Former South Vietnam's National Anthem:

The national anthem of Viet Nam is entitled "Thanh Nie^n Ha`nh Khu'c" (Call to the Youth). It reflects the eagerness of the present generation in its struggle for national independence.
The national anthem was composed by Luu Huu Phuoc; and, due to its haunting rhythms and great patriotic impetus, it immediately conquered the youth. Consequently, it was adopted as the national anthem by an Ordinance of June 14, 1948 of the first Temporary National Government of Viet Nam.

THANH NIEN HANH KHUC (CALL TO THE YOUTH)

Nay cong dan oi, quoc gia den ngay giai phong
dong long cung di, hy sinh tiec gi than song
vi tuong lai quoc dan, cung xong pha khoi ten
lam sao cho nui song tu nay luon vung ben
du cho thay phoi tren guom giao
thu nuoc lay mau dao dem bao
noi giong luc bien phai can giai nguy
nguoi cong dan luon vung ben tam tri
hung tran quyet chien dau
iam cho khap noi vang tieng nguoi
nuoc nam cho den muon doi
cong dan oi! mau hien than duoi co
cong dan oi! mau lam cho coi bo
thoat con tan pha ve vang noi giong
xung danh nghin nam dong giong lac hong


CALL TO THE CITIZENS

Citizens, our nation must become free
With one same heart let's sacrifice ourselves
For our future let's brave all dangers
To secure our land for now and ever
Though die we may on the field
Our blood we will spill for the land
And when our race needs to be saved
We shall always respond in time
And fight with breat mind till the day when
Vietnam becomes a shining light
Citizens, let's step forward now
Citizens, rally the flags now
And save our land,
Make its name shine
Forever worthy of the Lac Hong race

Former South Vietnam's Flag:


The national flag of Viet Nam was officially adopted by an Ordinance of June 14, 1948, signed by the Chief of the Temporary National Government of Viet Nam. The Ordinance specified the characteristics of the flag with the following words:

"... The national emblem is a flag of yellow background, the height of which is equal to two-thirds of its width. In the middle of the flag, and along its entire width, there are three horizontal red bands having each a height equal to one-fifteenth of the total height, and being separated from one another by spaces of the same dimensions."

The yellow background is the traditional color of the ancestral land, symbolizing the golden rice grains and the metal considered one of the most precious by humanity. The three red bands represent the three regions of Vietnam, North, Central, and South, reunited in the national community. Red, a vibrant color, is a symbolic of success.

Go here to listen to the anthem: http://www.vietfederation.ca/flag.htm

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Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam)

National Anthem: Formerly the anthem of North Vietnam, upon unification of Vietnam in 1976, "Tien quan ca", written and composed by Nguyen Van Cao was adopted for the entire nation

TIEN QUAN CA (CALL TO THE FRONT)

Doàn quân Vietnam di
Chung lòng cuu quoc,
Bu'óc chân don vang trên du'óng gap ghenh xa.
Co in máu chien thang mang hon nu'óc
Súng ngoài xa chen khúc quân hanh ca.
Du'õóng vinh quang xây xác quân thù
Thang gian lao, cùng nhau lap chien khu.
Vi nhân dân chien dau không ngung
Tien mau ra sa tru'óng.
Tien lên! Cùng tien lên!
Nuoc non Vietnam ta vung ben.

Doàn quân Vietnam di
Sao vàng phap phoi,
Dát giong nòi que hu'óng qua noi lam than.
Cung chung suc phan dau xây doi moi
Dung deu len gông xích ta dap tan.
Tu bao lâu ta nuot cam hon
Quyet hy sinh, doi ta tu'oi tham hón.
Vi nhân dân chien dau không ngung
Tien mau ra sa tru'óng.
Tien lên! Cùng tien lên!
Nuoc non Vietnam ta vung ben

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

CALL TO THE FRONT

Soldiers of Vietnam, we go forward,
With the one will to save our Fatherland,
Our hurried steps are sounding on the long and arduous road.
Our flag, red with the blood of victory, bears the spirit of our country.
The distant rumbling of the guns passes over the bodies of our foes.
Overcoming all hardships, together we build our resistance bases.
Ceaselessly for the people's cause let us struggle,
Let us hasten to the battle-field!
Forward! All together advancing!
Our Vietnam is strong, eternal.

Soldiers of Vietnam, we go forward!
The gold star of our flag in the wind
Leading our people, our native land, out of misery and suffering.
Let us join our efforts in the fight for the building of a new life.
Let us stand up and break our chains
For too long have we swallowed our hatred.
Let us keep ready for all sacrifices and our life will be radiant.
Ceaselessly for the people's cause let us struggle,
Let us hasten to the battle-field!
Forward! All together advancing!
Our Vietnam is strong, eternal.

Go here to listen to the anthem: http://david.national-anthems.net/vn.htm

CHXHCN Viet Nam's flag


The Vietnam flag was officially adopted on November 30, 1955.

