country Data Vietnam

Template documentation

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Template:Country data Vietnam is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wiki English. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Vietnam`	Main article name (Vietnam)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Vietnam.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Vietnam.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1863`		`Royal Flag of Vietnam (1802–1885).svg`
`1885`		`Flag of Central Vietnam (1885-1890).svg`
`1890`		`Standard of the Nguyen Dynasty (1890 - 1920).svg`
`1920`		`First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg`
`1945`		`Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (1945).svg`
`1945a`		`Flag of North Vietnam (1945-1955).svg`
`naval`		`Ensign of Vietnam People's Navy.svg`
`military`		`Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg`
`coast guard`		`Vietnam Coast Guard flag.svg`
`navy`		`Vietnam People's Navy flag.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the Vietnam People's Air Force.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`VNM` (view)	VNM	Vietnam
`VIE` (view)	VIE	Vietnam
`Viet Nam` (view)	Viet Nam	Vietnam

Example usage

{{flag|Vietnam}} → Vietnam
{{flagicon|Vietnam}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Vietnam|1863}} → Vietnam
{{flagicon|Vietnam|1863}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|VNM}} →
{{flagcountry|VNM}} → Vietnam
{{flag|VNM}} → VNM

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|Vietnam}} → Vietnam People's Navy
{{flagicon|Vietnam|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Vietnam}} → Vietnam People's Air Force
{{flagicon|Vietnam|air force}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|Vietnam}} → People's Army of Vietnam
{{flagicon|Vietnam|military}} →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Vietnam}} → Vietnam People's Navy
{{flagicon|Vietnam|navy}} →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|Vietnam}} → Vietnam Coast Guard
{{flagicon|Vietnam|coast guard}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Vietnam}} → Vietnam People's Ground Force
{{flagicon|Vietnam|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

Note

The flag variant marked "1863" for the image File:Royal Flag of Vietnam (1802–1885).svg has been labeled fictitious and unofficial.

If a misleading usage of that 1863 flag variant is discovered in a Wiki article, then it should be removed from that article.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Vietnam in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Vietnam

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parametersEdit template data
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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