Laos Flag

How to identify it

Red, blue, red horizontal bands where the blue band is twice as deep as each red one, with a plain white disc in its centre.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The current flag was first used by the Lao Issara movement in 1945 and adopted by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 1975.

History of the design

Its white disc is set within a blue band twice the height of either red band and is associated with the moon over the Mekong.

Sources