Hoa Kỳ

"Hoa Kỳ" is the official name of the United States of America in the Vietnamese language. The term originated from the Chinese "Huaqi" (), which means "fancy flag", i.e. the flag of the United States. The Chinese used to call the United States "Huaqiguo" (花旗國; literally "fancy flag nation"). In modern Chinese, the United States is referred to as "Meiguo" (; literally "beautiful nation"). Its Vietnamese cognate, "Mỹ", is also widely used, but not officially.

Even outside of Vietnam the U.S. is still referred to by "Hoa Kỳ" or "Huaqi" in many expressions. For example, Citibank is called "Huaqi Bank" (花旗银行) in Chinese. In Japanese, American Ginseng is also called "Kaki Jin" (花旗参), which "Kaki" is written with the same Chinese characters as "Huaqi".