
Until the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, South Vietnam used a yellow flag with three red stripes. The flag was modified on 30 November 1955 to make the rays of the star pointier. The DRV became the government of North Vietnam in 1954 following the Geneva Accords. 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. The flag was used by the Viet Minh, a communist-led organization created in 1941 to oppose Japanese occupation. The golden star represents the five main classes in Vietnamese society - intellectuals, farmers, workers, entrepreneurs, and soldiers. The red background symbolizes revolution and bloodshed. 'flag of the Fatherland'), was designed in 1940 and used during an uprising against the French in southern Vietnam that year. 'red flag with a golden star' ) and also cờ Tổ quốc ( lit. 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), locally recognized as cờ đỏ sao vàng ( lit. Vietnam People's Navy, with the influence from the naval ensign of the Soviet Navy Cờ đỏ sao vàng ("red flag with a golden star")Ģ3 November 1940 82 years ago ( ) (Cochinchina uprising)Ģ September 1945 77 years ago ( ) ( Democratic Republic of Vietnam)ġ955 68 years ago ( 1955) (current version)ġ976 47 years ago ( 1976) ( reunified Socialist Republic of Vietnam)Ī large yellow star centered on a red field.Ī golden star centered on a red field, and yellow words Quyết thắng (Determining to win) in the upper canton.ĭesign is a variant of the flag of Vietnamįlag of the Vietnam People's Public SecurityĪ 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.Ī 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.
