Democratic Republic of Vietnam calling for the creation of a national emblem and a national seal for the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (dated 28 January 1951) During the 1950s, a number of countries around the world established diplomatic relations with the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In order to expand relations with other countries and affirm Vietnam's sovereignty through diplomatic activities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent an official dispatch to the National Assembly Standing Committee on the creation of the national emblem. North Vietnam adopted its national emblem on 30 November 1955. In June 1953 Bùi Trang Chước entered a contest to design the national emblem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, in which he submitted 112 different detailed research drawings, sketches and pencil drawings. Of his submissions 15 sketches were selected by the Central Committee of Fine Arts and Arts and sent to the Ministry of Propaganda for submission to the Prime Minister in October 1954. He noted that his entire National Emblem design uses only two colours yellow and red, the traditional colours of the nation. The new version replaced the wording "Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa" with "Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam". In 2007 a representative of the
National Assembly of Vietnam, the
artist Trần Khánh Chương, commented that the printing process of Vietnam's national emblems featured too many errors and problems, resulting in many inaccurate "versions". Notable errors included: the rice corn is too big (just like the wheat corn), the gear only has six teeth instead of ten, the circles inside the gear are not accurate, and the space between the rice corn appears uneven. . On 25 December 2021 the
Prime Minister of Vietnam issued
Quyết định số 2198/QĐ-TTg (Decision No. 2198/QD-TTg) on the recognition of National Treasures which declared the collections of the 1953–1955 North Vietnamese national emblem proposals by Bùi Trang Chước as a
national treasure, these sketches are currently (as of December 2022) kept at the National Archives Center III, Department of State Records and Archives,
Ministry of Home Affairs. After this decision these sketches were put on public display as a part of the ("Your memory – Our history") exhibition. These ceramics were then used to service foreign delegates visiting Huế on diplomatic missions. During the Bảo Đại period the scroll only contained two Chinese characters bearing the
reign era of the emperor. His personal coat of arms continued to be used by members of the
House of Nguyễn Phúc after the
abolition of the Nguyễn dynasty.
State of Vietnam The coat of arms of the
State of Vietnam (which after the
1954 Geneva Agreements became known as "
South Vietnam") featured a
blue dragon (a symbol of the
Nguyễn dynasty) on an
escutcheon (shield) of yellow and red stripes. == List ==