The Indochinese Barbet is a near-endemic resident of Vietnam. A Vietnamese species account reports it above 750 m in parts of eastern Laos and Cambodia and central to south-central Vietnam.
At about 22 cm long, it is mostly green, with a thick black eyebrow, a small red forehead tuft, a yellow upper neck, and blue lower neck and cheeks. The sexes look alike.
Vietnam Wildlife lists it as resident in Vietnam and records it in some mountain areas above 750 m. The account focuses on elevation and locations and does not describe particular feeding or breeding behavior.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.