This list is an incomplete list of the recipients of the Gold Star Order of Vietnam
| Full name | birth year and death year | highest position | awarded year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tôn Đức Thắng | 1888-1980 | President | 1958 | |
| Nguyễn Thị Thập | 1908-1996 | Member of Central Party Committee, Vice Chairman of National Assembly | 1985 | |
| Phạm Văn Đồng | 1906-2000 | Prime Minister, Member of Politburo | 1990 | |
| Võ Nguyên Giáp | 1911- 2013 | General, Commander in chief of People's Army of Vietnam,Member of Politburo | 1992 | |
| Võ Chí Công | 1913-2011 | Member of Politburo, President | 1992 | |
| Nguyễn Hữu Thọ | 1910-1996 | Chairman of National Assembly, Acting President, Chairman of Vietnamese Fatherland Front | 1993 | |
| Tố Hữu | 1920-2002 | Member of Politburo, Vice Prime Minister | ||
| Văn Tiến Dũng | 1917-2002 | General, Minister of Defense,Member of Politburo | 1995 | |
| Nguyễn Lương Bằng | 1904-1979 | Vice President | ||
| Hoàng Quốc Việt | 1905-1992 | Head of Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam, Chairman of Vietnamese Fatherland Front | ||
| Nguyễn Duy Trinh | 1910-1985 | Member of Politburo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||
| Lê Đức Thọ | 1911-1990 | Member of Politburo, Head of the Central Organizing Committee | ||
| Lê Thanh Nghị | 1911-1989 | Member of Politburo, Vice President | ||
| Phạm Hùng | 1912-1988 | Member of Politburo, Prime Minister | ||
| Lê Văn Lương | 1912-1995 | Member of Politburo, Head of the Central Organizing Committee | ||
| Chu Huy Mân | 1913-2006 | General, Chairman of the General Political Department, Member of Politburo | ||
| Nguyễn Chí Thanh | 1914-1967 | General, Chairman of the General Political Department, Member of Politburo | ||
| Nguyễn Văn Linh | 1915-1998 | General Secretary | ||
| Trần Quốc Hoàn | 1916-1986 | Member of Politburo, Minister of Public Security | ||
| Đỗ Mười | 1917-2018 | General Secretary, Prime Minister, Member of Politburo | ||
| Lê Đức Anh | 1920-2019 | General, President, Minister of Defense, Member of Politburo | ||
| Võ Văn Kiệt | 1922-2008 | Prime Minister, Member of Politburo | 1997 | |
| Lê Quang Đạo | 1921-1999 | Chairman of National Assembly, Chairman of Fatherland Front | 2002 | |
| Song Hào | 1917-2004 | Colonel General, Chairman of the General Political Department, Secretary of Central Party | 2003 | |
| Phạm Văn Xô | 1910-2005 | Secretary of Central Party, Vice Head of the Central Inspection Committee | 2004 | |
| Xuân Thủy | 1912-1985 | Secretary of Central Party, Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2005 | |
| Huỳnh Tấn Phát | 1913-1989 | President of Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Chairman of Father Front | 2005 | |
| Cù Huy Cận | 1919-2005 | Minister of Agricultural, Duty Minister of Cultural | ||
| Trần Quốc Hương | 1924- | Secretary of Central Party | 2006 | |
| Trần Nam Trung | 1912-2009 | Colonel General, Inspector-General of the Government, Minister of Defense of Republic of South Vietnam (1969-1975). | 2007 | |
| Hoàng Anh | 1912- | Secretary of Central Party, Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Lê Trọng Tấn | 1914-1986 | 2007 | ||
| Nguyễn Chánh | 1914-1957 | Vice Chief of General staff | 2007 | |
| Đặng Việt Châu | 1914-1987 | Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Võ Thúc Đồng | 1914-2007 | Minister of Agricultural | 2007 | |
| Hoàng Văn Thái | 1915-1986 | General, Duty Minister of Defense, First Chief of General staff | 2007 | |
| Phan Trọng Tuệ | 1917-1991 | Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Đức Tâm | 1920-2010 | Member of Politburo, Head of the Central Commission of Organizing | 2007 | |
| Mai Chí Thọ | 1922-2007 | Police General, Minister of Internal Affairs | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Cơ Thạch | 1921-1998 | Member of Politburo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Thanh Bình | 1920-2010 | Member of Politburo, Chief party of Hanoi | 2007 | |
| Trần Kiên | 1920-2003 | Secretary of Central Party, Head of Central Commission of Inspection | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Văn Trân | 1917- | Secretary of Central Party, Chief party of Hanoi | 2007 | |
| Đồng Sỹ Nguyên | 1923-2019 | Member of Politburo, Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Trần Hữu Dực | 1920-2003 | Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Trần Quỳnh | 1920-2005 | Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Côn | 1917- | Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Lam | 1921-1990 | Vice Prime Minister | 2007 | |
