2012 in Vietnam

The following are events that happened during 2012 in Vietnam .

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See also:	Other events of 2012 History of Vietnam Timeline of Vietnamese history List of years in Vietnam

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• President: Trương Tấn Sang
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
• Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Sinh Hùng

Events

• January 5 – Haiphong police confiscated the land of Đoàn Văn Vươn's family  [ vi ]. ^[1]
• May 16 – Vinasat-2 was launched. ^[2]
• July 21 – F-1 satellite was launched. ^[3]
• August 3-5 – The first Vietpride event was held in Hanoi. ^[4]
• October 22 – Nguyễn Tấn Dũng admitted mistakes in economic management. ^{[5] [6]}
• November 22 – Vietnam Coast Guard arrested 11 pirates who hijacked the MT Zafirah ship. ^[7]
• December 20 – Sơn La Dam was completed. ^[8]
• December 28 – Lê Quốc Quân was arrested for tax evasion. ^[9]

Deaths

• May 13 – Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện, bishop (b. 1906)
• June 21 – Nguyễn Trọng Xuyên, general officer (b. 1926)
• July 3 – Nguyễn Hữu Có, politician (b. 1925)
• October 2 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện, dissident (b.1939)

References

1. "Pitched battle over Vietnam farmland". BBC News. 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
2. "Vinasat-2 telecom satellite launched successfully". SGGP English Edition. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
3. Chánh Trung (2012-07-21). "Vệ tinh F-1, dấu ấn Việt trên vũ trụ". Người Lao Động Newspaper (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
4. "Ảnh: Diễu hành của người đồng tính ở VN". BBC Vietnamese (in Vietnamese). 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
5. "Vietnam's prime minister admits 'faults' on economy". BBC News. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
6. Hồng Vân (2012-10-22). "Thủ tướng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng nhận lỗi trước Quốc hội". Nhan Dan Newspaper (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
7. Đông Hà (2012-11-23). "Bắt gọn 11 cướp biển". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
8. Le Ha (2012-12-21). "Son La hydro-power plant completed three years ahead of schedule". VietNamNet. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
9. "Luật sư bất đồng chính kiến Lê Quốc Quân bị bắt". Voice of America (in Vietnamese). 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2024-09-16.

External links

• Media related to 2012 in Vietnam at Wikimedia Commons