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The national flag of Vietnam, formally the National Flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc kỳ nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam),[1][2] locally recognized as cờ đỏ sao vàng (lit. 'red flag with a golden star'[lower-alpha 1]) or cờ Tổ quốc (lit. 'flag of the Fatherland'), was designed in 1940 and used during an uprising against the French in southern Vietnam that year.[3] The red background symbolizes revolution and bloodshed. The golden star represents the five main classes in Vietnamese society—intellectuals, farmers, workers, entrepreneurs, and soldiers.[4]
Cờ đỏ sao vàng ("red flag with a golden star") Cờ Tổ quốc ("flag of the Fatherland") | |
Use | Civil and state flag |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 23 November 1940; 83 years ago (1940-11-23) (Cochinchina uprising) 2 September 1945; 78 years ago (1945-09-02) (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) 1955; 69 years ago (1955) (current version) 1976; 48 years ago (1976) (reunified Socialist Republic of Vietnam) |
Design | A large yellow star centered on a red field. |
Designed by | Nguyễn Hữu Tiến (disputed) |
Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam | |
Use | War flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Design | A golden star centered on a red field, and yellow words Quyết thắng (Determining to win) in the upper canton. |
Designed by | Design is a variant of the flag of Vietnam |
Flag of the Vietnam People's Public Security | |
Use | Police flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Design | A golden star centered on a red field, and yellow motto Bảo vệ an ninh Tổ quốc (Protecting the security of the Fatherland) in the upper canton. |
Designed by | Design is a variant of the flag of Vietnam |
Ensign of the Vietnam People's Navy | |
Use | Naval ensign |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 15 January 2014 |
Design | A white flag with an emblem referring the Vietnam People's Navy in the top with the red label Hải quân Việt Nam (Navy of Vietnam) and a blue strip below. |
Designed by | Vietnam People's Navy, with the influence from the naval ensign of the Soviet Navy |
The flag was used by the Viet Minh, a communist-led organization created in 1941 to oppose Japanese occupation. At the end of World War II, Viet Minh leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam independent and signed a decree on 5 September 1945 adopting the Viet Minh flag as the flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.[5] The DRV became the government of North Vietnam in 1954 following the Geneva Accords. The flag was modified on 30 November 1955 to make the points of the star straighter.[6] Until the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, South Vietnam used a yellow flag with three red stripes. The red flag of North Vietnam was later adopted as the flag of the unified Vietnam in 1976.[7] The flag of Vietnam is the only flag amongst ASEAN that does not contain the colour white, with red and yellow/gold being its historical national colours.[8]