List of flags of Vietnam

The following is a list of flags of Vietnam.

National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	November 30, 1955 - present	State flag and civil ensign	A large yellow star centered on a red field (2:3).

Flag	Duration	Use	Name/Description
File:Early Nguyen Dynasty Flag.svg	1863–1885	Flag of emperors Gia Long and Tự Đức. This was originally the personal banner of Emperor Gia Long (r. 1802–1820). It was used as a national flag beginning in 1863.	The Long tinh or Dragon Spirit Flag. Influences: Yellow is the color of an emperor. ["Emperor" is hoàng đế (皇帝). Hoàng (黃) is Sino-Vietnamese for "yellow".] The color red is connected to "south".
	1885–1890	Flag of Emperor Đồng Khánh	Đại Nam Kỳ (National Flag of the Great South). Đại Nam (大南, great south) was the official name of Vietnam at this time. "大" is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, while "南" is rotated 90 degree clockwise.
	1890–1920	Flag of Emperor Thành Thái	A yellow field with three red stripes. The stripes represent the Quẻ Càn, or Qian trigram, also interpreted as representing the three regions of Vietnam (North, Central, and South). Influences: File:Early Nguyen Dynasty Flag.svg
	1920–1945	Flag of emperors Khải Định and Bảo Đại	A yellow field with a single red stripe. Referred to as the Long tinh or Dragon Spirit Flag. Influences:
	May 8 – August 30, 1945	Flag of emperors Bảo Đại	A yellow field with a single red stripe. Referred to as the Long tinh or Dragon Spirit Emperor Flag. Influences:

Duration	Use	Name/Description
1923 – March 1945	The "protectorate flag" of French Indochina	French flag canton on a yellow field. Influences:
May 8 – August 30, 1945	Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (Japanese puppet state)	A yellow field with three red stripes. The stripes represent the Quẻ Ly, or Li trigram. Influences:
1946–1948	Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ Cộng hòa quốc)	A yellow field with three blue strips. Cochinchina is a precursor of South Vietnam. Influences:
June 2, 1948 – April 30, 1975	Flag of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948-1949), the State of Vietnam (1949-1955) and South Vietnam (1955-1975)	A yellow field, with three red stripes. Identical to Thành Thái's flag:
August 18, 1945 – November 30, 1955	Flag of the Viet Minh state in northern Vietnam. Adopted by the Viet Minh in 1941.	A red field with a large yellow star.
November 30, 1955 – present	Flag of North Vietnam (1955-1976) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)	A red field with a large yellow star. Influences: Previous Flag of North Vietnam with the star sharpened following a similar modification of the Flag of the Soviet Union.
1960–1975	Flag of the Vietcong. This was briefly the legal flag of South Vietnam after Saigon fell in 1975.	A yellow star on a red and blue background. Influences: .