2021 in Vietnam

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Events in the year 2021 in Vietnam .

Incumbents

• Communist Party General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• President: Nguyễn Phú Trọng → Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc → Phạm Minh Chính
• Assembly Chairperson: Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân → Vương Đình Huệ

Events

Ongoing

• COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam

January

• January 31 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng is re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam for a third five year term of top leader in Vietnam. ^[1]

May

• May 23 - 2021 Vietnamese legislative election

July

• July 8 - Officials decided to postpone 2021 SEA Games to 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. ^[2]
• July 23 to August 2 - Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Olympics

August

• August 24 to September 5 - Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Deaths

Lệ Thu

• 15 January – Lệ Thu, singer (born 1943). ^[3]
• 14 February – Nguyễn Tài Thu, physician (born 1931). ^[4]

References

1. "Vietnam ruling Communist Party chief Trong re-elected for third term". Reuters. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
2. "Vietnam SEA Games postponed to 2022". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
3. "Danh ca Lệ Thu qua đời". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
4. "Vietnam's leading acupuncturist Nguyen Tai Thu passes away". sggpnews.org.vn. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.