The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Vietnam and its predecessors:
| Name | data-sort-type="usLongDate" style="width:120px;" | Date | Location | data-sort-type="number" style="width:75px;" | Deaths | data-sort-type="text" | Perpetrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siege of Vijaya during the Champa–Đại Việt War (1471) | 1471 | Modern day An Nhơn, Bình Định province | 60,000 killed during the war, 40,000 city dwellers were executed in the aftermaths according to the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Đại Việt army under king Lê Thánh Tông | |||
| 1509 Massacre against Chams | 1509 | Hanoi | All Cham slaves and fugitives in the capital of Hanoi were murdered[1] | King Lê Uy Mục of the Lê dynasty of Đại Việt | |||
| 1782 Saigon massacre | 1782 | District 5, Ho Chi Minh City | 4,000–20,000 Chinese civilians | Vietnamese Tây Sơn force under Nguyễn Nhạc | |||
| 1885 Thừa Thiên masscare[2] [3] | May 23, 1885 | Thừa Thiên, French Indochina | 1,200 | French Armed Forces | |||
| Haiphong incident[4] | November 23, 1946 | Haiphong, French Indochina | 6,000 | French Armed Forces | |||
| Mỹ Trạch massacre | November 29, 1947 | Mỹ Trạch village, Mỹ Thủy commune, Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province | 300+ | French Armed Forces | |||
| Quảng Nam massacre[5] | 12 June 1948 | About 400 killed (mainly women, children, and elderly people) | |||||
| Vũng Tàu massacre | July 21, 1952 | Vũng Tàu | 20 killed | Viet Minh | |||
| Land reform in North Vietnam | 1953–1956 | North Vietnam | [6] | ||||
| Quỳnh Lưu uprising | November 2–14, 1956 | North Vietnam | 1022 killed | People's Army of Vietnam | |||
| Châu Đốc massacre | July 11, 1957 | Châu Đốc in An Giang Province, South Vietnam | 17 | Anti-government insurgents | |||
| Huế Phật Đản shootings | May 8, 1963 | Huế, South Vietnam | 8 – 9 Buddhists | Army and security forces of the government of Ngo Dinh Diem | |||
| Xá Lợi Pagoda raids | August 21, 1963 | Many Buddhist temples across South Vietnam, most notably the Xá Lợi Pagoda in Saigon | Estimates range up to hundreds | Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under orders from Ngô Đình Nhu | |||
| 1965 Embassy of the United States in Saigon bombing | March 30, 1965 | Saigon, South Vietnam | 22 killed | Viet Cong | |||
| 1965 Saigon bombing | June 25, 1965 | Saigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam | 42 killed | Viet Cong | |||
| Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre (disputed) | February 12, 1966 – March 17, 1966 | Tây Sơn District of Bình Định Province, South Vietnam | 1,004 killed | ||||
| Binh Tai massacre (disputed) | October 9, 1966 | Binh Tai village, Phước Bình, Sông Bé Province, South Vietnam | 168 | ||||
| Bình Hòa massacre (disputed) | December 3, 1966 to December 6, 1966 | Bình Hòa village, Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam | 430 | ||||
| Thuy Bo incident (disputed) | January 31, 1967 to February 1, 1967 | Thuy Bo, Điện Bàn District, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam | 145 | United States Marine Corps | |||
| Bamboo Pickers Incident[7] | October 1967 | Ba Ria–Vung Tau province | 5 | 1st Australian Task Force | |||
| Đắk Sơn massacre | December 5, 1967 | Đắk Sơn, Phước Long Province, South Vietnam | 114–252 | Viet Cong | |||
| Massacre at Huế | January 31, 1968 to February 28, 1968 | Huế | 5467 killed | Disputed | |||
| Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre (disputed) | February 12, 1968 | Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất hamlets, Điện Bàn District of Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam | 69–79 | ||||
| Hà My massacre (disputed) | February 25, 1968 | Hà Mỹ village, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam | 135 | ||||
| My Lai Massacre | March 16, 1968 | Mỹ Lai and My Khê hamlets, Sơn Mỹ, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam | 504 | U.S. Army | |||
| Son Tra massacre | June 28/9, 1968 | Sơn Trà, Bình Sơn District, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam | 88 | Viet Cong | |||
| Thanh Phong massacre (disputed) | February 25, 1969 | Thanh Phong village of Bến Tre Province, South Vietnam | 21 | U.S. Navy | |||
| Son Thang massacre | February 19, 1970 | Son Thang, South Vietnam | 16 killed | U.S. Marine Corps | |||
| Thạnh Mỹ massacre | June 11, 1970 | Thạnh Mỹ Village, Quế Sơn District, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam | 78 | Viet Cong | |||
| Đức Dục massacre | March 29, 1971 | Đức Dục District, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam | 103 | Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam | |||
| Shelling of Highway 1 | April 24–Sep 28, 1972 | Highway 1, between Quảng Trị and Huế, South Vietnam | 2800 | People's Army of Vietnam | |||
| Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard | August 30, 1973 | Cai Lậy District, Định Tường province | 32 killed | Viet Cong | |||
| Re-education camps[8] | 1945–1987 | North VietnamSouth Vietnam | 26,000–232,000 | Communist government of Vietnam (165,200 killed)Gorvernment of South Vietnam (65,000 killed) | |||
| Tân Lập massacre[9] | September 24, 1977 | Tân Lập commune, Tân Biên district, Tây Ninh province | 592 | Khmer Rouge Forces | |||
| Ba Chúc massacre | April 18, 1978 | Ba Chúc, Tri Tôn, An Giang province | 3,157 | Khmer Rouge Forces | |||
| Tong Chup massacre | March 9, 1979 | Tong Chup village, Hung Dao commune, Cao Bằng | 504+ | People's Liberation Army of China | |||
| Krông Pắk stabbing [<nowiki/>[[:vi:Dương Văn Môn|vi]]] | 8 August 1998 | Krông Pắk district, Đắk Lắk province | 12 | Dương Văn Môn | |||
| 2020 Đồng Tâm raid[10] [11] | January 9, 2020 | Đồng Tâm, Mỹ Đức district, Hanoi | 4 | Hanoi Mobile Police under orders from Ministry of Public SecurityĐồng Tâm villagers | |||
| 2023 Đắk Lắk attacks | June 11, 2023 | Ea Tiêu and Ea Ktur police station, Cư Kuin district, Đắk Lắk province | 9 (4 police officers, 2 officials, and 3 civilians) | Đêga state |
