2004 in Vietnam

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The following lists events that happened during 2004 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

Ongoing

• H5N1 bird flu killed 20 people. ^{[1] [2]} 44 million birds were destroyed. ^[3]

April

• April 10–11 – Mass protests in Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai and Đắk Nông provinces. ^[4]

June

• June 1 – Nguyễn Quang Thường, Deputy General Director of PetroVietnam, was arrested. ^[5]
• June 3 – Năm Cam was executed ^[6]
• June 12 – Tropical Storm Chanthu made landfall in Central Vietnam. ^[7]

August

• August 19 – VTC Digital Television was launched. ^[8]

November

• November 28 – Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam Development Triangle Area was ratified. ^[9]

Births

• January 1 – Nguyễn Đức Việt, footballer
• February 5 – Trần Nam Hải, footballer
• February 20 – Nguyễn Ngọc Mỹ, footballer
• March 6 – Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường, footballer
• June 23 – Ngọc Minh Chuyên, female footballer
• July 1 – Lê Văn Hà, footballer
• August 5 – Nguyễn Hiểu Minh, footballer
• August 19 – Nguyễn Đình Bắc, footballer

Deaths

• February 3 – Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh, lawyer, politician and activist (b. 1931)
• March 26 – Phan Quang Đán, politician (b. 1918)
• April 1 – Trần Kim Phượng, diplomat (b. 1926)
• May 23 – Lê Minh Hương, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam (b. 1936)
• June 3 – Năm Cam, mobster (b. 1947)
• June 26 – Nguyễn Văn Hinh, general (b. 1915)
• August 24 – Tạ Tỵ, painter and poet (b. 1922)
• Trần Văn Thọ, painter (b. 1917)

References

1. "Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam". WHO. 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
2. "Cumulative number of confirmed human cases for avian influenza A(H5N1) reported to WHO, 2003-2024, 26 February 2024". www.who.int. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
3. "Việt Nam cảnh báo dịch cúm gà có thể tái phát". RFA (in Vietnamese). 2004-06-30.
4. "Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: Renewed concern for the Montagnard minority". Amnesty International. 2004-04-27. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
5. N.V.Hải; Đà Trang (2004-06-03). "Họ đã chia chác hàng triệu USD!". Tuổi trẻ (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-25.
6. "Đêm cuối cùng của Năm Cam". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 2004-06-04.
7. "Typhooon Chanthu". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2004-06-17. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
8. "2 thập kỷ nối dài 'cánh sóng' VTC". Thanh niên (in Vietnamese). 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
9. "Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia Discuss Development Triangle". SGGP English Edition. 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2024-11-19.