In Vietnam, propaganda lives on


“Young generation of Vietnam, study and follow the moral example of Ho Chi Minh!” – propaganda posters line the streets of Hanoi before and after every big national event. (Photo: Do Khuong Duy

chanelnewsasia_HANOI: For weeks in January, an imposing bright red poster of Uncle Ho in silhouette dominated the streets around the National Convention Centre west of the Vietnamese capital. As the city’s frenetic motorbike traffic whizzed by, the poster’s technicolour trail of faces and flowers called on the young to “study and follow the moral example” of Vietnam’s revolutionary leader, Ho Chi Minh.

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