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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>0001411426</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Qiu Jianping</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>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType></transactionFormType>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1789964</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 owned of record by the Innomind Trust, a British Virgin Islands trust, of which the Reporting Person is the beneficiary of 1,789,964 shares. The Reporting Person retains investment power over such shares. The Reporting Person is married to Mr. Dejun Zou, who is the beneficiary of 16,109,679 shares of Common Stock held by the Innomind Trust, over which the Reporting Person disclaims her ownership.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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