# Embassy of China, Hanoi

Embassy of China in Hanoi（Chinese: 中國駐越南大使館 ; Vietnamese: Đại sứ quán Trung Quốc tại Việt Nam）is the official diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The embassy was opened in 1954, and the current ambassador is Xiong Bo.

## History

Following the Chinese Communist Revolution at home, China established their embassy to Vietnam on a hill in Đại Từ district, Thái Nguyên province, since Hanoi was unavailable at the time due to the First Indochina War. It was here that China's first ambassador to Vietnam, Luo Guibo, submitted his credentials to Ho Chi Minh.
On August 25, 1954, after Vietnamese victory in the war, China decided to establish an embassy in Hanoi proper. Ho Chi Minh allowed the Chinese delegation to freely choose a location anywhere in Hanoi and report back to him. The current site of the Chinese Embassy was originally the official residence of Hoàng Trọng Phu, a former minister of French Tonkin. The selection was soon approved by Ho Chi Minh.

## List of ambassadors

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻越南大使列表 | Observations | Premier of the Republic of China | List of heads of state of Vietnam |
| February 13, 1941 | Lin Jiamin | 林珈民 | Chargé d'affaires of the government in Nanjing to the Japanese occupation troops in Huế. | Wang Jingwei | Bảo Đại |
| January 1, 1944 | Zhang Yongfu | zh:张永福 | Chargé d'affaires of the government in Nanjing to the Japanese occupation troops in Huế. (born 1872 in Singapore- 1957) | Wang Jingwei | Bảo Đại |
| March 11, 1945 | | | The Japanese occupation force declared an Empire of Vietnam independent from the Fédération indochinoise. | Wang Jingwei | Bảo Đại |
| August 25, 1945 | | | The Vietnamese Empire announced the throne abdication. | Chen Gongbo | Bảo Đại |
| August 30, 1945 | | | In Huế the Vietnamese Empire celebrated its throne abdication ceremony. | Chen Gongbo | Bảo Đại |
| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻越南大使列表 | Observations | Premier of the People's Republic of China | Prime Minister of Vietnam | Term end |
| September 2, 1945 | | | In Hanoi a provisional Government of North Vietnam was established. | Zhou Enlai | Hồ Chí Minh | |
| January 18, 1950 | | | The governments in Hanoi and Beijing established diplomatic relations. In 1954, after the First Indochina War, China set up an embassy in Hanoi. | Zhou Enlai | Hồ Chí Minh | |
| November 9, 1954 | Luo Guibo | zh:罗贵波 | former head of China's Vietnamese political advisers. | Zhou Enlai | Hồ Chí Minh | September 1, 1957 |
| January 1, 1958 | He Wei | zh:何伟 | | Zhou Enlai | Phạm Văn Đồng | April 1, 1962 |
| April 1, 1962 | Zhu Qiwen | zh:朱其文 | | Zhou Enlai | Phạm Văn Đồng | May 1, 1969 |
| June 1, 1969 | Wang Youping | zh:王幼平 | | Zhou Enlai | Phạm Văn Đồng | August 1, 1974 |
| September 1, 1974 | Fu Hao (diplomat) | zh:符浩 | | Zhou Enlai | Phạm Văn Đồng | April 1, 1977 |
| September 1, 1977 | Chen Zhifang | zh:陈志方 | | Hua Guofeng | Phạm Văn Đồng | June 1, 1978 |
| December 1, 1978 | Yang Gongsu | zh:杨公素 | | Hua Guofeng | Phạm Văn Đồng | May 1, 1980 |
| February 17, 1979 | | | Sino-Vietnamese War | Hua Guofeng | Phạm Văn Đồng | March 16, 1979 |
| December 1, 1980 | Qiu Lixing | zh:邱力行 | | Zhao Ziyang | Phạm Văn Đồng | August 1, 1985 |
| September 1, 1985 | Li Shichun | zh:李世淳 | | Zhao Ziyang | Phạm Văn Đồng | April 1, 1989 |
| December 1, 1988 | Zhang Dewei | zh:张德维 | | Li Peng | Võ Văn Kiệt | February 1, 1993 |
| December 1, 1992 | Zhang Qing | zh:张青 (外交官) | | Li Peng | Võ Văn Kiệt | December 1, 1995 |
| December 1, 1995 | Li Jiazhong | zh:李家忠 | | Li Peng | Võ Văn Kiệt | July 1, 2000 |
| July 1, 2000 | Qi Jianguo | zh:齐建国 | | Zhu Rongji | Phan Văn Khải | February 1, 2006 |
| March 1, 2006 | Hu Qianwen | zh:胡乾文 | | Wen Jiabao | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | November 1, 2008 |
| November 1, 2008 | Sun Guoxiang | zh:孙国祥 | | Wen Jiabao | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | September 1, 2011 |
| September 1, 2011 | Gong Hyeon-U | zh:孔铉佑 | | Wen Jiabao | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | May 1, 2014 |
| May 1, 2014 | Hong Xiaoyong | zh:洪小勇 | | Li Keqiang | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | November 2018 |
| November 2018 | Xiong Bo | zh:熊波 | | Li Keqiang | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | |