Flag of South Vietnam
| "Heritage and Freedom Flag" (Lá cờ Tự do và Di sản) "Yellow Flag with Three Red Stripes" (Cờ vàng ba sọc đỏ) | |
| Use | Civil and state flag |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 2 June 1948 (Provisional Central Government of Vietnam) 1949 (State of Vietnam) 1955 (Republic of Vietnam) |
| Relinquished | 30 April 1975 |
| Design | A yellow flag with three horizontal red stripes. |
| Designed by | various claims |
| Flag of the RVNMF | |
| Use | War flag |
| Design | A yellow flag with three red stripes, and the emblem of RVNMF (red eagle) in the middle. |
| Designed by | Design is a variant of the flag of South Vietnam. |
The flag of South Vietnam was first introduced on 2 June 1948 as the official symbol of the French-associated Provisional Central Government of Vietnam, later served as the national flag of the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam until 30 April 1975. The design consists of a yellow background with three red horizontal stripes through the middle. It is used to represent the "Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag" by Overseas Vietnamese.
The flag consists of a yellow field and three horizontal red stripes, and can be explained as emblematic of the common blood running through northern, central, and southern Vietnam.
Although South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) ceased to exist in 1975, the flag is still represented among private citizens in other countries by some Vietnamese emigrés, particularly in North America and Australia of refugee-descent as a major anti-communist symbolism. Since June 2002, several American governmental bodies adopted resolutions recognizing the former flag as "Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag."