Phan Huy Chú (1782–1840) was a Vietnamese mandarin administrator, scholar and historian.
Chú was recruited to go on a mission to China in 1825, the 6th year of the reign of Minh Mệnh.
[1] Thereafter he continued to serve the court as a diplomatic envoy, including on a fact-finding trip in 1833 that took him to Singapore and Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.
Upon returning from the trip he submitted a report under the title "Summary Record of a Sea Journey.
"[2] He is best known as author of Lich Trieu Hien Chuong Loai Chi (1819).