2024 in Vietnam

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Events in the year 2024 in Vietnam .

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng (until 18 July); Tô Lâm (since 3 August)
• President of Vietnam – Võ Văn Thưởng (until 21 March); Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (acting, 21 March-22 May); Tô Lâm (since 22 May- 21 October), Lương Cường (since 21 October)
• Prime Minister of Vietnam – Phạm Minh Chính
• Chairman of the National Assembly – Vương Đình Huệ (until 2 May); Trần Thanh Mẫn (since 20 May)

Events

March

• 21 March – Vietnamese anti-corruption campaign: President Võ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign, making him the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history. ^[1]

April

• 11 April –.A court sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to death over a $12.46 billion financial fraud case. ^[2]
• 17 April – Vietnam mounts a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a massive fraud case. ^[3]
• 26 April – Vương Đình Huệ resigns as chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam. ^[4]

May

• 16 May – Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat Trương Thị Mai resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign. ^[5]
• 22 May – Public Security Minister Tô Lâm is selected as President by the National Assembly. ^[6]
• 24 May – Fourteen people are killed and three are injured by a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi. ^[7]

June

• 8-10 June – At least three people are killed during floods in the north of the country. ^[8]
• 19 June – The government announces the resignation of Dinh Tien Dung as the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi. ^[9]

July

• 18 July – President Tô Lâm is installed as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam on a caretaker basis after Nguyễn Phú Trọng falls ill. ^[10]
• 19 July – Nguyễn Phú Trọng dies in a military hospital in Hanoi "after a period of illness". ^{[11] [12]}

August

• 3 August – President Tô Lâm is installed as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam on an official basis. ^[13]
• 5 August – Billionaire Trinh Van Quyet is convicted by a court in Hanoi of fraud involving the overstating of the value of a subsidiary of his FLC Group by $150 million and is sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment. Two of his sisters as well as former Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange chair Tran Dac Sinh and two others are also sentenced on related charges. ^[14]

September

• 7–12 September – At least 199 people are killed and at least 800 others are injured after Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in the Quảng Ninh-Haiphong area. ^{[15] [16]}
• 10 September – At least 48 people are killed and 39 others are reported missing in a landslide that buries the village of Lang Nu in Lào Cai province. ^[17]
• 29 September – Ten crew aboard a Vietnamese fishing boat are injured in an attack by an unidentified vessel near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, China and Taiwan. ^[18] Vietnamese authorities subsequently accuse Chinese law enforcement officers of responsibility. ^[19]
• 30 September – A court in Thailand orders the extradition of Y Quynh Bđăp, a Montagnard activist convicted in absentia in Vietnam of terrorism charges over his role in the 2023 Đắk Lắk attacks. ^[20]

October

• 2–3 October – Authorities confirm an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza affecting tigers and other big cats fed with infected poultry following tests on deceased subjects from zoos in Đồng Nai and Long An provinces. ^[21]
• 17 October – Trương Mỹ Lan is sentenced to life imprisonment in a fraud case. ^[22]
• 21 October – Army general Lương Cường is selected as President by the National Assembly. ^[23]

November

• 12 November – Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy becomes the first person from Vietnam to win the Miss International beauty pageant. ^[24]
• 30 November – The National Assembly approves construction of the North–South express railway linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. ^[25]

December

• 4 December – Twelve soldiers are killed in an explosion caused by lightning hitting detonators in Đồng Nai province. ^[26]
• 5 December – Chinese online retailer Temu is suspended in Vietnam for failing to register with the country's government. ^[27]
• 18 December – Eleven people are killed in a suspected arson attack on a cafe in Hanoi. ^[28]
• 22 December – The HCMC Metro begins operations. ^[29]
• 25 December – A law requiring social media companies to store and submit user data to authorities on request and remove "illegal" content within 24 hours comes into effect. ^[30]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Vietnam

Source: ^[31]

• 1–2 January – New Year's Day
• 10-15 February – Vietnamese New Year
• 18 April – Hung Kings Commemoration Day
• 10 April – Hari Raya Puasa
• 30 April – Reunification Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 2 September – National Day

Art and entertainment

• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Vietnam
• List of Vietnamese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• List of VTV dramas broadcast in 2024

References

1. "Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anticorruption campaign". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. "Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12 billion fraud case". DW. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
3. "Exclusive: Vietnam mounts 'unprecedented' $24 billion rescue for bank engulfed in giant fraud". Reuters . 17 April 2024.
4. "Head of Vietnam's parliament resigns amid corruption probe". Associated Press . 26 April 2024.
5. "Vietnam's fifth-ranking leader steps down". NHK. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
6. "Vietnam's top security official To Lam confirmed as president". Associated Press. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
7. "Building fire kills 14 people in Vietnam capital". Reuters . 24 May 2024.
8. "Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam's north". France 24 . 10 June 2024.
9. "Vietnam government says party chief of capital Hanoi resigns". Reuters . 19 June 2024.
10. "Vietnam's President To Lam becomes caretaker of Communist Party while chief Trong focuses on health". Associated Press . 18 July 2024.
11. "Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80". BBC . 19 July 2024.
12. "Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80". Associated Press . 19 July 2024.
13. "Vietnam President To Lam gets top job as Communist Party chief". Al Jazeera . 3 August 2024.
14. "Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders, sentenced to 21 years". Associated Press . 5 August 2024.
15. "Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as officials warn of heavy rain that can cause flooding". Associated Press. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
16. "Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides". AP News. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
17. "Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by landslides and floods". AP News. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
18. "Crew of Vietnamese fishing boat injured in an attack in the South China Sea, state media say". AP News. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
19. "Vietnam protests Chinese force's attack on fishermen in contested waters". Rappler. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
20. "Thai court orders extradition of Vietnam activist who rights groups say will be at risk if returned". AP News . 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
21. "Bird flu suspected of killing dozens of captive tigers in Vietnam". Al Jazeera. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
22. "Victims of Vietnam tycoon's record scam count losses after sentence". France 24. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
23. "Vietnam appoints army general as new president after months of turmoil". Associated Press. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
24. "Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy wins first Miss International crown for Vietnam". Rappler. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
25. "Vietnam approves $67 billion high-speed railway project between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city". Associated Press. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
26. "Explosion kills 12 soldiers in Vietnam". Reuters. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
27. "Chinese online retailer Temu suspended in Vietnam". Associated Press. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
28. "Vietnam: Cafe fire kills 11, police arrest suspect". DW. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
29. "'Finally, we made it!': Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro". France 24. 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
30. "Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force". France 24. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
31. "Vietnam Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

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