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RESOLUTION NO: 3750.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER RECOGNIZING THE
FLAG OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AS THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE
OVERSEAS
WHEREAS, the current Vietnam Hanoi Communist Regime continues to be a one party
state ruled by an un-elected and unaccountable government that continuously and arbitrarily
infringes upon the human rights and religious freedom of its people; and
WHEREAS, the vast majority of Vietnamese Americans who fled Vietnam do not recognize
or condone the Vietnam Communist regime; and
WHEREAS, the people of the former Republic of Vietnam are not defeated but remain
unbowed and in opposition to communism and stand united in their commitment to freedom; and
WHEREAS, the State of California is home to the largest Vietnamese-American population
in the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, the City of Westminster is home to a higher percentage of Vietnamese-
American residents than any other California or United States city; and
WHEREAS, the people of the former Republic of Vietnam were valiant in their resistance to
the aggression of communist North Vietnam, and refugees from the Republic of Vietnam who
emigrated to the United States of America and settled in the City of Westminster, California,
should be honored and remembered for their sacrifices such that the only flag depicting the
Nation of Vietnam shall be the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam; and
WHEREAS, the flag of the Free Vietnamese people is the flag of the former Republic of
Vietnam, which consists of three horizontal stripes of red (gules) upon a field of gold (or); and
WHEREAS, the flag of the one party regime currently holding power in occupied Vietnam
may be the flag of a government, but it is not the flag of a Nation; and
WHEREAS, the culture and history of the Vietnamese people should be celebrated and
honored with the flag of the Vietnamese Nation, not the flag of the tyrants who betrayed and
rejected that glorious culture and history; and
WHEREAS, this flag remains a poignant reminder of the threat of communism, and the
imperative of remaining vigilant in opposition to tyranny of all forms, and to actively support
human rights.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Westminster on this day formally
recognizes the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam as the official flag of the Vietnamese People
overseas, and that this flag may be displayed on any city owned property at any city-controlled or
sponsored Vietnamese-American event subject to the permit requirements of the City. The City of
Westminster encourages state legislators to pass a law recognizing the flag of the former Republic
of Vietnam as the official flag of the Vietnamese-Americans overseas, and encourage the local
school districts to adopt a similar Resolution recognizing the flag of the former Republic of
Vietnam as the official flag to be displayed in the schools.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February 2003.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: RICE, PARIS, FRY, MARSH, QUACH
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE

MARGIE L. RICE, MAYOR
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