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there is a photo of "Vietnamese Americans parading with the South Vietnamese flag during Tet in Little Saigon." There are a lot of Little Saigons in the world; which one is pictured here?! Mang ( talk) 18:17, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm going to move this to "Flag of the Republic of Vietnam" because that seems to be the standard form for the name of such pages, see e.g. Flag of the United Kingdom and Flag of the United States. Noel (talk) 12:28, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
This is being discussed at WP:RM. Noel (talk) 14:44, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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I've raised this move (back to the article's original location) on the talk page, and got no objections. The basic rationale is the "most common name rule" and conformity ( South Vietnam is called such, not Republic of Vietnam, a redirect - surely, therefore, "X of ..." articles should reflect this? -- Vardion 03:55, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Decision: No consensus for page move gathered after 13 days on WP:RM. -- Netoholic @ 04:55, 2005 Jan 16 (UTC)
catalan flag. can be confusing. it sshoud be pointed briefly as done in the italian flag toward irish and mexican clones. Paris By Night 20:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Are we sure the colors are correct in the image? The images of the South Vietnamese flag in the 2003 CNN article have darker colors; see [1] and [2] - Thanks, Hos hie 01:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I think the National Library of Vietnam ( https://nlv.gov.vn/) may have reliable source to see. -- Great Brightstar ( talk) 07:36, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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Please see this article, the story was invented by a member of the Việt Tân and later repeated by Worldstatesmen and then quoted in a doctoral thesis of an American (South Vietnam-born) student at the University of California. There exist no primary sources to back up the claim that it was ever used before 1948 and the flag is likely based on the flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (created in 1946) and not on any Nguyễn Dynasty flag. In order to prevent the further spread of fake news I suggest re-writing the section to debunk the claims rather than removing it, so no false information about it would spread any further. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 01:01, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
In fact, the origin of the flag online is Worldstatesmen who in an e-mail sent at "Sent: Friday, 30 May 2014 6:53 AM - To: Tuan Pham - Subject: RE: Flags of Vietnam" noted: "Greetings Mr. Pham, Thank you for visiting my website. There have been many questions about the Flags of Vietnam listed on my site. There is much confusion and contradictory information about early flags of Vietnam. However, I do not have detailed record on every national flag on my. I think it is fair to say that the flag commonly associated with South Vietnam 1948-76 was in use prior by the Vietnamese." This assertion is actually made without any evidence, just his own assumptions. Cahoon is usually a reliable source and he is intelligent and usually researches topics well but this is quite sloppy. "I do think it is an interesting looking flag, that sadly has taken on all the bad feelings of the east vs. west and communist vs. capitalist struggles, though this flag pre-dates both. Even the 1945 “Que Ly” flag is clearly and attempt to “remake” a version of the earlier 1890 flag." The thing about the Que Ly Flag is that it most likely did not look like how it is usually depicted, this might have been done so to spread the legitimacy of the South Vietnamese flag to somehow make it "seem older" than the flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
He was quoted in a University text about the flag: "I assume you are contacting because the authors of this document said to do so: http://www.dienhanhvanhoaquocte.org/chao/files/The%20National%20Flag%20of%20VN.pdf I wish they would remove that line as I do not have any extensive collections on Vietnamese flags." But then goes to admit that he is a bad source himself, he admits that he probably shouldn't be listed as a source there. "However, the authors do note that – “Emperor Thanh Thai was able to understand and sympathize with the people’s discontent. Consequently, not only did he refuse to satisfy the demands of the dominating government, but also utilized many honest and virtuous talents like Ngo Dinh Kha and Nguyen Huu Bai, with the hope of restoring and reforming the country. In 1890, the Emperor passed a decree, changing the flag with Chinese characters to a new flag. The yellow flag with three red stripes was created and used for the first time as the national flag.”" It is Ben Cahoon that asserted this myth in English, usually Ben Cahoon is a trustworthy source for a lot of information but this e-mail shows a number of flaws.
