Flag of Vietnam
Facts, history and meaning about the flag of Vietnam
Vietnam is located in Asia.
The official ISO 3166 code for Vietnam is:
The flag of Vietnam was adopted on the 30th of November, 1955, with the proportions 2:3. The flag features a red background with a large, yellow, five-pointed star in the middle.
The red color represents communism, but it also symbolizes the blood of the victims shed during the fight for independence. The golden star in the middle of the flag represents the five social classes that combine to create socialism. The five social classes are: workers, peasants, academics, young people and soldiers.
Today's national flag is largely the same as the flag used by the liberation movement Vietminh, in the fight for independence. It also became the flag of North Vietnam in 1955. When the war was over, the flag was raised as a national flag of Vietnam on the 2nd of July, 1976.
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Vietnam flag coloring page
Printable coloring page
Coloring page for the flag of Vietnam. Print it and fill it with colors! Perfect entertainment for the kids or in school. The coloring page is a PDF-file that is ready to use in a printer.
Vietnam flag, printable
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