North Vietnam propaganda.

This is from the cover of a magazine called “Liberation Literature and Arts.” What a great image!! But 1) I can’t understand what she is carrying, and 2) I don’t get the last line. I think it’s “ái vĩ ta.” Before that it says “Advance to complete victory.”

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  1. Le Chi Khai

    a(‘t ve^` ta. You need to go to high school in Vietnam to guess it right :)))
    She’s holding a bazooka?

    1. leminhkhai

      “at ve ta” – literally “will definitely return to us,” so “[victory] will definitely be ours” – is that what it’s saying?
      I think he’s got the bazooka (or is that a rocket launcher?). She looks like she’s holding a tree trunk. . .

  2. Le Chi Khai

    I got “she” and “he” confused. I think she’s holding an equipment (radio, maybe?) covered in leaves just like the man’s back. Definitely not a tree trunk :))

  3. Nhị Linh

    🙂 she must carry something for camouflage, I think
    the slogan reads “Advance! Victory will surely be ours”
    I have some numbers of this magazine, this is a “transition magazine” and it has many slogans

    1. leminhkhai

      Ah, that would make more sense.
      What do you mean by a “transition magazine”? Are you translating a term from Vietnamese?

  4. Nhị Linh

    yes, of course, sorry for my poor English, I mean magazines that have been published in transitory periods; Van nghe giai phong didn’t last long, it will be replaced by other more “normal” ones, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone using the term “tạp chí giai đoạn quá độ” anyway
    in this period of transition from war to peace, I’m interested in some magazines or reviews which existed in the South even after the “Advance! Victory will surely be ours” 🙂 such as Đứng dậy (alias Đối diện), the articles just after Avril are simply very interesting historically

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