Cahoon goes on to state that the supposed origin of the flag was kept a secret to protect the Thành Thái Emperor at: "AND “The news that the Yellow Flag was drawn by the artist Le Van De, without mentioning the existence of this flag 50 years earlier was intentional. It was to protect the well being of Emperor Thanh Thai. For this reason, the fact that Chief of State Bao Dai chose the Yellow Flag of the French resistance era as the national flag for the new regime was a brilliant decision, in accordance with just causes." The claim about the Que Ly Flag is also very likely false, as there is evidence that the stripes never touched the sides of the flag. These claims are perpetuated at the flag at the " Empire of Vietnam" article. Later on he lists the adoption date at 1955 at: "In 1955, Premier Ngo Đình Diệm called for a people resolution to establish the First Republic of Vietnam. Respecting the heroic anti-French mission of the Yellow Flag, the new congress continued to used the Yellow Flag as the National Flag. The 1963 coup-d’etat replaced the First Republic regime with the Second Republic of Vietnam, but the Yellow Flag remained as the National Flag until the South was invaded by the North in 1975.”" But this makes no sense as the flag had already been adopted by the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam and the State of Vietnam prior.
Cahoon ends his e-mail to Phạm Quang Tuấn with the admission that he basically didn't consult any primary sources: "I hope more research will be done on this topic by Vietnamese scholars, who most likely will need access to materials controlled by the current national government and possibly some in Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library). Best wishes for your research, Sincerely, Ben Cahoon - Editor www.worldstatesmen.org and twitter.com/WorldStatesmen" This immediately throws out the credibility of the origin of most reports about the flag dating to the Thành Thái period as they were mostly based on a biased source's biased source. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 01:23, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Also note that the Việt Tân are South Vietnamese loyalists, so they would have a vested interest in making the symbols of the Republic of Vietnam seem more "historically legitimate" as many "national histories" are just myths created to form social bondings between a people, this is such an attempt. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 01:26, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
I have long suspected that this flag is actually based on the flag of French Cochinchina during the late 1940's and according to this article it is, the article makes a number of claims citing a number of books I don't have that this flag was either designed by Christian clergy or French military officers. Perhaps if this article can be deemed reliable it could be worked in the text, of course after making it more neutral as its author has a very pro-Communist anti-Republic of Vietnam stance and biases. But the work does sufficient research to debunk a number of myths that have been circulating about this flag over the years that I think should be more broadly addressed here in order to prevent the further spread of disinformation. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 14:16, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
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there is a photo of "Vietnamese Americans parading with the South Vietnamese flag during Tet in Little Saigon." There are a lot of Little Saigons in the world; which one is pictured here?! Mang ( talk) 18:17, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm going to move this to "Flag of the Republic of Vietnam" because that seems to be the standard form for the name of such pages, see e.g. Flag of the United Kingdom and Flag of the United States. Noel (talk) 12:28, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
This is being discussed at WP:RM. Noel (talk) 14:44, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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I've raised this move (back to the article's original location) on the talk page, and got no objections. The basic rationale is the "most common name rule" and conformity ( South Vietnam is called such, not Republic of Vietnam, a redirect - surely, therefore, "X of ..." articles should reflect this? -- Vardion 03:55, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Decision: No consensus for page move gathered after 13 days on WP:RM. -- Netoholic @ 04:55, 2005 Jan 16 (UTC)
catalan flag. can be confusing. it sshoud be pointed briefly as done in the italian flag toward irish and mexican clones. Paris By Night 20:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Are we sure the colors are correct in the image? The images of the South Vietnamese flag in the 2003 CNN article have darker colors; see [1] and [2] - Thanks, Hos hie 01:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I think the National Library of Vietnam ( https://nlv.gov.vn/) may have reliable source to see. -- Great Brightstar ( talk) 07:36, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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Please see this article, the story was invented by a member of the Việt Tân and later repeated by Worldstatesmen and then quoted in a doctoral thesis of an American (South Vietnam-born) student at the University of California. There exist no primary sources to back up the claim that it was ever used before 1948 and the flag is likely based on the flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (created in 1946) and not on any Nguyễn Dynasty flag. In order to prevent the further spread of fake news I suggest re-writing the section to debunk the claims rather than removing it, so no false information about it would spread any further. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 01:01, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
