2011 in Vietnam

The following are events that happened during 2011 in Vietnam .

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Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh (until January 19), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (since January 19) ^{[1] [2]}
• President: Nguyễn Minh Triết (until July 25); Trương Tấn Sang (from July 25) ^[3]
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
• Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Phú Trọng (to July 23); Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (from July 23) ^[4]

Events

• January 12–19 – 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. ^{[1] [2]}
• January 19 – Journalist Lê Hoàng Hùng was burned. ^[5]
• April–May – Thousands of Hmong people protested in Mường Nhé. ^[6]
• May 22 – Legislative election was held. ^[7]
• August 4 – Phạm Thanh Bình, CEO of Vinashin was arrested. ^[8]
• August 24 – Lê Văn Luyện killed 3 people and robbed property at a gold shop. ^[9]
• September 10–11 – National funeral of Võ Chí Công. ^[10]
• November 20 – Saigon River Tunnel opened. ^[11]
• December 23 – General Statistics Office announced that inflation rate reached 18.58%. ^[12]

Deaths

• February 24 – Trần Lâm, journalist, director of Voice of Vietnam (b. 1921)
• April 24 – Madame Nhu, politician (b. 1924)
• June 20 – Vương Văn Bắc, politician (b. 1927)
• July 15 – Đặng Văn Quang, officer (b. 1929)
• July 23 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, politician (b. 1930)
• September 8 – Võ Chí Công, Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam (p. 1912)
• October 23 – Trương Vĩnh Lễ, politician (b. 1914)
• October 27 – Hoàng Hồng Cẩm, painter (b. 1959)
• November 17 – Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc, prelate (b. 1919)

References

1. "Vietnam's Communist Party congress faces economic test". BBC News. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
2. X.Tr. (2011-01-19). "Tân Tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
3. "National Assembly elects Truong Tan Sang as President". Nhan Dan Newspaper. 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
4. "Nguyen Sinh Hung elected NA Chairman". VietnamPlus. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
5. Thiên Phước; Thụy Du (2011-01-19). "Một nhà báo bỏng nặng vì bị phóng hỏa". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).
6. Ruwitch, John (2011-05-06). "Thousands of Hmong stage rare Vietnam protest". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
7. "Ngày 22-5-2011, Bầu cử đại biểu Quốc hội khóa XIII và đại biểu Hội đồng nhân dân các cấp nhiệm kỳ 2011 - 2016". Báo Nhân Dân điện tử (in Vietnamese). 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
8. "Former Vinashin official arrested". VietnamPlus. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
9. Anh Thế; Quốc Đô (2011-08-25). "Hồi ức kinh hoàng về vụ thảm sát cả gia đình chủ tiệm vàng". Dan Tri News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
10. "Thông báo lễ viếng, lễ truy điệu và lễ an táng đồng chí Võ Chí Công". Dan Tri News (in Vietnamese). 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
11. N.Ẩn (2011-11-20). "Thông xe hầm Thủ Thiêm: Nối niềm mong ước". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
12. Nhật Minh (2011-12-23). "Lạm phát cả năm vượt 18%". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).

External links

• Media related to 2011 in Vietnam at Wikimedia Commons