There are many symbols of Vietnam,long ago,it was "Chim Lac" - a kind of bird only found in stories."Chim Lac" was the symbol found in the surface of "Bronze Drum",it also was the symbol of the VietNamese forbidden kingdom "Lac Viet".This is one link to one picture of "Chim Lac" : http://phanchautrinhdanang.com/BAIVO2007/DiemsachVietSuDaiCuong02_filesimage001.jpg
(in VietNamese,the word "Chim" means "Bird")
Nowaday,when thinking about VietNam,people often think about lotus,this kind of flower is very special.They live near the mud but they still have pure and upright
pleasent smell,just like VietNamese people.Althought faced many dificulties,VietNamese pelople still keep the pure and upright inside their souls.Beside lotus people often think about bamboo trees when they think about VietNam,the bamboo trees always grow verticaly,they also like VietNamese people.After facing many difficulties,they still stand and never surender.
These informations should help you increase your knowledge about VietNam and VietNamese.My English is not very good so plese forgive me if i wrote anything wrong
The symbol is the monument itself. A solemn reminder of the over 58.000 American lives lost in the Vietnam War.
lunar new year
doves - a symbol of peace
Doves. But remember, the dove was a symbol of peace well before the Vietnam War. Hawks were the other fellas.
The Vietnam Womens Memorial is one of the three parts that make up the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; it is a statue consisting of two nurses (most women in the Vietnam War were nurses, making these nurses a symbol) and an injured man in one of the nurse's arms.
The peace sign is a hippie symbol, along with sandals, long hair and a head band. GI's in Vietnam referred to the "Peace" symbol as the "foot print of the American Chicken"...as that's about what the sign looks like.
The battle of Dien Bien Phu is a representative symbol of freedom from colonial rule and Western influence .
Vietnam Vietnam
The Vietnam Coat of Arms is a symbol of the nation's sovereignty and identity. The coat of arms features a five-pointed star symbolizing the Communist Party of Vietnam, a cogwheel representing agriculture and industry, and rice ears representing the agriculture-based economy of the country. The coat of arms also includes a background of inland waterways, mountains, and a rising sun, symbolizing Vietnam's natural resources and aspirations for a bright future.
There no longer is a North Vietnam, North Vietnam and South Vietnam were joined together after the Vietnam War.
For military vets it is a bad luck symbol for soldiers drafted specifically in ww2, Korea, and Vietnam. It still survives today by some volunteer veterans as a symbol of service.
The Peace Symbol was widely used in the U. S. during the 1960s by people opposed to the Vietnam War. It actually started in the 1950s in England, and was designed by overlapping the semaphore shapes for the letters "N" and "D" to promote Nuclear Disarmament.