# Vietnam Flag

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-flag/179742>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-flag/179742 "2003-06-05T01:28:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gillianssj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@Gillianssj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillianssj2)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-flag/179742/1 "2003-06-05T01:28:10Z")

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What is the origin of the curren Vietnamese flag?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-flag/179742/2 "2003-06-05T01:40:09Z")

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Here’s the Flags of the World site talking about it.

[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/vn.html](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/vn.html)

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-flag/179742/3 "2003-06-05T05:57:29Z")

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Paraphrased from the [Communist Party of Vietnam](http://www.cpv.org.vn/vietnam_en/nationalflag.html)’s web page:

The golden-starred red flag was first used in November 23, 1940, during an uprising against the French troops in Nam Ku. President Ho Chi Minh signed a decree adopting this flag as the National Flag on September 5, 1945.

(My browser didn’t decode the Vietnamese characters properly, hence the paraphrasing.)