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The following is a list of flags of Vietnam.

National flag

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

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 (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. Influences: Yellow is the imperial color. The color red is connected to "south".
	1885–1890	Flag of emperor Đồng Khánh	Đại Nam Đế Kỳ (Personal standard of the Emperor of Đại Nam). Đại Nam (大南, great south) was the official name of Vietnam at this time.
	1890–1920	Flag of emperors Thành Thái, Duy Tân and Khải Định	Đại Nam Quốc Kỳ (National flag of Đại Nam), originally designed by Emperor Thành Thái Influences: Yellow, beyond the meaning of a royal symbol, is the traditional color of Vietnamese nation and the color of Vietnamese skin, red is the color of Vietnamese blood together is the "red blood, yellow skin" of the Vietnamese. The three red stripes symbolized the united Vietnam under three regions Northern Vietnam (Bắc Kỳ), Central Vietnam (Trung Kỳ) and Southern Vietnam (Nam Kỳ)
	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. 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. Influences: .

Personal standards of emperors

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1788–1802	Standards of emperor Quang Trung	Quang Trung Đế kỳ (光中帝旗) or Quang Trung Emperor Standard. Influences:
	1821–1922	Standard of emperor Nguyễn Thánh Tổ	Yellow field with gold border.
	1922–1945	Personal standard of emperors Khải Định and Bảo Đại	Flag ratio: 2:3.
	1802–1945	Imperial pennon of Nguyễn dynasty	Flag ratio: 1:2.
	1948–1955	Personal standard of State Chief Bảo Đại	Flag ratio: 2:3. Influences:

Presidential standards

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

Political flags

• Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929–1945)
• Communist Party of Vietnam (1930–)
• Trotskyist Party of Vietnam (1931–1946)
• Vietnam National Restoration League (1939–1951)
• League for the Independence of Vietnam (1941–1951)
• Vietnam Revolutionary League (1942–1946)
• Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (1939–) and Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1945–)
• BAJARAKA (1958–1964)
• National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (1960–1977)
• FULRO (1964–1992)
• New Greater Viet Party (1964–)
• Greater Viet Revolutionary Party (1965–)
• Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces (1968–1977)
• Democratic Party of Vietnam (2006–)

Military flags

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 the Vietnam People's Air Force	A yellow star centered on a red field (2:3).
	2014–present	Ensign of the 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	Republic of Vietnam War flag	Yellow flag with three stripes, and the emblem of (gold eagle) in the middle (3:4).
	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	Flag of the Republic of Vietnam Navy	Flag ratio: 2:3.
	1955–1975	Flag of the Republic 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	Flag ratio: 2:3.
	1949–1955	Flag of Vietnamese National Army	Yellow flag with three stripes, and the name of State of Vietnam (3:4). Influences:
	1923 – March 9, 1945	Flag of Tirailleurs indochinois	French flag canton on a yellow field (1:1). Influences:

Ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1802–1885	Ensign of the Nguyễn dynasty	Flag ratio is 3:5.
	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
	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 Trần Hưng Đạo	Flag ratio is 2:2.

Flags of Vietnamese subjects

Provinces

• Thừa Thiên
• Quảng Trị
• Quảng Nam
• Ha Noi
• Thanh Hóa
• Bình Định

Areas with special status

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1868–1945	Flag of French Cochinchina	A yellow field with black border. Cochinchina is a precursor of South Vietnam.
	1946	Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina	A yellow field with two yellow strips and three blue strips.
N/A	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	A white cross centered on a blue field.
	1944–1953	Flag of the Tai Dón people	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	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	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:
	1962-1964	Flag of Front for the Liberation of Champa	Flag ratio: 2:3.
	? – ?	Flag of Lahu	Flag ratio: 3:5. Influences:
	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

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
	1702–1705	Flag of Poulo Condor under the English East India Company	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.
N/A	1863	Flag of the Diplomatic Delegation of Annam from Red Sea to France.	Yellow field with four red word "Đại-Nam khâm-sứ" (大南欽使). Influences:
	1890–1920	National flag of Đại Nam	A yellow field with three red stripes. The stripes represent the three regions of Vietnam (North, Central, and South).
	1887–1923	Flag of French colonial empire	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
N/A	1917	Flag of Empire of Daihung	Five red round-stars centered on a yellow field.
	1923 – March 9, 1945 September 23, 1945 – 1953	The protectorate flag of Annam	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	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 – April 17, 1945	Flag of the Empire of Vietnam	A yellow field with a single red stripe.
	April 17 – May 8, 1945	Flag of the Empire of Vietnam	Yellow field with gold border.
	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 (☲).
	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), was designed by painter Lê Văn Đệ and adopted by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1948.	Originated from the flag designed by Emperor Thành Thái. A yellow field with three red stripes (2:3) 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 Democratic Republic of 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 Yên Bái mutiny	Two equal horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom). Influences:
	1929–1946	Flag of Vietnamese Revolutionary Army, used at Yên Bái mutiny	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	Flag of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam served as war flag.
	1965–1970	Flag of 4-T Union	A large green four-leaf clover centered on a white field.
	1968–1973	Flag of National Progressive Movement	Two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal yellow stripe. The red arrow in the middle of the yellow stripe. Influences:

See also

• Flag of Vietnam
• Emblem of Vietnam
• Flag of South Vietnam
• Đăng đàn cung
• Tiến Quân Ca
• Thanh Niên Hành Khúc
• Vietnamese five-color flags

Notes

1. Original Vietnamese: "Máu đỏ da vàng".

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13. Stamps of Sedang
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15. Flags in Vietnam
16. Tay Dam - Vietnam
17. Vietnam's flags
18. Lá quốc kỳ Việt Nam đầu tiên đã tung bay ở Thái Nguyên năm 1917
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23. Stamps of 4-T Union
24. National Progressive Movement

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