[Vnbiz] Schwarzenegger: South Vietnamese flag can fly on state buildings

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Schwarzenegger: South Vietnamese flag can fly on state buildings


Associated Press


WESTMINSTER, Calif. - State parks and buildings now have the governor's
blessing to fly the former flag of South Vietnam on holidays and special
occasions.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a largely symbolic measure Saturday that
gives the flag the state's official recognition. About 10 states and more
than a dozen California cities and counties already have done so.

Most Vietnamese immigrants who live in Orange County's Little Saigon and
elsewhere fled their country after the communists' victory and don't accept
the country's current red flag.

Vietnamese leaders have pushed for the traditional flag's recognition for
years, said Assemblyman Van Tran, R-Westminster.

The move gained momentum last month when Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher,
R-Fullerton, who is running for state Senate in the district covering Little
Saigon, appealed to the governor for help.

Both Schwarzenegger and Tran endorsed Daucher in her bid.

Among registered Vietnamese-born voters in Orange County, Republicans
outnumber Democrats 2-to-1.

Orange County has about 133,000 people of Vietnamese descent, according to
2002 Census data

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