Hello Vandoo,
The black-lacquered one is actually Laotian, according to the Barbier-Mueller book (the full title is, SHIELDS: AFRICA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM). To quote from page 136: "Such shields are often erroneously attributed to the 'Moi' of Vietnam."
The rattan shield is, I think, almost certainly Chinese. At least, I've seen similar shields attributed to China, and none of my research has uncovered a similar shield in Vietnam (the Barbier-Mueller book suggests that there were circular rattan shields in Vietnam, but there are no photos and no reference is made of the tiger-face decoration).
I'm attaching the photos of the Vietnamese shield from pages 132 and 133 of this book. I don't mean to reference this book so heavily, but this seems to be the best book in my possession on the subject of African and Asian shields.
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