Vietnam Flag

How to identify it

A plain red field with one large five-pointed yellow star in the centre. China places one large star and four smaller stars together at the upper left instead.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The design was used by North Vietnam from 1955 and became the flag of unified Vietnam in 1976.

Officially documented meaning

Official accounts describe the red field as revolutionary struggle and the five points of the yellow star as workers, peasants, soldiers, intellectuals and young people united in building the state.

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