2009 in Vietnam

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The following are events that happened during 2009 in Vietnam .

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh
• President: Nguyễn Minh Triết
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
• Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Events

• January 25 – Gianh River boat accident ^[1]
• February 22 – Dung Quất Refinery were inaugurated ^[2]
• February 23 – China and Vietnam marked the final demarcation of land border ^[3]
• May 31 – First H1N1 case in Vietnam ^[4]
• September 27 – 150 monks were forced to leave Bát Nhã Temple ^[5]
• September 29 – Typhoon Ketsana made landfall in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces ^[6]
• October 30–November 8 – 2009 Asian Indoor Games ^[7]

Deaths

• February 22 – Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, cardinal (b. 1919)
• May 10 – Trần Nam Trung, Defence Minister of Republic of South Vietnam (b. 1912)
• May 20 – Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1930)
• June 10 – Nguyễn Khắc Ngư, prelate (b. 1909)
• September 7 – Paul Lê Đắc Trọng, bishop (b. 1918)
• October 14 – Vũ Dân Tân, painter (b. 1946)

References

1. "Chìm đò sông Gianh 40 người thiệt mạng". BBC Vietnamese (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
2. "PM Dũng: Dung Quất's first flow of commercial oil is a significant mark". Vietnam Government News (in Vietnamese). 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
3. "China, Vietnam settle land border issue". ph.china-embassy.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
4. "Vietnam has first case of H1N1 flu -doctor". Reuter. 2009-05-31.
5. "Monks Driven from Monastery". Radio Free Asia. 2009-09-29.
6. "Siêu bão đổ bộ, 28 người chết và mất tích". Người Lao Động Newspaper (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
7. "OCA » Vietnam 2009". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2024-11-04.

External links

• Media related to 2009 in Vietnam at Wikimedia Commons