Vietnam was under the control of China for a long time, but It escaped from rule in the tenth century and became independent in 1428. It was admitted into French possession French Indochina from 1887 and took occupation of the Japanese armed forces from 1940. A French military goes ashore with Socialist Republic of Viet Nam of communism to assume Ho Chi Minh a leader in 1945 having been established by North Vietnam side. A military collision happened in 1946 and developed into the first Indo-China War. For 1948 years, France supports puppet government in South Vietnam. A Vietnamese republic is birth by the American support that Vietnam is divided after lat. 17 degrees N with French defeat in the north and south in 1954, and was replaced to France in 1955 in South Vietnam. South Vietnam frente is organized in 1960 and starts anti-U.S.A. struggle. U.S.A. came to intervene with a Tonkin case of 1964 directly and I started bombing of North Vietnam in 1965 and entered into full-scale state of war. United States Armed Forces withdrawal decides that it ends in virtual defeat of the United States Armed Forces in 1973. North and south unification was realized with collapse of South Vietnam Republic in 1975 and renamed the name of a country to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.
Six kinds of fish stamps were issued in 1967 by Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Eight kinds of Selachain stamps were issued in 1980 by Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Eight kinds of fish stamps were issued in 1984. Six kinds of stamps on which it drew a representative crocodile of many parts of the world were issued in 1994 year. Six kinds of sea horse stamps were issued in 1997 year. It is the rare stamp that all of six kinds was unified with a sea horse. Six kinds of freshwater fish protection stamps were issued in 2001 year.
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1967.7.25 Fish Stamp
Filamentosus Saury Saurida filamentosa (Synodontidae) |
Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius (Scombridae) |
Belted Beard Grunt Hapalogenys mucronatus (Haemulidae) |
Red Collared Emperor Lethrinus haematopterus (Lethrinidae) |
Black Pomfret Parastromateus niger (Carangidae) |
Saddle-Tailed Sea-Perch Lutjanus erythropterus (Lutjanidae) |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1980.8.1 Selachain Stamp
Whale Shark Rhincodon typus (Rhincodontidae) |
Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvieri (Carcharhinidae) |
Japanese Wobbegong Orectolobus japonicus (Orectolobidae) |
Zebra Bullhead Shark Heterodontus zebra (Heterodontidae) |
Honeycomb Stingray Dasyatis uarnak (Dasyatidae) |
Largetooth Sawfish Pristis microdon (Pristidae) |
Scalloped Hammerhead Sphyrna lewini (Sphyrnidae) |
Japanese Eagle Ray Myliobatis tobijei (Myliobatididae) |
1984.6.25 Fish Stamp
Flyingfish Cypselurus spilopterus (Exocoetidae) |
Longhorn Cowfish Ostracion cornutus (Ostraciidae) |
Spot-fin Porcupinefish Diodon hystrise (Diodontidae) |
Copperband Butterflyfish Chelmon rostratus (Chaetodontidae) |
Deep Sea Anglerfish Linophryne arborifera (Linophrynidae) |
Russell's Lionfish Pterois russelli (Scorpaenidae) |
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola (Molidae) |
Lionfish Pterois lunulata (Scorpaenidae) |
1994.6.1 Crocodile Stamp
Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus (Crocodylidae) |
American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis (Alligatoridae) |
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus (Crocodylidae) |
Chinese Alligator Alligator sinensis (Alligatoridae) |
Paraguay Spectacled Caiman Caimen crocodilus yacare (Alligatoridae) |
Freshwater Crocodile Crocodylus johnsoni (Crocodylidae) |
1997.9.4 Seahorse Stamp
Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus (Syngnathidae) |
Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus (Syngnathidae) |
Long-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus (Syngnathidae) |
Great Seahorse Hippocampus kolloggi (Syngnathidae) |
Japanese Seahorse Hippocampus japonicus (Syngnathidae) |
Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus (Syngnathidae) |
2001.1.18 Freshwater Fish Protection Stamp
Archerfish Toxotes microlepis (Toxotidae) |
Carp Cosmochilus harmandi (Cyprinidae) |
Indonesian Shortfin Eel Anguilla bicolor (Anguillidae) |
Clown knifefish Chitala chitala (Notopteridae) |
Indo-Pacific Tarpon Megalops cyprinoides (Megalopidae) |
Jullien's Golden Carp Probarbus jullieni (Cyprinidae) |