sentences:  The five points of the star represents peasants, workers, intellectuals, traders, and soldiers working together to build a socialist state; while the red background represents the blood and toil of the people to achieve revolution.The flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (the Viet Minh-controlled areas in Northern and Southern Vietnam and later just North Vietnam) in the period of 1945-1955 was similar to the current flag of Vietnam but with the points of the star set at a more obtuse angle.The colors approximation is listed below