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The flag of Vietnam, also known as the "red flag with yellow star" (cờ đỏ sao vàng), was adopted as the flag of the Vietminh, a communist army, in 1941. In 1945, it was adopted by the newly-established Democratic Republic of Vietnam, which became the government of North Vietnam in 1954. The flag was adopted by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (united Vietnam), which was founded in 1976 following the Vietnam War
The national flag of the Socialist Republic of Viet nam is rectangular in shape, its width being equal to two-thirds of its length; in the middle of a red background is a five-pointed gold star.
The red Flag with yellow Five point Star appeased the first time in the resistance Nam Ky (Southern Vietnam) against French Colonialists (on 23rd November, 1940). The designer of this Flag was Mr. Nguyen Huu Tien (born on 5th March, 1901 in Ha Nam, fallen on 28th August, 1941).
President Ho Chi Minh Proclaimed the Declaration on Independence in the historical Badinh Square surrounded by a sea of Red Flag with Yellow Star. On the 5th September 1945, President Ho Chi Minh signed the Decree to make this Red Flag with Yellow Star as National Flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. On the 2nd March 1946, the Initial legislative period of National Assembly of the DRV has approved that the National Flag of Vietnam be the Red Flag with Yellow Five Star. |