG TÁC X.D.N.T. ĐANG ĐƯỢC ĐẨY MẠNH TRÊN KHẮP LÃNH THỔ VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA, CHỨNG TỎ SỰ HƯỞNG ỨNG NỒNG NHIỆT CỦA DÂN CHÚNG TRÊN ĐƯỜNG XÂY DỰNG MỘT NGÀY MAI TƯƠI SÁNG.

ẤP ĐỜI MỚI: NIỀM TIN TƯỞNG MỚI.

SP-1841
```

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

```
PROGRESS

[banner in photograph, partly legible:] [partly illegible; apparently a site marker for a bridge or sluice]
[plaque in photograph:] [illegible]

The people's enthusiastic support for the rural construction programme has brought extremely fine results. These results will bring the people lasting peace, economic progress and national solidarity.

Here are comparison pictures of two scenes, old and new, of the countryside, typical of the rural construction work being pushed ahead across the territory of the Republic of Vietnam, showing the people's enthusiastic response on the road to building a bright tomorrow.

NEW LIFE HAMLET: NEW FAITH.

SP-1841
```

[← Thừa-Thiên diệt Cộng (Thua Thien Destroys the Viet Cong, From January 1, 1965 to November 20, 1965)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thua-thien-destroys-the-viet-cong-1965/) [Tiểu đoàn D-303 Việt Cộng bị ô danh trong cuộc tấn công lực lượng tự vệ ấp Tân Sinh (D-303 Battalion Loses Reputation in Futile Attempt to Overcome Hamley Defenses) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tieu-doan-d-303-viet-cong-bi-o-danh-ap-tan-sinh-buon-dlung-1965-1969/)

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