Although South Vietnam ceased to exist in 1975, the flag still finds use among private citizens in other countries and is still shown and used overseas by some Vietnamese emigrés, particularly those residing in North America and Australia. Former South Vietnamese citizens who fled Vietnam in the late 1970s and 1980s as Boat People, consider the current Vietnamese flag offensive as they see it as being representative of the socialist administration they opposed and fled.[3] From June 2002 onward, in the United States, at least 13 U.S. state governments, seven counties, and 85 cities in 20 states have adopted resolutions recognizing the yellow flag as the "Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag." [4][5][6][7]