13 Yrs old, South Vietnamese. As I watched this video, I felt like crying. My grandpa is Lt. Doan of the SVA, He lost one of his balls during the war. He told me a few stories of the war. Every day I wear a Pin of the South Vietnamese flag to school and every time I meet My Grandpa I give him a Salute and always shook his hand. He's still alive. When I go to the U.S army, I'm going to Serve for My country and represent Myself as a South Vietnamese-American Soldier. Edit 3/23/2021: Lieutenant. Doan passed away at the age of 87 in June 2019. R.I.P - Thank you to all who showed interest. My goal to serve this nation's Army still stands!

Every Veterans Day Parade in Austin, Texas, I have seen four or five old ARVN vets - in uniform - marching with their flag. Everyone honors their service.

As a Vietnamese who escaped as a toddler with my parents a few years after The Fall of Saigon, watching this clip absolutely breaks my heart and left me in tears to see the flag of South Vietnam lowered as the country collapsed.

that is very sad im a filipino and im a shame of what my country have done to those south vietnamese people my apology but that is a very touching video singing your national antheme for the one last time.

My great grandfather was a Captain in the French/ Vietnamese Navy. He was killed in the Vietnam war. My grandfather was a Major in the South Vietnamese Army. He survived and moved to San Francisco in 1984. My grandfather lived there until he passed away on December 30th, 2020. In honor of these family members, I will join the US Navy and become a Fighter jet pilot after university.

cry every time

The land is gone the government is gone the physical foot step are lost but the memory aren’t the heart of the country is still there the city’s are still there just under someone else’s rules. And the heart of the country will remain in the heart of south Vietnamese people

Guys I’m from south Vietnam I’m a survivor in the USA

fun fact: some South Vietnamese ships escaped to the Philippines. some of those ships are still used to this day

I didn't know South Vietnam had a navy until I met a sailor from those days from Vietnam

God bless South Vietnamese and American soldiers!

I lived in Tacoma, Washington, In 1978 I was in the sixth grade we received a group of Vietnamese refugee students who had escaped Vietnam on boats. We taught them American Football and how to say funny things in English and what to eat for lunch, etc.

bless all you southern anti-communist vietnamese folks, god willing one day you'll get your country back

I miss my country😔❤️

This breaks my heart and makes me teary. God bless these people

I am an South Vietnamese I am in tears right now.

The south lives on in the hearts of us vietnamese people

I had lost my beloved country,I miss Republic of Vietnam,I miss Republic of Vietnam Military Forces,I miss my country -Thien - South Vietnam - Kien Giang 3 18 2018...

much pride for my flag

My grandad was a captain in ARVN. He was KIA. Our family later lost the country. We moved to us and I join the army. I mean USA was not my first country. My first country is always Vietnam, south Vietnam. A country was lost and I hope that USA can be my second home.

god bless America and south Vietnam

I would like to know more about the documentary film you're doing....thanks!!!

0:54 Salute and Respect the South Vietnam Anthem. From: The Kingdom of Laos Exile 1960 - 75 Hmong Royal Lao Military ❤

I loves Rebuplic of south vietnam before 1975 😔

One thing I don't understand at all: the Philippines was run by anti-communist leader Ferdinand Marcos at that time. Why in the hell would he have immediately thrown South Vietnamese recognition under the bus in favor of the Communists?

South Vietnam Is Still Real God Bless South Vietnam

That guy they interviewed was a north vietnamese. As you can see even a northern wants democracy rather than communism

Sorry we failed you guy's.

One thing I wish we had on our smartphones was the South Vietnamese yellow flag with a three red stripes as an emoticon symbol. I can get the American flag and even the Communist Vietnamese flag but I can't get the real South Vietnamese flag and that's sad.

I was a South Vietnamese refugee, first to the Philippines, then to the USA. But in the US we were thrust into the racial conflicts at the time and we didn't want to keep fighting, so we went to Guatemala and El Salvador but we saw the same situation happening, so we moved to Mexico and now I am a proud Mexican citizen.

fact: He said an old wolf on the sea not fox

If only South Vietnamese government didn't have bad leadership and respected their people, it would have stayed where it was.

The natives have lost their beloved country as well

yes i am vietnamese my grandpa almost died in the war so please feel bad for my family

This people are history.

