To celebrate our first year online we’ve decided to run a little competition. We’re quite curious to see how you display your posters at home so we’re calling for your snapshots! Pretty simple, and great prizes for the winners. THE PRIZES 1st Prize 3 small posters (of your choice) OR 1 large poster (of your choice) 2nd [...]
04
May
Photo Essay: North Korean Propaganda Posters
Source: The California Literary Review by Paul Comstock “When provoking a war of aggression, we will hit back, beginning with the US!”
23
Aug
3 New Propaganda Posters Added. Hurrah!
Vietnam Home Country Can Become Glorious Click for more info Be Resolved to Win Enemy US Pilots Click for more info Ardently Vote for Vietnam United National Assembly Click for more info
21
Aug
The Magnitude of August Revolution
Sixty-five years have passed since the success of the August Revolution in 1945.
05
Aug
More New Vietnamese Propaganda Art in Our Store!
We added two new Propaganda Posters to our Store: “The Dien Bien Phu Spirit is Invincible” is Invincible (left) and “Peace Will Absolutely Win” (right). “Peace Will Absolutely Win” is available in 3 sizes: standard, medium and large (please check out our products page for prices and specs).
22
Jul
Americans Saved Ho Chi Minh’s Life
Source: The American Spectator By George H. Wittman On July 16, 1945, sixty-five years ago today, an advance team of one American OSS officer with two enlisted men jumped into a previously prepared landing zone outside of Trang Quang, near the small village of Kim Lung in the part of northern Vietnam known as Tonkin. [...]
14
Jul
HIV/AIDS Prevention Propaganda Poster Contest Launched
Source: VietnamNet A propaganda poster contest for HIV/AIDS prevention among young people has been launched recently in Hanoi. The contest aims to promote the information about HIV/ AIDS and raise young people’s awareness of effective ways to prevent this epidemic disease. The contest is open to all professional and amateur Vietnamese artists at home and [...]
07
Jul
Showcase of Propaganda
Source: Smashing Magazine/Flickr The showcase We Love Propaganda is full of colorful creations, with a lot of polarizing political perspectives. In its most basic sense, propaganda presents information that is primarily meant to influence an audience. No surprise, then, that this kind of public relations comes with some rather expressive graphic design and typography. Depending [...]
30
Jun
Medium & Large Format Posters Now in Store
We are happy to report that we now have 8 of our more popular propaganda and vintage war posters in medium and large size formats (as well as the standard small size). Follow the links below for more detail on sizes and prices. They’ll look great on your wall! Vietnamese People Will Certainly Get Victory [...]
27
Jun
Activists launch leaflets into North Korea
Source: AFP/Seoul Anti-North Korea protesters release balloons carrying leaflets toward the North at Baekma Goji battlefield near the demilitarized zone in Cheorwon, about 77km northeast of Seoul yesterday South Korean and Japanese activists launched tens of thousands of propaganda leaflets into North Korea yesterday, amid high cross-border tensions, witnesses said. About 100 South Korean and [...]
10
Jun
New Vietnamese Propaganda Art In Store!
We’ve added three new Vietnamese Propaganda Art posters to our online store. Check them out!
08
Jun
Propaganda Now, Redux
Source: Thanh Nien Online Old propaganda posters still move viewers with their tales of woe and uplift during the war year. In a small house on Cua Nam Street, Hanoi artist Tran Mai has been diligently painting propaganda posters for more than 40 years. Though he never went to art school, his passion for painting [...]
24
May
Images of Female Viet Cong Soldiers
An excellent collection of photographs of the women who fought during the War in Vietnam can be found here. Source: Firebasenam.
22
May
Vietnamese Women’s Museum Propaganda Poster Collection
Vietnamese propaganda posters were created in accordance with socialist realist ideology to show images of the hard working, productive and war-time fighting lives of Vietnamese people. The posters encouraged Vietnamese people to actively participate in building and protecting the nation. The Vietnamese Women’s Museum collection includes more than 300 posters from 1954 to 2009. In [...]
14
May
Charlie don’t surf – at least not on “China Beach.”
Vietnam bans hotels from promoting ‘China Beach’ By TRAN VAN MINH Associated Press Writer Vietnamese authorities have banned a resort located on the country’s most famous strip of white sand from using the nickname given by American servicemen who frolicked there on leave during the Vietnam War. The order comes amid tensions with neighboring China [...]
29
Apr
April 30 1975, Liberation Day
This spring Vietnam is jubilantly commemorating 35 years since the Great Spring Victory on April 30, liberating the South and unifying the country. Read More at the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.
05
Apr
New Vietnamese Propaganda Art in Store
Happy Easter everyone, we hope you all had a relaxing break. We have just returned from a short break ourselves… and to celebrate our return we have added 2 new pieces to our range of posters. “For the Peace, Against the Nuclear War” and “Untitled” (pictured left). To view these new posters please visit our [...]
24
Mar
We’re Taking a Break » No Shipping Until Monday 5 April
Vietnam Propaganda Art will be temporarily closing down while we take a short trip abroad. As a result, no orders will be shipped until our return on Monday 5 April, 2010. From then on, it’s business as usual. If you have any enquiries forward them to info@vnpropaganda.com and we’ll get back to you first thing [...]
