The following is a list of flags of Vietnam :

National flag[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	July 2, 1976 – present	State flag and civil ensign.	A large yellow star centered on a red field (2:3).

Royal standards[edit]

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	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:
	1948 – 1955	The flag of South Vietnam was designed by Emperor Thành Thái in 1890,[4] and was revived by Lê Văn Đệ and re-adopted by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1948.[5]	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: ,

Personal standards of the kings[edit]

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1788 – 1802	Standards of emperor Quang Trung	Quang Trung Đế kỳ[1][2] (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:

Presidential standards[edit]

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1955 – 1963	Presidential Standard of the First Vietnamese Republic	Tiết trực tâm hư[6] (2:3).

Political flags[edit]

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  Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929 - 1945)

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  Communist Party of Vietnam (1930 -)

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  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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  Vanguard Youth (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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  New Greater Viet Party (1964 -)

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  Greater Viet Revolutionary Party (1965 -)

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  Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces (1968 - 1977)

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  Vietnam Reform Party (1982 -)

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  People's Action Party of Vietnam (1991 -)

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  Democratic Party of Vietnam (2006 -)

Military flags[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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.
	1955 - 1975	Flag of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam	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[7]	Flag ratio : 2:3.

Ensigns[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1802 - 1885	Ensign[8] 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[edit]

Provinces[edit]

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  Thua Thien

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  Quang Tri

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  Quang Nam

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  Ha Noi

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  Thanh Hoa

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  Binh Dinh

Areas with special status[edit]

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1868–1945	Flag of French Cochinchina[9]	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[10]	A white cross centered on a blue field.
	1944–1953	Flag of the Tai Dón people[11][12]	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[13]	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[11]	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[edit]

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1702 – 1705	Flag of Poulo Condor[14]	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[15]	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[16]	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. The stripes represent the Quẻ Càn, or Qian trigram. Influences:
	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[17]	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 (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 :
	1965 - 1970	Flag of 4-T Union[19]	A large green four-leaf clover centered on a white field.
	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 :

See also[edit]

• Flag of Vietnam
• Coat of arms of Vietnam
• Đăng đàn cung
• Tiến Quân Ca
• Thanh Niên Hành Khúc

References[edit]