The flag of South Vietnam served as national flag of the former State of Vietnam, and its successor, the Republic of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. Although South Vietnam ceased to exist in 1975, the flag still finds use among private citizens in other countries. In the United States, at least 13 U.S. state governments, seven counties, and 85 cities in 20 states have adopted resolutions recognizing the yellow flag as the ‘Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag’
About Flag of South Vietnam in brief
The flag of South Vietnam served as national flag of the former State of Vietnam, and its successor, the Republic of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. Although South Vietnam ceased to exist in 1975, the flag still finds use among private citizens in other countries and is still shown and used overseas by some Vietnamese emigrés. Former South Vietnamese citizens who fled Vietnam in the late 1970s and 1980s as Boat People, consider the current Vietnamese flag offensive and even sometimes even triggering as they see it as a symbol of an administration that had persecuted them during and after the war.
The flag consists of a yellow field and three horizontal red stripes, and can be explained as either emblematic of the common blood running through northern, central, and southern Vietnam. In the United States, at least 13 U.S. state governments, seven counties, and 85 cities in 20 states have adopted resolutions recognizing the yellow flag as the ‘Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag’ The flag was originally inspired by Emperor Thành Thái in 1890, and was revived by Lê Văn Đệ and Emperor Bảo ēi, respectively, in 1948. It was chosen to symbolize the sun, fire, light, and civilization.
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