The vice president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Phó Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), known as the deputy chairman of the Council of State (Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Nhà nước) from 1981 to 1992, is the deputy head of state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

[3] While the office of vice president was first mentioned in the 1946 constitution,[4] Tôn Đức Thắng became the first vice president of Vietnam in 1960.

The 1980 constitution renamed the office of vice president to Deputy Chairman of the Council of State.

Unlike the 1946, 1959 and the present constitution, the 1980 constitution did not mention what kind of authority the office of vice president had—for instance, it was not mentioned if a vice president would take the responsibilities of acting head of state if the head of state was incapacitated.

[5] In 1992, the name for the post of deputy chairman of the Council of State was reverted to its original name; vice president.