Nguyễn Văn Cốc (born December 1942) is a Vietnamese former fighter pilot and MiG-21 flying ace during the Vietnam War.

Nguyễn Văn Cốc was born in December 1942 at Việt Yên of the province of Bắc Giang in French Indochina, north of Hanoi.

[1] On 2 January 1967,[2] he was among a group of pilots who fell into a trap set by the United States Air Force's 8th Tactical Fighter Wing.

He scored all his victories using the heat-seeking Vympel K-13 missile.On June 18, 1969, Nguyễn Văn Cốc was awarded a Huy Hiệu medal for each of his nine kills.

After the war, Nguyễn Văn Cốc remained with the Vietnamese People's Air Force, retiring with the rank of Chief Inspector in 2002 after declining health.