The attorney-general's role says that Mr Vicente paid $810,000 (£650,000) inwards bribes to nigh downwards corruption investigations that he was facing.
The alleged bribes were made to Portugal's quondam populace prosecutor Orlando Figueira, who besides faces charges equally share of "Operation Fizz".
Mr Vicente's lawyer has denied the allegations, Portuguese media report.
Mr Vicente served equally caput of Angola's terra firma fossil oil fellowship Sonangol from 1999 until 2012, a hugely influential seat at i time occupied past times the president's immature lady Isabel Dos Santos.
Until tidings of the corruption scandal emerged concluding year, he had been strongly tipped equally a potential successor to President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled Republic of Angola since 1979.
The original corruption investigation, halted inwards 2012, focused on the source of coin Mr Vicente used to purchase a luxury storey inwards Lisbon, local media reported.
The vice-president's lawyer, Rui Patricio, said his customer had non been notified of whatever charges beingness brought against him, describing the deed equally a "procedural violation" which "invalidated the legal process",
local media report.
Portuguese prosecutors country they recollect to notify the vice-president of the charges via the Angolan authorities.
Republic of Angola has branded previous attempts past times Portugal to investigate Mr Vicente equally "revenge past times the quondam colonial master" in addition to "neo-colonialism".
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Angola's political in addition to fiscal elite accept inwards recent years invested hundreds of millions of dollars inwards Portugal, Angola's quondam colonial ruler.
The investments accept largely gone into buying upwards holding in addition to Portuguese companies.
Republic of Angola in addition to Nigeria are Africa's biggest fossil oil producers.
Despite its fossil oil wealth nigh people inwards Republic of Angola live on less than $2 a twenty-four hours in addition to little mortality rates are amidst the highest inwards the world
Critics accuse President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of beingness increasingly authoritarian.
