2003 in Vietnam

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The following lists events that happened during 2003 in Vietnam .

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh
• President: Trần Đức Lương
• Prime Minister: Phan Văn Khải
• Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Văn An

Events

• February 26 – The first SARS patient in Vietnam hospitalized. ^[1]
• March 11 – Hôpital français de Hanoï stops accepting new patients. ^[1]
• April 28 – Vietnam became first country removed from the list of SARS-affected countries. ^[2]
• May 2 – Bus explosion in Bắc Ninh province kills more than 40 people. ^[3]
• July 1 – S-Fone was founded. ^[4]
• September 2 – Mỹ Đình National Stadium was inaugurated. ^[5]
• December 5–13 – 2003 SEA Games was held. This was the first time Vietnam staged the SEA Games. ^[6]
• December 21–27 – 2003 ASEAN Para Games was held. ^[7]

Births

• January 2 – Nguyễn Văn Bách, footballer
• January 10 – Đinh Xuân Tiến, footballer
• January 13:
  • Nguyễn Đức Phú, footballer
  • Phương Mỹ Chi, singer
• January 15 – Hồ Văn Cường, footballer
• January 17 – Nguyễn Văn Triệu, footballer
• January 25 – Đào Thị Kiều Oanh, female footballer
• January 27:
  • Lê Trung Vinh, footballer
  • Trần Ngọc Sơn, footballer
  • Hà Châu Phi, footballer
• February 9 – Trần Trung Kiên, footballer
• February 24 – Bùi Vĩ Hào, footballer
• March 27 – Nguyễn Phi Hoàng, footballer
• March 28 – Pháo, rapper
• May 4 – Nguyễn Quốc Việt, footballer
• May 10 – Vũ Văn Sơn, footballer
• May 11 – Khuất Văn Khang, footballer
• May 16 – Nguyễn Đức Anh, footballer
• May 31 – Nguyễn Hồng Phúc, footballer
• June 18 – Đoàn Huy Hoàng, footballer
• July 13 – Nguyễn Thái Sơn, footballer
• July 27 – Nguyễn Nhật Minh, footballer
• July 28 – Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn, footballer
• September 10 – Nguyễn Văn Trường, footballer
• November 6 – Vũ Thị Hoa, female footballer
• November 10 – Viktor Le, footballer
• November 25 – Phạm Như Phương, artistic gymnast
• December 27 – Bùi Văn Bình, footballer

Deaths

• February 12 – Duy Khánh, singer (b. 1936)
• March 26 – Platon Nguyễn Văn Thành, soldier (b. 1922)
• April 18 – Nguyễn Đình Thi, writer (b. 1924)
• August 28 – Hồ Thành Việt, computer programmer (b. 1955)
• August 29 – Nguyễn Xuân Oánh, economist and politician (b. 1921)
• October 20 – Hoàng Tích Chù, painter (b. 1912)
• November 23 – Trần Hoàn, songwriter (b. 1928)
• December 4 – Hoàng Đan, general (b. 1928)

References

1. Nakashima, Ellen (2003-05-04). "Vietnam Took Lead In Containing SARS". The Washington Post.
2. "Viet Nam becomes first country to be removed from WHO's SARS list | UN News". news.un.org. 2003-04-28. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
3. N.V.H. (2003-11-05). "Vụ nổ xe khách ở Đại Bái: Đề nghị truy tố 2 đối tượng mua bán chất nổ". Tuổi trẻ (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-25.
4. Ngọc Tuyên (2016-10-16). "13 năm khó khăn chồng chất của mạng di động S-Fone". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).
5. "Khánh thành sân vận động quốc gia Mỹ Đình". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 2003-09-03.
6. Anh Quân (2017-06-05). "Theo dòng lịch sử: SEA Games 22 - Việt Nam (2003)". VTV News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-25.
7. Honghai (2003-12-16). "Những điều cần biết về ASEAN Para Games 2". hanoimoi.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-25.