List of flags of Vietnam facts for kids
The following is a list of flags of Vietnam :
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National flag
For more information, see Flag of Vietnam.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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July 2, 1976 – present | State flag and civil ensign. | A large yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). |
Royal standards
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1778 – 1793 | Flag of Tây Sơn Dynasty (Thái Đức) | Red field with yellow border. | |
1788 – 1802 | Flag of emperors Quang Trung and Quang Toản | Quang Trung Đế kỳ (光中帝旗) or Quang Trung Emperor Standard. Influences: | |
1802 – 1885 | Flag of emperors Gia Long and Tự Đức. This was originally the personal banner of Emperor Gia Long (r. 1802–1820). It was used as a national flag beginning in 1863. | The Long tinh kỳ or Dragon Star Flag. Influences: Yellow is the color of an emperor. ["Emperor" is hoàng đế (皇帝). Hoàng (黃) is Sino-Vietnamese for "yellow".] The color red is connected to "south". | |
1885 – 1890 | Flag of emperor Đồng Khánh | Đại Nam Kỳ (National Flag of the Great South). Đại Nam (大南, great south) was the official name of Vietnam at this time. "大" is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, while "南" is rotated 90 degree clockwise. | |
1890 – 1920 | Flag of emperors Thành Thái, Duy Tân and Khải Định | Dragon Star Flag. Influences: | |
1920 – 1945 | Flag of emperors Khải Định and Bảo Đại | A yellow field with a single red stripe. Referred to as the Long tinh or Dragon Star Flag. Influences: | |
May 8 – August 30, 1945 | Flag of emperor Bảo Đại | A yellow field with a single red stripe. Referred to as the Long tinh or Dragon Spirit Emperor Flag. Influences: | |
1948 – 1955 | The flag of South Vietnam was designed by Lê Văn Đệ in 1948 and was revived by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1948. | A yellow field with three red stripes. The stripes represent the Quẻ Càn, or Qian trigram, also interpreted as representing the three regions of Vietnam (North, Central, and South). Influences: |
Personal standards of the kings
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1788 – 1802 | Standards of emperor Quang Trung | Quang Trung Đế kỳ (光中帝旗) or Quang Trung Emperor Standard. Influences: | |
1821 – 1841 | Standard of emperor Minh Mạng | Yellow field with gold border. Influences: | |
1922 – 1945 | Personal standard of emperors Khải Định and Bảo Đại | Flag ratio : 2:3. Influences: | |
1802 – 1945 | Imperial pennon of Nguyen Dynasty | Influences: | |
1802 – 1945 | Imperial pennon of Nguyen Dynasty | Flag ratio : 1:2. Influences: | |
1948 – 1955 | Personal standard of State Chief Bảo Đại | Flag ratio : 2:3. Influences: |
Governmental standards
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1955 – 1963 | Presidential Standard of the First Vietnamese Republic | Tiết trực tâm hư (2:3). |
Political flags
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Communist Party of Vietnam (1930 -)
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League for the Independence of Vietnam (1941 - 1951)
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National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (1960 - 1977)
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Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces (1968 - 1977)
Military flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1955–present | Flag of Vietnam People's Army | A yellow star centered on a red field, and yellow words "Quyết thắng" (determined to win) in the upper left (2:3). | |
1958–present | Flag of Vietnam Border Defense Force | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). | |
1958–present | Flag of Vietnam Information and Communications Force | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). | |
1959–present | Flag of Vietnam People's Air Force | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). | |
2014–present | Ensign of Vietnam People's Navy | A white flag with emblem of Vietnam People's Navy in its upper canton with a blue strip below (2:3). Influences : | |
1955 - 1975 | War flag | Yellow flag with three stripes, and the emblem of (gold eagle) in the middle (3:4). Influences: | |
1955 - 1975 | Flag of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces | Flag ratio : 3:4. | |
1952 - 1975 | Service flag of the Republic of Vietnam Navy | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
1955 - 1975 | Flag of Vietnam Air Force | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
1968 - 1975 | Flag of Republic of Vietnam Marine Division | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
1955 - 1975 | Flag of Republic of Vietnam National Police | Flag ratio : 2:3. |
Ensigns
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1802 - 1885 | Ensign of the Nguyễn Dynasty | Flag ratio is 3:5. Influences: | |
1923 - 1945, 1945 - 1949 |
Civil and Naval Ensign of French Indochina | A vertical tricolour of blue, white and red on swallow tail yellow ensign. (proportions 1:2). Influences: | |
1868 - 1945 | Naval Ensign of Cochinchina | Influences: | |