The gold five-pointed star symbolizes the five groups of workers in the building of socialism (intellectuals, peasants, soldiers, workers and youths), while the red symbolizes bloodshed, and the revolutionary struggle.

My translation for this line = Even if our corpses are impaled upon the swords and lances.

Although that's the word for word meaning, it sounds abit grotesque for national anthem. The Vietnamese line just sounds so smooth and patriotic minus the gore. LOL

um im confusd is that the current national anthem? its full of death and killing...

Communist flag looks like a state flag of communist china...

One with 5 stars
One with 1 stars

That's Vietnamese patriotism for you. We don't talk too much, we rather take action.

We will kill for Vietnam, we will also die for Vietnam. That's 2000 years of Vietnamese martial spirit.

So is American anthem

nu uh! our anthem is:

I pledge alligence to the flag, of the United States of America

And to theh Republic, for which it stands

One Nation, Under God, Individisablable-able (?) (UNDIVIDEABLE), with Liberty, and Justice for ALL!!!

Our Anthem is about Freedom, Solidarity, and the concept of Equality for all citizens of my country!

Anyway, man to wake up everyday and talk about killing and fighting another day is so wearing away your hapy spirit... LOL jk. iono i mean its like ur in this permenant angry disposition! don't you think?

Isn't that the "Pledge of Allegiance"? I thought the U.S. national anthem was something different

The national anthem begins with "Oh say can you see?".

Can anyone recognize these lines?

I pledge alligence to the frog, of the United States of America

And to the wee-puppet, for witch's hand

One asian, under God, indivitable

With little tea and just rice for all.

LOL@@@@@@@@@@@@ omg. well damn.

yeah they sing that during the games.... sorry

No, the national anthem isn't meant to give Vietnamese people an angry disposition. Rather, it makes us realise how lucky we are to be born a descendant of the Lac Hong and that we must defend our right to live and prosper as a race.

The Vietnam that we have today was built upon millions and millions of Kinh martyrs sacrificing their lives for their descendants. That's why we should be proud of our martial spirit.

vietnamese are not a race, sorry but i recognize vietnamese as a nationality only.

I don't give a rat's @ss what you recognise and what you don't.

well the World does not recognize you as a race either.

its not caucasian, negriod, mongoliod, and vietnamese

I don't like VN's current flag. It looks like a big fat star slapped onto a red background =\ I like both of our national athems though. I've always thought the national athem is just the first stanza.. I think that's the only part we sang in school

haha
me too

those two colors scare me

we should get something like a hoa van trong dong on the flag

even thought the war is no over but there are still some people in the south vietnamese goverment that hate the the vietnam goverment today. to those south vietnamese people who still can't let it go i got this to said get over it the war is over u lose plus vietnam is getting better now. beside if u want to win then y did u run away why did u run to America, why not stall there and fight for what u believe in or died trying.

Most of the first wave refugees were high officials and higly-educated people. Most of the South Vietnam armies were still fighting (even though Thieu is already gone, bastard). Many generals commited sucides after hearing the news.

^^ that shown that south vietnamese leader are coward and sold thier country to the highest bridger the United state of Amerika!!

Well let's see, if you're a highly educated person. Would you want to stay back in Vietnam after the Communist took over and be "re-educated"...



Cowards are like Thieu and Ky.
But most of the South Vietnamese generals are not coward.

Thang lam vua, thua lam giac.

err i said leader
sorry for the mistook
good day to you sir :genius:

hey u seem to know alot about this. who r u i would like to talk to u more on this subject

There are a lot of members know a lot more about history than me... You have to wait till like 7-9 P.M when people starts going online.

You do know the people that hates the current government aren't just former South Vietnam soldiers and families, right? Most people that hate the current government are actually ordinary citizens, and even former VC soldiers that realized they got robbed. Except for a few extremist (a few thousand) that are in their 50s now, others really don't care. My grandma told me stories about the day the VC came, it wasn't violent, besides those trying to flee. But for most, they just come in and broke into the food supply to give it to the citizens, because they truly thinks that South Vietnamese are dirt poor and starving like all the propagandas they hear. Most people today that hate the government, had nothing to do with the war, it is because of the corruptions, the intransparency of the system. How would you like it if you a college graduate, working your @$$ off to get to the best college too, and can't get a job, when people with connection can easily pick up a job at the hotel or airport where they can rack in "bonuses."

hey where u live in the U.S. or in vietnam

maybe you should design a new flag for us :P.. erm, we can use it in our Viet Clan, that'd be cool.

First of all the Americans deserted us, took all our weapons, and had the #$%#en nerves to call the Vietnam War not a war... Then what the $%^& is it.
Two. The communists are crap... they can't do $hit and vietnam is not getting better. Alot of people were kicked out of their houses just so that thecommunists could work on their latest project...building a park in Ben Tre.

Three... pledge of allegiance starts I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america...etc
The National Anthem is the Star Spangled Banner which starts off

O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?...etc

So if u don't know what the $%^& your talking about %^&* off and stop talkin bull%^&*

The United States of America national anthem is the Star Spangle Banner. Wrote about the war of 1812 between the newly independent United States against the British Empire.

