List of flags of Vietnam
The following is a list of flags of Vietnam :
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National flag
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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
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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[1][2] (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.[1] 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[1] (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.[3] 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.[1] 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.[1] Influences: |
Personal standards of kings
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1788 – 1802 | Standards of emperor Quang Trung | Quang Trung Đế kỳ[1][2] (光中帝旗) or Quang Trung Emperor Standard. Influences: | |
1821 – 1922 | Standard of emperor Minh Mạng | Yellow field with gold border. Influences: | |
100px | 1922 – 1945 | Personal standard of emperors Khải Định and Bảo Đại | Flag ratio : 2:3. Influences: |
100px | 1802 – 1945 | Imperial pennon of Nguyen Dynasty | Influences: |
100px | 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: 30px |
Presidential standards
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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100px | 1955 – 1963 | Presidential Standard of the First Vietnamese Republic | Tiết trực tâm hư[4] (2:3). |
Political flags
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Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929 - 1945)
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Communist Party of Vietnam flag.svg
Communist Party of Vietnam (1930 -)
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Struggle Group (1931 - 1946)
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Flag of Vietnam National Restoration League.svg
Vietnam National Restoration League (1939 - 1951)
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League for the Independence of Vietnam (1941 - 1951)
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Vietnam Revolutionary League (1942 - 1946)
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Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (1939 -) and Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1945 -)
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BAJARAKA (1958 - 1964)
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National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (1960 - 1977)
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FULRO (1964 - 1992)
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Flag of New Greater Viet Party.svg
New Greater Viet Party (1964 -)
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Flag of Greater Viet Revolutionary Party.svg
Greater Viet Revolutionary Party (1965 -)
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Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces (1968 - 1977)
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Democratic Party of Vietnam (2006 -)
Military flags
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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). | |
100px | 1958–present | Flag of Vietnam Information and Communications Force | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). |
100px | 1959–present | Flag of the Vietnam People's Air Force | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). |
2014–present | Ensign of the 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).[5] Influences: | |
1955 - 1975 | War flag | Yellow flag with three stripes, and the emblem of (gold eagle) in the middle (3:4). Influences: | |
100px | 1955 - 1975 | Flag of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces | Flag ratio : 3:4. |
1955 - 1975 | Flag of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam | Flag ratio : 3:4. | |
100px | 1952 - 1975 | Service flag of the Republic of Vietnam Navy | Flag ratio : 2:3. |
100px | 1955 - 1975 | Flag of the Republic 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[6] | Flag ratio : 2:3. |
Ensigns
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1802 - 1885 | Ensign[7] of the Nguyễn Dynasty | Flag ratio is 3:5. Influences: | |
100px | 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: |
100px | 1868 - 1945 | Naval Ensign of Cochinchina | Influences: 30px |
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: | |
100px | 1956 - 1975 | Flag of Saint Tran | Flag ratio is 2:2. |
Flags of Vietnamese subjects
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Provinces
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Flag of Nguyen dynasty's administrative unit - Thua Thien.svg
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Flag of Nguyen dynasty's administrative unit - Quang Tri.png
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Flag of Nguyen dynasty's administrative unit - Quang Nam.png
