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title: Vietnam Is Not Alone poster, No. 384 (Vietnamese, Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vietnam-not-alone-new-zealand-bridge-vietnamese-1964/
description: A Vietnamese photo-layout poster headed 'Vietnam does not fight alone'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
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[![Vietnam Is Not Alone poster, No. 384, 1964 US poster: A Vietnamese photo-layout poster headed 'Vietnam does not fight alone'.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/vietnam-not-alone-new-zealand-bridge-vietnamese-1964.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/vietnam-not-alone-new-zealand-bridge-vietnamese-1964.jpg)

# Vietnam Is Not Alone poster, No. 384 (Vietnamese, Saigon)

A Vietnamese photo-layout poster headed 'Vietnam does not fight alone'. Photographs show New Zealand army engineers and local workers assembling a replacement bridge for a Binh Duong public-works company. The text lists Philippines, India, Taiwan, West Germany, Australia and New Zealand as helpers and urges readers to join the army against the Viet Cong. The tell is bandwagon: the number of supporting nations is the argument.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
VIỆT NAM KHÔNG CHIẾN ĐẤU LẺ LOI

TRUNG ÚY TÂN TÂY LAN J. O'BRIEN BÀN VỚI ÔNG PHẠM VĂN BA ĐỐC CÔNG TY CÔNG CHÁNH BÌNH DƯƠNG VỀ CÔNG CUỘC THAY CẦU.

HỌ RÁP CẦU VỚI KỸ THUẬT TÂN KỲ VÀ PHƯƠNG PHÁP MỚI.

MỘT NỬA CHIẾC CẦU MỚI ĐANG ĐƯỢC ĐẨY LÊN CHÂN CẦU

TRONG CÔNG CUỘC CHIẾN ĐẤU CHỐNG CỘNG VÀ BẢO VỆ TỰ DO DÂN CHỦ, NHÂN DÂN VIỆT NAM CỘNG HÒA KHÔNG CHIẾN ĐẤU LẺ LOI VÌ ĐÃ ĐƯỢC NHIỀU QUỐC GIA TRÊN THẾ GIỚI GIÚP ĐỠ VỀ MỌI PHƯƠNG DIỆN. NGOÀI NHỮNG QUỐC GIA VẪN TÍCH CỰC GIÚP ĐỠ CHÚNG TA TỪ BAO LÂU NAY NHƯ PHI-LUẬT-TÂN, ẤN-ĐỘ, ĐÀI-LOAN, TÂY ĐỨC, ÚC-CHÂU V.V ..., MỚI ĐÂY TÂN-TÂY-LAN ĐÃ GỞI PHÁI ĐOÀN CÔNG BINH TỚI GIÚP ĐỠ VIỆT NAM DUY TRÌ VÀ MỞ MANG HỆ THỐNG ĐƯỜNG XÁ ĐỂ NHÂN DÂN TA DÀNH TOÀN THỂ NĂNG LỰC VÀ GIA NHẬP QUÂN ĐỘI CHIẾN ĐẤU CHỐNG VIỆT CỘNG. TRONG KHI CHÚNG TA CƯƠNG QUYẾT DIỆT CỘNG, CÁC QUỐC GIA BẠN GIÚP ĐỠ CHÚNG TA CÓ MỘT ĐỜI SỐNG KHẢ QUAN HƠN, VÀ MỘT NỀN KINH TẾ TỐT ĐẸP HƠN.

ĐOÀN CÔNG BINH TÂN TÂY LAN GIÚP TY CÔNG CHÁNH BÌNH DƯƠNG THAY CHIẾC CẦU RẠCH TRẦU CŨ BẰNG MỘT CHIẾC CẦU MỚI.

ĐOÀN CÔNG BINH TÂN TÂY LAN HOÀN TẤT CHIẾC CẦU TRONG VÒNG CÓ BẢY NGÀY.

TÌNH THÂN HỮU GIỮA NGƯỜI VIỆT VÀ NGƯỜI TÂN TÂY LAN NẨY NỞ KHĂNG KHÍT QUA NHỮNG CỬ CHỈ TƯƠNG TRỢ NHƯ TRONG HÌNH NÀY.
```

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

```
VIETNAM DOES NOT FIGHT ALONE

New Zealand Lieutenant J. O'Brien discusses the bridge replacement with Mr Pham Van Ba, director of the Binh Duong public-works company.

They assemble the bridge with new techniques and methods.

Half of the new bridge is being pushed out onto the pier.

In the struggle against communism and to defend democratic freedom, the people of the Republic of Vietnam do not fight alone, because many countries in the world have helped in every respect. Besides the countries that have long actively helped us, such as the Philippines, India, Taiwan, West Germany, Australia etc., New Zealand has recently sent an engineer detachment to help Vietnam maintain and expand the road system so that our people can devote all their energy and join the army fighting the Viet Cong. While we are determined to destroy communism, friendly countries help us have a more favourable life and a better economy.

The New Zealand engineer detachment helps the Binh Duong public-works office replace the old Rach Trau bridge with a new one.

The New Zealand engineers finish the bridge within seven days.

Friendship between Vietnamese and New Zealanders blossoms through mutual-help gestures like those in this picture.
```

No imprint is printed; the ellipsis after 'V.V' is in the original.

[← Trabajamos con la Alianza para el Progreso poster (Spanish poster distributed in Mexico City)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/trabajamos-con-la-alianza-poster-spanish-1964/) [Tiếng Gọi Chiêu Hồi poster, PPB-365: Choose Freedom (Vietnamese, Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/choose-freedom-chieu-hoi-ppb-365-vietnamese-saigon-1964/)

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