"I had lost my beloved country" These are the lucky men of the Army of Republic of Vietnam . The ones stayed behind like my father and his fellow officers and enlisted men had to endured captivity by the invading communist forces . They had lost their dignity , their homes , their families , their friends and most important of all their beloved country which they have defended valiantly against the tirade of invading communist forces only to be abandoned by their trusted friend and ally , the American government led Gerald Ford . The loss of dignity continued when the American Congress led by the so called anti war & peace loving Democrats (aka Joe Biden) tried to block the acceptance of the 200 000 refugees who recently lost their families and their homeland

we truly failed them

Armies defeated by North Vietnam: Chinese, Mongolian, Cham, Cambodian (Khmer), French, Japanese, American Armies defeated by South Vietnam:

It's was South Vietnam ship or American Ship?

Rip south vietnam wait why everyone name was nguyen in vietnam

Guys I don’t want any argument but there is no good side in a war Only people that fought for what they believe in

This is Afghanistan now

The Republic of Vietnam(=true Vietnam) will rise again. This is a true heritage.

😭😭😭😭😢😢

0:58 One true fact of South Vietnam's anthem("Tiếng Gọi Công Dân", composed in 1948) is that it was a fake copycat version of the song (Thanh Niên Hành Khúc, composed in 1939) composed by Lưu Hữu Phước, which he composed and support for North Vietnam. The author Lưu Hữu Phước was extremely protest the action that South Vietnamese government take it and fake it into their anthem, but he cannot change anything. Later on, he joined the Liberation Front and compose more songs that encourage Vietnam citizens to against the US and its puppet Saigon government.

Vietnam I’m a Vietnamese

😭😭😭😭

I remember my south vietnam

What a tragedy...

Saigon falls April 30th, 1975

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We will be back!!!!

To the south vietnamese I'm sorry that my country lost the war. If it weren't for the corrupted government, the leftist protesting the war, and the lack of strategy we could have won the Vietnam war. From the United States 🇺🇸

Thank you for your service Brave fighting men of the South Vietnamese military 🎖️🪖 I wish things were different 🟨🟨♦️♦️♦️🟨🟨🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

North Vietnam and South Vietnam were based.

Dear Vietnamese people of old sound Viet Nam , you didn't lose the one and only Việt Nam, I and many people inside the country are really welcome you guys back to the country to build the country bigger , prettier, more powerful to fight against the true enemy : China . Let's forget the past , after all we are "Đồng Bào " to each other , please , don't be so hatred to us . /sincerely, a person among people /

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When the French defeated and left Vietnam in 1954. The country divided into two partition states: North Vietnam is the communist and the South is Republic under Democracy government. So, let both side of Vietnam run their countries the way they want. The American participated in to assist by providing aids to South Vietnam to fight back the International Communist (that is Soviet Union and China). So, the US helped South Vietnam so long until 1973 and declared to withdraw cutting significant aids to South Vietnam. The let South Vietnam fight alone against North Vietnam (North Vietnam with the helps from Soviet and China)...and so those nations (US, Australia, Korea, Philippines, Thailand and the whole West) under Democracy running away. Sounds great, huh? Ultimately, the citizens of the Republic of South Vietnam collapsed and its people stranded and faced the consequences of all cost: jails, rapes, rootings, refugees, death, poor, loss....You name it. Why the West entered the war rather let South Vietnam taking care of their country from the beginning, so they didn't depend on the West? You promised and ran away from this war.

People try to apologize for the communists today. Maybe there's some truth to what they say, but that doesn't change the fact that these people fought and died for their country, a country they loved. It wasn't perfect, but it was _theirs._ The fact that American politicians played politics with Vietnam is pathetic and inexcusable, and our refusal to fight the war right cost these people their home. The fact that the communists didn't recognize that, for all their talk of freedom, _they weren't wanted,_ is just as cruel.

But now, when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar We hoist on high the bright yellow flag that bears three bright red stripes. Hurrah, Hurrah! For Southern Rights, Hurrah! Hurrah, for the bright yellow flag that bears three bright red stripes.

For some reason, the fall of south vietnam angers me, people wanted a different type of government but in the end the south had it coming due to poor leadership, corrupt government and weak army, the u.s just wanted to prevent communism but the communist part of vietnam idolized the u.s. At least they're good friends now

fun fact : the south vietnamese anthem is stolen from a composer named Luu Huu Phuoc. The song's actual name is Thanh Nien Hanh Khuc (Youth March)

Am very sorry south vietnam it looks like north vietnam is the true country I’m sorry my own kind country south vietnam I’m in tear I’m from south vietnam.

