Context (Production / use)
Vietnamese socialist banner. The majority of such items were made in their country of depiction, largely as a direct result of the economic policy of self-sufficiency under state socialism that encouraged local production of smaller finished goods rather than their importation. The major exception to such policy within the Soviet Bloc was unfinished materials (raw resources) and extremely large-scale and/or costly items. Under the terms of the CMEA agreement, certain types of industry were divided between the participating countries in order to minimise duplication within the system and to increase a level of cross-dependancy directed by the Soviet Union. Such economic direct was given partial mandate by the Soviet Union’s postwar ability to tie in economic reparation demands upon each of the states within its sphere of influence.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
"Viêt-Hung Doàn Két Tháng Lói" embroidered on the front of the banner.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Field collection)
Purchased in July 2002 at the Nepstadion Flea Market, Budapest along with banners from East Germany, Hungary, Soviet Union, Vietnam.
Event Date 7/2002
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Red and blue Vietnamese banner'
Event Date 2004
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Production / use)
Assume it was made in Vietnam. Policy of self-sufficiency.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Banner with gold embroidered star on one side along with inscription in Vietnamese.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Vietnamese banner. Triangular shape made of blue and red silk. Red cloth lines the back of the banner. The hem is lined with golden fringe and a wooden rod is fed through the top of the banner. A golden star, along with "Viêt-Hung Doàn Két Tháng Lói" is embroidered on the front.
Event Date 12/5/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth