A process for the manufacture of vinyl chloride by the condensation of methyl chloride, obtained from methane or from methanol, followed by an oxychlorination of the condensation products and then by a dehydrochlorination.The condensation of methyl chloride preferably takes place in the presence of a catalyst selected from an aluminosilicate or an oxide, oxyhalide or sulfide of a transition metal of Groups IV, V, VI and VII of the Periodic Table.