[quote=Huynh,Jul 13 2004, 12:13 PM]
Well let's see, if you're a highly educated person. Would you want to stay back in Vietnam after the Communist took over and be "re-educated"...



Cowards are like Thieu and Ky.
But most of the South Vietnamese generals are not coward.

Thang lam vua, thua lam giac. [/quote]
hey u seem to know alot about this. who r u i would like to talk to u more on this subject [/quote]
There are a lot of members know a lot more about history than me... You have to wait till like 7-9 P.M when people starts going online. [/quote]
hey where u live in the U.S. or in vietnam

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If they are living in Vietnam then they will keep their mouth shut and keep those thought to themselve or else there will be jail time.

I think we should all stop there because there is no need to further divide Vietnamese. Even though I hate the Communist Regime, I still wish Vietnam well. I hope that Vietnam soon will become the rising dragon of Asia and our people will prosper with the freedom to express themself without the fear of persecution. I believe that to improve Vietnam situation, we should do it in a civilize maner. Peaceful revolution, not just another wars. Posperity for Vietnam citizens. For everyone, not just a few. "All for one, One for all!"

[quote=kpham001,Jan 19 2006, 04:51 AM]
hey u seem to know alot about this. who r u i would like to talk to u more on this subject [/quote]
There are a lot of members know a lot more about history than me... You have to wait till like 7-9 P.M when people starts going online. [/quote]
hey where u live in the U.S. or in vietnam

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If they are living in Vietnam then they will keep their mouth shut and keep those thought to themselve or else there will be jail time.

I think we should all stop there because there is no need to further divide Vietnamese. Even though I hate the Communist Regime, I still wish Vietnam well. I hope that Vietnam soon will become the rising dragon of Asia and our people will prosper with the freedom to express themself without the fear of persecution. I believe that to improve Vietnam situation, we should do it in a civilize maner. Peaceful revolution, not just another wars. Posperity for Vietnam citizens. For everyone, not just a few. "All for one, One for all!"

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man i'm bored there's nothin to do or say anymore...

The Vietnamese Flag is one of the ugliest flags in the world. In a rush to copy china and the soviet union, vietnam came up with this hideous looking piece of cloth. It should be changed to reflect something unique about the vietnamese people. Even cambodian's flag looks better.

On-topic: Vietnamese flag is simple but very,very distinctive.

Off-topic: I miss Nam Quoc Son Ha, who has Malay relatives in Malaysia, and ngo-ngocy, founder of the ASEAN Clan

cool!

^Why is an Indian trolling Vietnamese forum again?

The VC were too busy fighting to design a sophisticated flag. Apologies for offending your pampered sensitivities.

if my dog can type, this is what he would write, "gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu gâu!"

You sure sounds like your dog 2

YouStink, my dog sends you his regards!

some dummy threw you a soft ball and you did not miss it. 2 2

viets r just cowards.....

yeah, like you 2

Can you tell me what is the reason for you to conlude that Vietnamese flag copied the design from China flag? As far as I know, the design of the current PRC's flag first appeared in 1949, much later than the Vietnamese flag, which waved for the first time in 1940. How can the Vietnamese flag copied from another flag that hadn't existed?

Anyway, I partly agree with you that the Cambodian flag is beautiful, especially when the hideous depiction of Angkor Wat is removed from the flag.

Or so you claim me to be because you're to pathetic to come up with a good comeback?

Shall I nominate you for an Ignobel prize?

You are right. Chinese flag appeared much later. But I think vietnamese flag was copied from the Soviets Union flag. Just remove the hammer and sickle and move the star to the middle and you got the vietnamese flag. 2

the cambodian flag depicts angkor, its national treasure. the cambodian people can identify with that.

Da Dao Cong San! Tu Do Muon Nam!

Most Communist flags are red with an object in them.

YOu forgot two steps:
- Enlarge the star
- Change the color of the star from red to gold.

By the way, it need four modifications for a Soviet flag to become a Vietnam flag, so you should not use the word "Just" since it's not that simple.

Let me see if I can do something with the Turkish flag, for example, with four steps:
- Remove the crescent
- Move the star to the center
- Enlarge the star
- Change the color of the star from white to gold.

Ha, so can we conclude that the Vietnamese flag copied from the Turkish flag?

After all, I just want to point out the gaps in your arguments. It is the truth that no one deny, even the VCs, that the Vietnamese flag was partly inspired by the Soviet flag, at least in the red background. The gold star, however, was not from the Soviet flag, which used a red star instead.

The Soviet Union is the recognized leader of the Communist movements in the 20 century, so it was not surprising that the Vietnam flag was partly inspired by the Soviet flag. We can find similarities in the history, with the French flag and the Argentinian flag, which isnpired a lot of other flags.

Why some people even bother answering a "stupid" person with all the arguments and facts; then get sweared at in return. Please save your energy for something more valuable.