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Flag of Vietnam What does the Vietnamese flag look like? The flag of Vietnam is red with a five-pointed yellow star in the center. History of the Flag Emperor Gia Long adopted one of the first flags in the 18th century: a yellow banner with a red circle in the center. South Vietnam's flag was designed at the end of the 19th century and featured three stars that represented the Qian trigram. Later, these stripes came to represent the nation's northern, southern, and central regions. When France took control of Vietnam in the late nineteenth century, the French flag was flown. Other flags,…