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The Viet Cong [nb 1] (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.Formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [nb 2] and nominally conducted military operations under the name of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV), the movement fought under the direction of North ...
South Vietnamese propaganda poster; an ARVN soldier on horseback waves the South Vietnam flag and tramples on the Viet Cong flag (1967). South Vietnamese propaganda poster "This is our true national flag". Propaganda poster "Following the examples of Trần Hưng Đạo, all the people unite to fight against communism to save the nation".
The national symbols of Vietnam are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Vietnam and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
The National Emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc huy nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, lit. 'State emblem of the nation of Socialist Republic of Vietnam') or simply the Emblem of Vietnam, has been one of the official national symbols representing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since 1976.
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:
Yellow, beyond the meaning of a royal symbol, is the traditional colour of Vietnamese nation and the colour of Vietnamese skin, red is the colour of Vietnamese blood together is the "red blood, yellow skin" [note 1] of the Vietnamese. three red stripes symbolised the united Vietnam under three regions Northern Vietnam , Central Vietnam and ...
The national flag of Vietnam, formally the National Flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc kỳ nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) [1] [2] and locally recognized as the Gold-Starred Red Flag (cờ đỏ sao vàng) [a] or the Flag of Fatherland (cờ Tổ quốc), was designed in 1940 and used during an uprising against the French and Japanese in ...
This allowed writers, the U.S. military, and the general public, to distinguish northern communists from the southern communists, called Viet Cong (VC), or more formally the National Liberation Front. However, both groups ultimately worked under the same command structure.