Opinion | Why the flag of South Vietnam flew at US Capitol siege
- Amid the chaos on January 6, yellow-and-red striped flags of the former South Vietnam stood out
- The protesters flying those flags were likely Vietnamese-American supporters of Trump, who favour his anti-communist and anti-China stance

Alongside US flags, anti-Semitic banners and Confederate battle flags flew the yellow-and-red striped flag of the former South Vietnam.
This confounded many onlookers. One Reddit user wondered why the mostly white “anarchist mob” had “co-opted” South Vietnamese iconography.
Election surveys find that Vietnamese-Americans were the only Asian-American group in which a majority voted for Trump last year. They are attracted to Trump’s hard-line stance against China, anti-communist rhetoric and self-avowed commitment to protecting America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, according to journalists and researchers.
The South Vietnamese flag recalls Vietnam’s own “failed” democracy – and the people’s struggle to save their nation.

A NATIONALIST FLAG
