Vietnam (South)
The flag of South Vietnam was designed by Emperor Thanh Thai in 1890 and was used by Emperor Bao Dai in 1948. It was the flag of the former State of Vietnam (the French-controlled areas in both Northern and Southern Vietnam) from 1949 to 1955 and later of the Republic of Vietnam(South Vietnam) from 1955 until April 30, 1975 when the south unconditionally surrender to the north, to which it was officially joined in a unified Vietnam a
year later. The flag consists of a yellow field and three horizontal red
stripes to and can be explained as either symbolizing the unifying
blood running through northern, central, and southern Vietnam, or as
representing the symbol for "south" (as in, south from China and also
'Nam' meaning south), in Daoist trigrams.
It is still used by many Vietnamese immigrants now living in other
countries, mainly because the current Vietnamese flag is considered to
be offensive to them.
From February 2003 to August 2006, in the United States, 13 States, 7
Counties and 85 Cities have adopted resolutions recognizing the yellow
flag as the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag.
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