| Trần Đức Lương | 1937- | Member of Politburo, President | 2007 | |
| Nguyễn Quyết | 1922- | Vice Chairman of Council of State, General | 2007 | |
| Đàm Quang Trung | 1921-1995 | Vice Chairman of Council of State, Colonel General | 2007 | |
| Đoàn Khuê | 1923-1998 | Minister of Defense, General, Member of Politburo | 2007 | |
| Hoàng Tùng | 1920-2010 | Secretary of Central Party, Head of Central Propaganda Committee | 2007 | |
| Trần Quyết | 1922-2010 | Secretary of Central Party, Head of Supreme People's Procuracy | 2007 | |
| Vũ Oanh | 1924- | Member of Politburo, Head of Central Mobilize Committee | 2007 | |
| Lê Khả Phiêu | 1931-2020 | General Secretary | 2007 | |
| Phan Văn Đáng | 1918-1997 | Vice Chairman of National Assembly | 2008 | |
| Lê Văn Hiến | 1904-1997 | Minister of Labour, Minister of Finance | 2008 | |
| Nguyễn Khánh Toàn | 1905-1993 | Duty Minister of Education | 2008 | |
| Phan Văn Khải | 1933-2018 | Prime Minister | 2008 | |
| Trần Tử Bình | 1907-1967 | Secretary of Party's Committee of North Vietnam, Ambassador of Vietnam in China | ||
| Hồ Tùng Mậu | 1896-1961 | Inspector-General of the Government | 2008 | |
| Dương Quang Đông | 1902-2003 | Standing Member of Party's Committee of South Vietnam | 2008 | |
| Nguyễn Văn Lộc | 1914-? | Minister of Agricultural | 2008 | |
| Lê Chưởng | 1914-1973 | Secretary of Party's Committee of Central Vietnam, Major General, Duty Minister of Education | 2008 | |
| Trần Danh Tuyên | 1911-1997 | Member of Party's Committee of North Vietnam, Chief party of Hanoi | 2008 | |
| Trần Quý Hai | 1913-1985 | Lieutenant General, Duty Minister of Defense | 2008 | |
| Đinh Đức Thiện | 1913-1987 | Colonel General,Minister of Mechanics and Metallurgy, Minister of Oil and Gas | 2008 | |
| Nguyễn Văn Tạo | 1908-1970 | Chairman of the Office of the Government | 2009 | |
| Trần Văn Quang | 1917-2013 | Colonel General, Vice Chief of General staff, Duty Minister of Defense | 2009 | |
| Đặng Quân Thụy | 1928- | Lieutenant General, Vice Chairman of National Assembly | 2009 | |
| Trần Đăng Ninh | 1910-1955 | Chairman of General Logistical Department, People's Army of Vietnam | 2009 | |
| Nguyễn Thanh Sơn | 1910-1996 | Secretary of Party's Committee of South Vietnam, Duty Minister of Finance, Senior Colonel | 2009 | |
| Hoàng Trường Minh | 1922-1989 | Vice Chairman of National Assembly, Head of the Committee on Ethnics | 2010 | |
| Nguyễn Văn Tố | 1889-1947 | First Head of Standing Committee of National Assembly | 2011 | |
| Tôn Quang Phiệt | 1900-1973 | Vice Head of Standing Committee of National Assembly | 2011 | |
| Nguyễn Xiển | 1917-1997 | Vice Chairman of National Assembly, General Secretary of Socialist Party of Vietnam | 2011 | |
| Nguyễn Xuân Linh | 1909-1988 | Secretary of Standing Committee of National Assembly | 2011 | |
| Nghiêm Xuân Yêm | 1913-2001 | Vice Chairman of National Assembly, General Secretary of Democratic Party of Vietnam, Minister of Agricultural | 2011 | |
| Nguyễn Phú Trọng | 1944-2024 | General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | 2024 |
| Full name | birth year and death year | highest position | awarded year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev | 1906-1982 | 1980 | ||
| Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin | 1904-1980 | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union | 1980 | |
| Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov | 1902-1982 | Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 1980 | |
| Losonczi Pál | 1919-2005 | Head of state of the Hungarian People's Republic | 1984 | |
| Jambyn Batmönkh | 1926-1997 | General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, President of the Mongolian People's Republic | 1986 | |
| Heng Samrin | 1934- | 1986 | ||
| Kim Il Sung | 1912-1994 | President of the Korean People's Democratic Republic | 1988 | |
| Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic | ||
| Khamtai Siphandon | 1924- | President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1993 | |
| Choummaly Sayasone | 1936- | President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2006 | |
| Fidel Castro | 1926-2016 | President of the Republic of Cuba | ||
| Samane Vignaket | 1927- | Chairman of the National Assembly of Laos | 2007 | |
| Sisavath Keobounphanh | 1928- | Prime Minister of Laos | 2007 | |
| Bounnhang Vorachith | 1937- | Vice President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2007 |