Chinese Consulate General in HCMC: Address & Services 2026

The Consulate General of China in Ho Chi Minh City is at 175 Hai Ba Trung Street in the city centre; its citizen-protection line is +84 908 002 226 (published by the Chinese Embassy), and it receives visitors Monday to Friday, 8:30–11:00 am and 2:30–4:00 pm. It serves the Chinese business community, workers and tourists in southern Vietnam with consular documents, protection and emergency help. Info Travel – based in Ho Chi Minh City – helps Chinese nationals with visas, residence cards, legalisation and Chinese–Vietnamese translations; WhatsApp +84327828822.

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Contact details of the Chinese Consulate General in HCMC

Item	Details
Address	175 Hai Ba Trung Street, Xuan Hoa Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
Phone	Switchboard: +84 28 3829 2459 – Consular protection: +84 908 002 226 – 24/7 hotline: +86 10 12308
Email	Not verified – contact by phone or via the website
Website	https://hochiminh.china-consulate.gov.cn/
Opening hours	Mon–Fri 8:30–11:00 am and 2:30–4:00 pm (closed weekends and public holidays)
Jurisdiction	Southern provinces and cities

The consulate’s website blocks automated access, so the address, switchboard and hours above have been cross-checked with Google Maps. The address used to say “District 3”; since July 2025 Ho Chi Minh City has no districts and the area belongs to Xuan Hoa Ward. The protection line +84 908 002 226 is verified.

Consular services for Chinese citizens

Like other Chinese missions, the Ho Chi Minh City consulate works within the Chinese foreign ministry’s common consular system:

Protection of citizens in the south – workplace and traffic incidents, scams, disputes with partners.
Travel documents: passports and travel permits – see cs.mfa.gov.cn or the China Consular app.
Notarisation and consular authentication – apostilled Vietnamese documents no longer need this step.
Liaison with Chinese businesses in southern industrial zones.

Check procedures, fees and processing times directly with the consulate.

Before you visit

Call ahead or check the China Consular app to see whether an appointment is required.
Bring your passport, Vietnamese visa or residence card, residence confirmation and original documents.
Hai Ba Trung Street is congested at rush hour – arrive early.
Closed on Vietnamese and Chinese holidays; services may be limited during the 1 October Golden Week.
Residents of Hanoi and the north should contact the embassy; central Vietnam is covered by the Da Nang consulate.
The pavement queue for visa applications outside the gate is often very long, with some people arriving before dawn; the door may close at the end of the morning session even if people are still waiting.
Book an online appointment and complete the online form before you come: applicants with an appointment generally report a smooth visit and receive status updates by email.
Security controls the entrance closely; follow instructions, stay in line and have your documents ready to show.

What foreigners usually need help with

Lost Chinese passport: get a loss report from the police where it happened, then contact the consulate general for a travel document (旅行证) or new passport. Your Vietnamese visa was in the old passport, so you will need a new visa or exit procedures for foreigners from immigration before going home.

Passport expiring: renew through China’s consular channels, then transfer your visa or temporary residence card to the new passport. If you work in Vietnam, start early so your work permit is not disrupted; if you need more time, see visa extension.

Marrying a Vietnamese citizen, registering a birth, work permits: you usually need a single-status certificate, police record or diplomas – now mostly via the apostille route (below) plus a notarised translation.

Signature certification, powers of attorney: ask the mission directly, as Chinese consular notarisation is largely handled through online systems.

Chinese tourists can apply for a Vietnam e-visa; the embassy also publicised Vietnam’s visa exemption for Chinese citizens touring Khanh Hoa province (October 2026).

Chinese passport help in Vietnam

The pages of the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City that we could access do not include a detailed passport guide, so we do not state processing times, fees or whether walk-in applications are taken. China’s foreign ministry points citizens to the passport/travel document section of cs.mfa.gov.cn and to the “China Consular” (中国领事) app for related consular business – check there or call the mission. If renewal cannot be done locally, the alternatives are applying in China or obtaining an emergency travel document to return home. Where biometrics are required, the applicant must attend in person. Info Travel helps within what the mission permits: paperwork, photos, translations of Vietnamese documents, then transferring your visa or residence card to the new passport and handling exit procedures.

Consular legalisation, MOFA certification and notarised translation

This is where 2026 changed the most. China has applied the Apostille Convention since 7 November 2023, and Vietnam since 11 September 2026. On 18 September 2026 the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi announced that Vietnamese public documents within the Convention’s scope, once apostilled, can be used in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau without consular legalisation by Vietnam’s foreign ministry and a Chinese mission.

a) Chinese documents for use in Vietnam (birth certificates, police records, diplomas, single-status certificates…): obtain an apostille from the competent authority in China (or legalisation through a Vietnamese embassy or consulate in China if a Vietnamese office asks), then a notarised translation into Vietnamese. Unless exempted by an international treaty, documents need an apostille or legalisation.

b) Vietnamese documents for use in China: apply for an apostille at the Consular Department (MOFA, Hanoi) or the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs, with a Chinese translation. Previously the next step was legalisation at the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City; that step is no longer needed for documents within the Convention. The Chinese Embassy warns that an apostille does not guarantee acceptance – check the receiving institution’s requirements on format, content, validity and translation first.

Info Travel runs the full chain: Chinese–Vietnamese translation, notarisation, apostille or MOFA/DOFA stamp, submission and collection. See consular legalisation in Vietnam and apostille vs consular legalisation; quotes on WhatsApp +84327828822.

Because the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs also accepts apostille applications, Chinese residents in the south need not send documents to Hanoi; Info Travel files and collects them locally.