# List of flags of French Indochina

The following is a list of flags of French Indochina from 18 February 1859 to 9 March 1945.

## Union flags
### Government

| Date | Use | Description |
| 17 October 1887 to 9 March 1945 | State flag and civil ensign | A tricolour flag featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red (2:3). |
| 1867 – 9 March 1945 | Flag of the governor colony | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red on swallow tail blue ensign (1:2). Influences: |
| 1923–1945 | Civil and naval ensign of French Indochina | A vertical tricolour of blue, white and red on swallow tail yellow ensign. (proportions 1:2). Influences: |

### Military

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1862 – 9 March 1945 | War flag | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1). Influences: |
| 1923 – 9 March 1945 | Flag of Tirailleurs indochinois | French flag canton on a yellow field (1:1). Influences: |
| 1867 – 9 March 1945 | Flag of Gendarmerie | Influences: |

## Subjects
### Annam and Tonkin

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1858–1885 | Diplomatic flag of Dainamese empire | Yellow field with gold border (2:3). |
| | 1885–1890 | Provisional flag of Dainamese empire | National name centered on the yellow field (2:3). Influences: |
| | 1923 – 9 March 1945 | Protectorate flag of Annam, Tonkin and Kouang-Tchéou-Wan | French flag canton on a yellow field (2:3). Influences: |
| Imperial standards ||||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1885–1890 | Nguyễn dynasty by Cảnh Tôn | Standard of Dainamese emperor, beside, used as the [provisional] national flag. Influences: |
| | 1890–1920 | Nguyễn dynasty from Thành Thái to Hoằng Tôn | A yellow field with a single red stripe. The flag of dragon and star, originally designed by Emperor Thành Thái. Highly same as the Spanish flag. Influences: |
| | 1920 – 8 May 1945 | Nguyễn dynasty from Hoằng Tôn to Bảo Đại | The flag of dragon and star, used as the [official] national flag in 1945. Influences: |
| Personal standards of emperors ||||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1802–1945 | [Triangle] Personal standard of emperors of Nguyễn dynasty | The flag of yellow and dragon (黃龍旗 / Hoàng-long kì) or emperor (天子旗 / Thiên-tử kì). Flag ratio is 1:2. |
| | 1922–1945 | [Rectangle] Personal standard of emperors of Nguyễn dynasty (Hoằng Tôn and Bảo Đại) | Flag ratio is 2:3. Influences: |
| | 1802–1945 | Imperial pennon of Nguyễn dynasty | Flag ratio is 5:3. |

### Laos

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1713–1947 | National and royal flag of Kingdom of Champasak | |
| 1707–1893 | National and royal flag of Kingdom of Luang Phrabang | |
| 1887–1945 | Protectorate flag of Kingdom of Laos | Influences: |
| 1887–1975 | Royal standard of the Kingdom of Laos | Influences: |

### Cambodia

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1863–1948 | Protectorate flag from Norodom to Sihanouk | Similar flag to the present flag, but instead of 2 blue bands above and bottom, it was a dark blue banner and a small red banner inside. |
| | 1863–1993 | Royal and personal standard of the King | Red flag with a dark blue rectangle inside, with elements from the Royal Arms of Cambodia in gold. |

### Cochinchina

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1862–1945 | Flag of France. | After becoming autonomous republic in 1946, Cochinchina adopted a yellow flag with three blue strips. |

## Organizations

* Political organizations
* Vietnam Restoration League (1912 - 1925)
* Trotskyist League of Vietnam (1931 - 1946)
* Vietnam National Restoration League (1939 - 1951)
* League for the Independence of Vietnam (1941 - 1951)
* Vietnam Revolutionary League (1942 - 1946)
* Đại Việt Nationalist Alliance (1944 –1945)
* Political parties
* Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929 - 1945)
* Communist Party of Indochina (1930 - now)
* Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (1939 - now)
* Religional organizations
* Catholic Church in Vietnam (19th century - now)
* Evangelical Church of Vietnam (1927 - now)
* Hòa Hảo (1939 - now)
* Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (? - now)
* Social organizations
* Vietnamese Scout Association (1930 - now)
* Enlightenment Association (1939 - 1940)
* Illegal organizations
* Kingdom of Sedang (1888 - 1889)
* Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Dân Quốc, 越南民國), designed and used by Yenbay mutiny in 1930
* Nghetinh Soviets (1930 - 1931)