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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], locally recognized as the Gold-Starred Red Flag (cờ đỏ sao vàng) [a] or the Motherland flag (cờ Tổ quốc), was designed in 1940 and used during an uprising against the French and Japanese in Southern ...
The Reconciliation Flag of Vietnam (Cờ Hoà Giải Của Nước Việt Nam). [73] According to the Flags of the World website the creation of this flag is attributed Nguyễn Thành Trí and Tristan Nguyễn in Saigon (present-day Hồ Chí Minh City), South Vietnam in 1973, following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.
Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...
Flag Tower of Hanoi. Cột cờ is composed of three tiers and a pyramid-shaped tower with a spiral staircase leading to the top inside it.The first tier is 42.5 m wide and 3.1 m high; the second - 25 m wide and 3.7 m high and the third - 12.8 m wide and 5.1 m high.
The flag of South Vietnam was first introduced on 2 June 1948, later served as the national flag of the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam from 5 June 1948 [2] to 30 April 1975. The design consists of a yellow background with three red horizontal stripes through the middle. [ 3 ]
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.
Founded in 257 BCE by a figure called Thục Phán (King An Dương), it was a merger of Nam Cương and Văn Lang (Lạc Việt) but succumbed to the state of Nanyue in 179 BCE, which, itself was finally conquered by the Han dynasty. [10] [11] Other historical sources indicate that it existed from 257 BC to 208 BC or from 208 BC to 179 BC.
The National Assembly Building of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Tòa nhà Quốc hội Việt Nam), officially the National Assembly House (Nhà Quốc hội) [6] and also known as the New Ba Đình Hall (Hội trường Ba Đình mới), is a public building located on Ba Đình Square across from the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam ...