Аннотация:The lichen flora of Vietnam was investigated. A bibliography is presented of all papers citing lichen species from what is now Vietnam, and a comprehensive checklist is given, with the reported and the current names. To give an impression of the state of the current knowledge of the lichen flora, the results of a recent field trip are presented as well. The total lichen flora known to date comprises 275 species, 122 of which are reported here from Vietnam for the first time.