# List of ambassadors of China to Vietnam

The Ambassador of China to Vietnam is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

## List of representatives

| 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 | |
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## South Vietnam

The Chinese Ambassador to South Vietnam was the official representative of the Republic of China to the Republic of Vietnam.

## List of representatives (South Vietnam)

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻越南大使列表 | Observations | List of premiers of the Republic of China | List of heads of state of Vietnam | Term end |
| October 26, 1955 | | | Establishment of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). | Yu Hung-Chun | Ngo Dinh Diem | |
| December 1, 1956 | Yuan Zijian | zh:袁子健 | The Consulate General of the Republic of China in Saigon was upgraded to a mission. | Yu Hung-Chun | Ngo Dinh Diem | July 1, 1958 |
| January 1, 1957 | | | The Taiwanese Mission in Saigon was upgraded to the embassy, the minister Yuan Zijian was promoted to ambassador. | Yu Hung-Chun | Ngo Dinh Diem | |
| July 1, 1958 | Yuan Zijian | zh:袁子健 | | Chen Cheng | Ngo Dinh Diem | October 1, 1964 |
| October 1, 1964 | Hu Lien | zh:胡琏 | A huge plastic bomb was set off in the Chinese Embassy at Saigon. | Yen Chia-kan | Phan Khắc Sửu | December 1, 1972 |
| October 1, 1964 | Tchen Heou-jou | 陳厚儒 | Chargé d'affaires (born 1912 in Jiangsu) married to Ting Mo-hsien; 4 sons, 1 daughter. Lic. laws Aurora University (Shanghai). 1940–1942 Sect. Mem., MOFA. 1942–1946 Attaché, Ch. Emb., Teheran. 1946–1955 Vice Consul, in charge of the Consulate in Haiphong. 1955–1957 Sect. Chief, MOFA. 1957–1960 Consul Gen., Tahiti. 1960–1964 Counsl. Chargé d'affaires Emb., Senegal. 1964–1966 Min., Emb., Vietnam. In 1966 he was designated Ambassador of China to Benin and was retired. | Yen Chia-kan | Phan Khắc Sửu | January 1, 1966 |
| December 1, 1972 | Hsu Shao-chang | 许绍昌 | (born 1913 in Zhejiang ) graduated of the Central Political Institute in Nanjing. He served as political vice minister of foreign affairs, minister of the Chinese Embassy in Washington and ambassador to Brazil, Italy, Malta and Argentina. Also named to serve in Vietnam was Dr. Lo Tsung-chueh, a senior specialist of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction who became chief of the Chinese Agricultural and Technical Mission. Lo replaced Chang Lien-chun, who was invited by the Guam government to assist in its agricultural development program. Chang had served in Vietnam since 1963. Lo is a plant pathologist and served in Vietnam as crop and animal husbandry section chief of the mission. | Chiang Ching-kuo | Phan Khắc Sửu | April 1, 1975 |
| April 30, 1975 | | | Fall of Saigon the Taiwanese Embassy was closed. | Chiang Ching-kuo | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ | |
| May 1, 1973 | Wang Ruojie | zh:王若杰 | (born 1914 in Zouping County) In 1955 he became Major General of the People's Liberation Army. From May 1964 – December 1972 he was Chinese Ambassador to Yemen (North Yemen). In 1973 he was appointed ambassador to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Vietnam. From September 1977 to August 1982he was Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius. In 1976 South Vietnam and North Vietnam merged to form the Vietnamese Socialist Republic. | Zhou Enlai | Phạm Văn Đồng | November 1, 1976 |