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Flag of Nguyen dynasty's administrative unit - Ha Noi.png
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Flag of Nguyen dynasty's administrative unit - Thanh Hoa.png
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Flag of Nguyen dynasty's administrative unit - Binh Dinh.png
Areas with special status
Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1868–1945 | Flag of French Cochinchina[8] | 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 : | |
100px | 1888–1889 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sedang[9] | A white cross centered on a blue field. |
100px | 1944–1953 | Flag of the Tai Dón people[10][11] | A large red square centered on a yellow field (2:3). |
100px | 1946–1950 | Flag of the Montagnard country of South Indochina | Influences : |
100px | 1946–1950 | Flag of Tai Autonomous Territory | Influences : |
1950–1955 | Flag of Sip Song Chau Tai[12] | 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 : 25px | |
100px | 1947–1954 | Flag of the Tay people | Flag ratio : 2:3. |
100px | 1947–1954 | Flag of the Muong people[10] | A large white pentagram centered on a green field (2:3). Influences : |
100px | ? - 1975 | Flag of Khmer Mountain Tribes | A green field with a white star what has 16 rays charged in the left. |
100px | 1964 - 1965 | Flag of Republic of Central Highlands and Champa | Influences : |
1965 | Flag of Republic of Champa | Flag ratio : 2:3. | |
100px | ? - ? | 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 : 25px |
Historical flags
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Flag | Duration | Use | Name/Description |
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1702 – 1705 | Flag of Poulo Condor[13] | 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[14] | 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: | |
100px | 1930 - 1931 | Flag of the Red Guards (Nghe-Tinh Revolt) | Flag ratio : 2:3. Influences : link=Flag of Communist Party of Vietnam |
100px | 1936 - 1945 | Flag of the Enlightenment Union[15] | 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 : 15px | |
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), was designed by painter Lê Văn Đệ and adopted by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1948.[16] | A yellow field with three red stripes. The stripes represent the Quẻ Càn,[1] or Qian trigram, also interpreted as representing the three regions of Vietnam (North, Central, and South). Influences: 15px, | |
100px | 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 Democratic Republic of 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[17] | Two equal horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom). Influences : | |
100px | 1955 – 2014 | Flag of Vietnam People's Navy | A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3). |
100px | 1961 – 1963 | Flag of Vietnamese Republican Youth Movement (Thanh Nữ Cộng Hòa) | Flag ratio is 2:3. |
? | 1961 - 1976 | Flag of Liberation Army of South Vietnam[18] | A variant of flag of Vietnam People's Army. Influences : |
100px | 1965 - 1970 | Flag of 4-T Union[19] | A large green four-leaf clover centered on a white field. |
100px | 1968 - 1973 | Flag of National Progressive Movement[20] | Two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal yellow stripe. The red arrow in the middle of the yellow stripe. Influences : link=Flag of New Greater Viet Party |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Picking up old royal standards in Vietnam – http://www.kyvatlichsucand.vn
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tái hiện lễ đăng quang của vua Quang Trung tại Festival Huế
- ↑ Elephant tiger fight spectacle in Annamese circus on Oct 1904
- ↑ Republic of Vietnam Presidential flag
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140117182845/http://danviet.vn/thoi-su/uy-nghiem-le-thuong-co-tren-tau-ngam-kilo-dau-tien-cua-viet-nam/2014011511363697p1c24.htm
- ↑ Đại nhạc hội Cảm Ơn Anh kỳ 5 Đại nhạc hội Cảm Ơn Anh kỳ 6 Đại nhạc hội Cảm Ơn Anh - Người Thương Binh VNCH kỳ 6 Lễ vinh danh Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa Hội ái hữu CSQG Georgia - 2009 Hội ái hữu CSQG Georgia Hội CSQG San Diego 2010
- ↑ Marine drapeau pavillon Chine - Japon - Cochinchine - Corée litho 1858
- ↑ Cochin-China, Woven Silk Tobacco Premium Flag, 1910
- ↑ Stamps of Sedang
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Symbols of Vietnam : New discoveries
- ↑ Flags in Vietnam
- ↑ Tay Dam - Vietnam
- ↑ Vietnam's flags
- ↑ Lá quốc kỳ Việt Nam đầu tiên đã tung bay ở Thái Nguyên năm 1917
- ↑ Phong trào Nhà Ánh Sáng của Tự Lực văn đoàn
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 10 tháng 2 năm 2013 : 83 năm cuộc Khởi nghĩa Yên Bái bùng nổ
- ↑ Summary about the military flags in Vietnam
- ↑ Stamps of 4-T Union
- ↑ National Progressive Movement