Members of the Vietnamese carabid fauna are arranged and nomenclaturally revised. As the result, 178 species belonging to 74 genera of 12 subfamilies, Brachininae, Omophroninae, Carabinae, Scaritinae, Bembidiinae, Trechinae, Pterostichinae, Harpalinae, Callistinae, Oodinae, Odacanthinae, and Lebiinae, are recorded from Vietnam. Within these, four species, Abacetus leucocetes Bates, 1873, Agonom (Metacolpodes) buchanani Hope, 1831, Stenolopus (Egadroma) difficilis (Hope, 1845), and Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) beckeri Jedlicka, 1930 are newly recorded. A species checklist with taxonomic information, type localities and worldwide distribution are provided.