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title: 'Việt-Minh cõng rắn cắn gà nhà (The Viet Minh carry the snake to bite the home chicken) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Army Stops Snake)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/viet-army-stops-snake-vietnamese-1953/
description: A Vietnamese cartoon poster. A white rooster stands on a yellow map of Vietnam beside the silhouette of a helmeted soldier whose gun points at a dark
section: Collection
---

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# Việt-Minh cõng rắn cắn gà nhà (The Viet Minh carry the snake to bite the home chicken) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Army Stops Snake)

A Vietnamese cartoon poster. A white rooster stands on a yellow map of Vietnam beside the silhouette of a helmeted soldier whose gun points at a dark snake. The snake coils round a worried man in a red cap with a star, who bends forward. The text credits the National Army with blocking the snake, and the red headline charges the Viet Minh with bringing the snake to bite the home chicken. The tell is name-calling by animal caricature, using a Vietnamese idiom for inviting in an outside enemy.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Chính nhờ
Quân-đội Quốc-gia
Cản đường
cõng rắn cắn gà Việt-nam

VIỆT-MINH CÕNG RẮN CẮN GÀ NHÀ
```

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

```
It is thanks to the National Army
that the way is blocked for
carrying the snake to bite the Vietnamese chicken

THE VIET MINH CARRY THE SNAKE TO BITE THE HOME CHICKEN
```

Machine translation, not verified by a fluent reader. The word 'cõng' is printed partly over the map edge in the body text; the headline uses the same phrase.

[← The Voice of Bataan: 11th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan, 9 April 1953 (English poster distributed in the Philippines)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/voice-of-bataan-9-april-1953-philippines/) [သူတို့၏ လွတ်လပ်မှုသည် အဘိုးတန်၏ (Their freedom is precious) (Burmese poster distributed in Burma) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/their-freedom-is-precious-burmese-1953/)

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