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The Vietnamese dragon is the combined image of crocodile, snake, cat, rat and bird. Historically, the Vietnamese people lived near rivers, so they venerated crocodiles as "thuồng luồng" or "Giao Long", the first kind of Vietnamese dragon. There are some kinds of dragons found on archaeological objects.
Symbols. Flag. Coat of arms. National anthem. Vietnam portal. v. t. e. 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.
North Vietnam. Emblem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. 30 November 1955 – 2 July 1976. Circular in shape; in the middle of a red background is a five-pointed gold star framed by rice ears below which is half a cog wheel and the inscription "Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa" (Democratic Republic of Vietnam).
Vietnam, [ e ][ f ] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [ g ] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Symbols of Vietnam. There are many symbols of Vietnam. Long ago, it was "Chim Lac", a kind of bird only found in stories. Chim Lac was the symbol found in the surface of "Bronze Drum"; it also was the symbol of the Vietnamese forbidden kingdom Lac Viet. (In Vietnamese, the word "Chim" means "Bird".)
Vietnamese mythology. Vietnamese mythology (Vietnamese: Thần thoại Việt Nam 神話越南) comprises folklore, national myths, legends, or fairy tales from the Vietnamese people with aspects of folk religion in Vietnam. [1][2][3] Vietnamese folklore and oral traditions may have also been influenced by historical contact with neighbouring ...
Yellow field with the symbol of Vovinam in the middle, the text "Vovinam" in red at the top of the hoist side and "Việt Võ Đạo" in blue at the bottom of the fly side 1930–present Flag of the Vietnamese Scout Association. A red field with the lily flower symbol and the scout knot in red. Influences:
[19] The flag of the State of Vietnam was later also used by its successor the Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as South Vietnam. On 8 June 1969, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong) adopted a tricolor flag modelled from that of North Vietnam, which is the red half at the top, the blue half at the bottom, and a yellow ...