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The NLF of Vietnam (Vietcong) adopted a horizontally red over
blue flag with a yellow star in the centre. This flag was
that of the (communist) Republic of South Vietnam, adopted on
8 June, 1969. It became the only flag of South Vietnam
between April, 30, 1975 (when the anti-communist regime
collapsed) until 2 July 1975 (when North and South Vietnam
were united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). Ratio 2.3.
Jaume Ollé - June 1996 and Mark
Sensen - 18 September 1997
The "Vietcong" flag was simply a Communist flag with a blue
half. The blue half quickly dissolved on May 1st 1975 (not
July 2 1975), at the "reunification speech" of Le Duan, then
Communist Party's Secretary General, in Saigon. Even founding
members of the NLF (e.g. Nguye^~n Ho^.) now admit that they
were simply Communist Vietnam (North Vietnam) with a
different flag. Nguye^~n Ho^. is now under house arrest for
revealing these secrets.
Linh T. Tran - 5 December 1997
I have heard a story (probably apocryphal, but who's to say?)
that the vietcong flag indicated unified control (the gold
star) over the communist north and capitalist south (red and
blue). Once the south was also communist, there was no
further need for the blue on the flag. Anyone else know
anything about that one?
james dignan - 1997-DEC-10
Yes, you're probably right. The official meaning of the blue
stripe of the "Vietcong" flag (or that of the "Republic of
South Vietnam" - don't confuse with the Republic of Vietnam
with a yellow, three-striped flag!) is "still unliberated
area", i.e. the capitalist South. After "liberation" (to
remain politically correct, I'll not comment this term) and
especially after unification of "both states", the blue color
logically disappeared.
Jan Zrzavy - 10 December 1997
I think that the blue stripe in the NLF and later PRG flag is
for the Montagnard peoples.
Jaume Ollé - 13 December 1997