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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001394220</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>RINO International CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RINO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001411823</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Zou Dejun</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>NO. 11 YOUQUAN ROAD, ZHANQIAN STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>JINZHOU DISTRICT</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALIAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>F4</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>116100</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CHINA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType></transactionFormType>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>16109679</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By the Innomind Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">17,899,643 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $.0001 per share (&quot;Common Stock&quot;) are owend of record by the Innomind Trust, a British Virgin Islands trust, of which the Reporting Person is the beneficiary of 16,109,679 shares of Common Stock. The Reporting Person retains investment power over such shares. The Reporting Person is married to Ms. Jianping Qiu, who is the beneficiary of 1,789,964 shares of Common Stock held by the Innomind Trust, over which the Reporting Person disclaims his ownership.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Darren Ofsink, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-09-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
