Hi all,
I was wondering what 'Hynos' is, I found a picture on the net and I was thinking of using it in a Vietnam diorama. It looks like some sort of paste/creme (toothpaste maybe???)



Thanks very much for your help

Mark

You got it right Mark : Hynos is a toothpaste brand according to what is written in french on the box : "pate dentifrice" means toothpaste in french.
I've just done a Google search using the words "Hynos" and "dentifrice" and the only usable result I got is a extract from a novel (?) that takes place in....Vietnam

HTH
Frenchy

Hi Mark it must be a similar brand sold under many names because when I lived on cyprus in the early seventies the big toothpaste that you saw advertised everywhere was Kolynos. Long gone I am afraid.

John

Hynos is a toothpast which was made in Vietnam until the end of the Vietnam war. Google "Hynos toothpaste" and you will get some more information.

Erik

Thanks very much for your replies guys! I will see if I can find some more info on Hynos.

Thanks again

Mark

If you watch Full Metal Jacket the first Vietnam scene has a huge billboard advert in the background, always wondered what it was for.

Nothing reminds me of Viet Nam more than the Hynos billboard. When I saw it in Full Metal Jacket it felt like comming home (one of my homes). I spent a total of 18 months there during 1962-1964. I saw that billboard many, many times while I was there. I always thought it was a french toothpaste. They had so many products there. I don't think it was Vietnamese. They had only one automated factory in the country while I was there and it manufactured beer bottles. Thanks for the memories.