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Short answer: blood Longer answer: The flags of communist states all have red backgrounds, copied from the Soviet flag. This background honors the red flag of the Paris Communards of 1871. This in turn is based on the red flag used by the Jacobins during the French Revolution in the 1790s. Vietnam's pre-communist flag had a yellow background and either a red stripe or three red stripes. So red and yellow are traditional Vietnamese national colors.
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What are Vietnams formal regions?
The Highlands, the Delta, and the Coastal regions.
What colors are on the Vietnam flag?
It is red and yellow. Red is the background color and yellow is the star's color.
The exaxt month of vietnams beginning to end?
See website: Vietnam TIME LINE
What does the color red on the flag signify?
red people
Who is the vietnamese leader who fought for vietnams independence by turning to the communist for help?
Ho Chi Minh
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