Red star on a red field. The flag of Vietnam also has a yellow star on a red field. North Korea's Red Star operating system takes its name from the communist red star. Socialist countries in Africa also incorporated the red and/or gold star into their heraldry. This practice was also adopted by countries that were formed following decolonial national liberation struggles, which often involved Marxist organizations. Transnistria and the Luhansk People's Republic are proto-states located in Eastern Europe. Due to their historical association with the Soviet Union, they have adopted socialist imagery including the red star into their flags and heraldry.
Emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations The Emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is the emblem of ASEAN adopted in July 1997 together with the ASEAN flag. Although the current emblem was already in use for years, the official guidelines were adopted at the 6th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) in Hanoi, 8 April 2010. Set upon a red circle background, ten yellow paddy or rice stalks are drawn in the middle. Under the rice stalks the organisation name abbreviation "asean" is written in lower case Helvetica font in blue. The red circle is