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About
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 102 million, it is the world's 16th-most populous country. One of two communist states in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west; it lies along the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest and the South China Sea to the east, where it has shared and disputed maritime borders with other countries. Its capital is Hanoi, while its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.
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History
The national flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, previously presenting the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, was originally designed in 1940 and first used during a failed worker and peasant uprising against the French colonialists in Cochinchina that year. The red background symbolizes revolution and bloodshed. The golden star symbolizes the soul of the nation and the five points of the star represents the five main classes in Vietnamese society—intellectuals, farmers, workers, entrepreneurs, and soldiers.
Design & symbolism
This is a color approximation of the Vietnamese flag. Vietnam does not have an actual "flag code", having only the Constitution and the Vietnam Standards briefly nominating the aspect ratios and layout of the flag with no standardized color schemes. Meanwhile, flags with different color shades and ratios - sometimes violating the Constitution and Vietnam Standards' framework - are still physically and digitally displayed by both civilians and state entities as long as they obey the "red background with a centered yellow star" symbolism. The dimensions of the banner can also be intentionally adapted by the Government of Vietnam for several occasions where the Vietnamese flag is flown with other countries' flags having nonnegotiable aspect ratios, for example the Flag of the United States.
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