In fact, the origin of the flag online is Worldstatesmen who in an e-mail sent at "Sent: Friday, 30 May 2014 6:53 AM - To: Tuan Pham - Subject: RE: Flags of Vietnam" noted: "Greetings Mr. Pham, Thank you for visiting my website. There have been many questions about the Flags of Vietnam listed on my site. There is much confusion and contradictory information about early flags of Vietnam. However, I do not have detailed record on every national flag on my. I think it is fair to say that the flag commonly associated with South Vietnam 1948-76 was in use prior by the Vietnamese." This assertion is actually made without any evidence, just his own assumptions. Cahoon is usually a reliable source and he is intelligent and usually researches topics well but this is quite sloppy. "I do think it is an interesting looking flag, that sadly has taken on all the bad feelings of the east vs. west and communist vs. capitalist struggles, though this flag pre-dates both. Even the 1945 “Que Ly” flag is clearly and attempt to “remake” a version of the earlier 1890 flag." The thing about the Que Ly Flag is that it most likely did not look like how it is usually depicted, this might have been done so to spread the legitimacy of the South Vietnamese flag to somehow make it "seem older" than the flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
He was quoted in a University text about the flag: "I assume you are contacting because the authors of this document said to do so: http://www.dienhanhvanhoaquocte.org/chao/files/The%20National%20Flag%20of%20VN.pdf I wish they would remove that line as I do not have any extensive collections on Vietnamese flags." But then goes to admit that he is a bad source himself, he admits that he probably shouldn't be listed as a source there. "However, the authors do note that – “Emperor Thanh Thai was able to understand and sympathize with the people’s discontent. Consequently, not only did he refuse to satisfy the demands of the dominating government, but also utilized many honest and virtuous talents like Ngo Dinh Kha and Nguyen Huu Bai, with the hope of restoring and reforming the country. In 1890, the Emperor passed a decree, changing the flag with Chinese characters to a new flag. The yellow flag with three red stripes was created and used for the first time as the national flag.”" It is Ben Cahoon that asserted this myth in English, usually Ben Cahoon is a trustworthy source for a lot of information but this e-mail shows a number of flaws.
Cahoon goes on to state that the supposed origin of the flag was kept a secret to protect the Thành Thái Emperor at: "AND “The news that the Yellow Flag was drawn by the artist Le Van De, without mentioning the existence of this flag 50 years earlier was intentional. It was to protect the well being of Emperor Thanh Thai. For this reason, the fact that Chief of State Bao Dai chose the Yellow Flag of the French resistance era as the national flag for the new regime was a brilliant decision, in accordance with just causes." The claim about the Que Ly Flag is also very likely false, as there is evidence that the stripes never touched the sides of the flag. These claims are perpetuated at the flag at the " Empire of Vietnam" article. Later on he lists the adoption date at 1955 at: "In 1955, Premier Ngo Đình Diệm called for a people resolution to establish the First Republic of Vietnam. Respecting the heroic anti-French mission of the Yellow Flag, the new congress continued to used the Yellow Flag as the National Flag. The 1963 coup-d’etat replaced the First Republic regime with the Second Republic of Vietnam, but the Yellow Flag remained as the National Flag until the South was invaded by the North in 1975.”" But this makes no sense as the flag had already been adopted by the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam and the State of Vietnam prior.
Cahoon ends his e-mail to Phạm Quang Tuấn with the admission that he basically didn't consult any primary sources: "I hope more research will be done on this topic by Vietnamese scholars, who most likely will need access to materials controlled by the current national government and possibly some in Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library). Best wishes for your research, Sincerely, Ben Cahoon - Editor www.worldstatesmen.org and twitter.com/WorldStatesmen" This immediately throws out the credibility of the origin of most reports about the flag dating to the Thành Thái period as they were mostly based on a biased source's biased source. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 01:23, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Also note that the Việt Tân are South Vietnamese loyalists, so they would have a vested interest in making the symbols of the Republic of Vietnam seem more "historically legitimate" as many "national histories" are just myths created to form social bondings between a people, this is such an attempt. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 01:26, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
I have long suspected that this flag is actually based on the flag of French Cochinchina during the late 1940's and according to this article it is, the article makes a number of claims citing a number of books I don't have that this flag was either designed by Christian clergy or French military officers. Perhaps if this article can be deemed reliable it could be worked in the text, of course after making it more neutral as its author has a very pro-Communist anti-Republic of Vietnam stance and biases. But the work does sufficient research to debunk a number of myths that have been circulating about this flag over the years that I think should be more broadly addressed here in order to prevent the further spread of disinformation. -- Donald Trung ( talk) 14:16, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
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