Giving up his dream of returning to Japan, Nakamaro resumed his career as a governmental official in Tang, and was sent to Vietnam as Governor of the Chen-Nan Region and Chief Commander of the An Nam Region of Vietnam (Senior Third Rank) after promoted from Zuo Sanqi Changshi, a high-level advisor at the examination bureau (Junior Third Rank).
仲麻呂は帰国を断念して唐で再び官途に就き、左散騎常侍（従3品）から鎮南都護・安南節度使（正3品）として再びベトナムに赴き総督を務めた。