1952 - 1975 | Naval Ensign of the State of Vietnam and Republic of Vietnam | Yellow field with three red stripes and an anchor in the middle (2:3). Influences: | |
1956 - 1975 | Flag of Saint Tran | Flag ratio is 2:2. |
Flags of Vietnamese subjects
Provinces
Areas with special status
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1868–1945 | Flag of French Cochinchina | A yellow field with black border. Cochinchina is a precursor of South Vietnam. Influences : | |
1946–1948 | Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina | A yellow field with two white strips and three blue strips. Influences : | |
1888–1889 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sedang | A white cross centered on a blue field. | |
1944–1953 | Flag of the Tai Dón people | A large red square centered on a yellow field (2:3). | |
1946–1950 | Flag of the Montagnard country of South Indochina | Influences : | |
1946–1950 | Flag of Tai Autonomous Territory | Influences : | |
1950–1955 | Flag of Sip Song Chau Tai | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red : One white stripe is between two blue stripes, a red star with 16 rays is in white field. Influences : | |
1947–1954 | Flag of the Tay people | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
1947–1954 | Flag of the Muong people | A large white pentagram centered on a green field (2:3). Influences : | |
? - 1975 | Flag of Khmer Mountain Tribes | A green field with a white star what has 16 rays charged in the left. | |
1964 - 1965 | Flag of Republic of Central Highlands and Champa | Influences : | |
1965 | Flag of Republic of Champa | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
? - ? | Flag of Lahu | Flag ratio : 3:5. | |
1969–1976 | Flag of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. | A yellow star on a red and blue background. Influences: | |
1985 - ? | Flag of Khmer Krom | Rectangular tricolour with three equal-size horizontal bands : the upper one is blue, the middle yellow, and the lower red (3:5). Influences : |
Historical flags
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1702 – 1705 | Flag of Poulo Condor | Prior to the Acts of Union which created the Kingdom of Great Britain, the flag contained the St George's Cross in the canton representing the Kingdom of England. Influences : | |
1771 – 1778 | Flag of Tây Sơn uprising | Red field with yellow border. | |
1887 – 1923 | Flag of French colonial empire | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. | |
? | 1917 | Flag of Empire of Daihung | Five red round-stars centered on a yellow field. |
1923 – March 9, 1945 September 23, 1945 – 1953 |
The "protectorate flag" of French Indochina | French flag canton on a yellow field. Influences: | |
1930 - 1931 | Flag of the Red Guards (Nghe-Tinh Revolt) | Flag ratio : 2:3. Influences : | |
1936 - 1945 | Flag of the Enlightenment Union | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
March 9 – August 14, 1945 | Flag of Empire of Japan and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere | Flag ratio : 7:10. Disc is shifted 1% towards the hoist (left). | |
March 11 – May 8, 1945 | Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (Japanese puppet state) | A yellow field with a single red stripe. | |
May 8 – August 30, 1945 | Flag of the Empire of Vietnam | A yellow field with three red stripes. The stripes represent the Quẻ Ly, or Li trigram. Influences : | |
1945 - 1960 | Flag of Bình Xuyên | A dark red banner and a small blue banner inside, a small yellow star centered on a blue banner (2:3). Influences : | |
June 2, 1948 – April 30, 1975 | Flag of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948-1949), the State of Vietnam (1949-1955) and South Vietnam (1955-1975) | A yellow field, with three red stripes. Identical to Thành Thái's flag: | |
1949 - 1955 | Flag of Vietnamese National Army | Yellow flag with three stripes, and the name of State of Vietnam (3:4). Influences : | |
September 2, 1945 – February 18, 1947 October 10, 1954 – November 30, 1955 |
Flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Northern Vietnam | A red field with a large yellow star. | |
November 30, 1955 – present | Flag of North Vietnam (1955-1976) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present) | A red field with a large yellow star. Influences : | |
1929 - 1946 | Flag of Vietnamese Revolutionary Army, used at Yen Bai mutiny | Two equal horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom). Influences : | |
1955 – 2014 | Flag of Vietnam People's Navy | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). | |
1961 – 1963 | Flag of Vietnamese Republican Youth Movement | Flag ratio is 2:3. | |
? | 1961 - 1976 | Flag of Liberation Army of South Vietnam | A variant of flag of Vietnam People's Army. Influences : |
1965 - 1970 | Flag of 4-T Union | A large green four-leaf clover centered on a white field. | |
1968 - 1973 | Flag of National Progressive Movement | Two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal yellow stripe. The red arrow in the middle of the yellow stripe. Influences : | |
2003 - | Big Dipper Union | Flag ratio : 3:5. |
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