Star>Three stripes

Holy fuck I feel so sad I'm Veitnamese

South vietnam on my heart❤

As i can see, vietcong's comment just about hating. Shame for them

So sad

But Vietnam was peaceful and undivided,

Don't worry the republic of Vietnam is alive and well in Southern California....

South Vietnam will return one day,i belives it I'm an anti-commie and anti-3 sprites North Vietnamese

I was born in south Vietnam my old country south Vietnam was defeat by north Vietnam and I go to Philippines 🇵🇭 bc south Vietnam is defeat I miss you south vietnam 😭

south vietnam foreverrrrrr

True VIETNAM ❤️❤️❤️

we lost beloved country and fucking betray war

dont mind me just a vietnamese kid who everyone thinks im chinese but im not im vietnamese

I am from south vietnam. my grandpa fought in the war

god bless south vietnam and america ❤️❤️❤️

Souh Vietnam and American are the best and champions... i wish America didnt leave Saigon... i wish they won to keep Republic of Vietnam... thats also how those Vietnamese who survived in other countries could stay in their homeland😔 I feel sorry for Vietnamese had to to escape and left Vietnam, left their beloved homeland just because they rlly hatred Socialists Republic of Vietnam( Communist). i understand for them, bcoz thats what my parents have also done!!!!

There would never been a war if America and South Vietnam fallowed the Geniva Accords.

Sorry o.o 😅

South Korea got very lucky.

Good ol’ days… 😢😔

Việt Nam quê hương tôi

America tried. It poured billions of dollars into South Vietnam and thousands of lives were lost trying to keep the government afloat and Communists contained. But the links between the French colonisers, the Catholic Mafia and the ethnically Han business elite in the South were just too much for the Americans to confront. Vietnam wanted to be one country. The Northern peasants wanted it more than the Southern merchants. The good news was that Western involvement delayed the communist takeover in Vietnam long enough that the Communists didn't go full Maoist/ North Korea. While there were horrible reprisals after the fall of Saigon - Vietnam did not become North Korea. They also got rid of the Khmer Rouge - which was to their credit. They are now a surprising Western ally that is getting rich off involvement in international markets. Eventually it will get so rich that the middle classes will demand decision making power. Just like Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines.

God bless for the capitalism vietnamese and for capitalism world

What deceived generations! I was born in Southern Vietnam, and my mind belongs South Vietnam forever.

Long live South Vietnam

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So my country didn't let them in cuz Vietnam because communist...

it’s time to rise again!

남베트남이 계속있었다면 남한과 누구보다 가까운 형제 나라가 됐을것.. 한국은 친구가 없다..

Vietnam we have low tax :) We dont like to be rich we just want happy

hahaha rip bozo HO HO HO CHI MINH!

số phận đu càng😂😂

Funny

30 /4/1975 :)))

Lol get ratioed south Vietnam. Even with support from the strongest military in the world and it’s allies you still got bodied by rice farmers.

Hỡi người Việt, mình biết các bạn có thể tự hào về đất nước mình tự hào dưới cờ đỏ của mình nhưng hãy nhớ rằng họ không phải giặc Mỹ mà là bạn của dân Sài Gòn ta đây, là người hàng xóm luôn giúp đỡ trong chiến tranh đây, bao nhiêu xương máu đổ ra để bảo vệ miền Nam quê hương ta đây.Nay Cộng sản vào xoá lịch sử miền Nam này, nói giặc là Mỹ, người Sài Gòn là đàn em của Niềm Bắc (trong khi đó chưa người nào dân nào chấp nhận Bắc là anh trai ). Tóm lại cộng sản đã xoá não bạn và biến bạn là người ngu xuẩn trước ánh mắt của người Tư Bản, biến các bạn trở thành con người không hiểu sâu xa rộng về tình hình đất nước mình hiện nay tưởng đất nước vương lên trong khi đó dưới nụ cười của bạn thì đất nước đang đi xuống và sẽ rơi vào tay người bạn cũ hay còn nói là kẻ thù cũ của dân ta . Vì thế mau mau tìm hiểu nhanh lên đi tìm hiểu sự thật và chân lí thật sự ! SÀI GÒN MUÔN NĂM !!!

I’m a Vietnamese myself, I prefer the communists tbh. The 3 stripes government oppressed many races, religious groups and the Americans committed terrible crimes in the country. Still, we forgive them and would welcome them anytime , just don’t go around saying the republic was the true country. FYI:we have clean drinking water, almost 90% of infrastructure have A/C, cheap clean foods. Stop treating communism countries like its a bad thing