The following are events that happened during 2011 in Vietnam.
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
Incumbents
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "Vietnam's Communist Party congress faces economic test". BBC News. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ a b X.Tr. (2011-01-19). "Tân Tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "National Assembly elects Truong Tan Sang as President". Nhan Dan Newspaper. 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Nguyen Sinh Hung elected NA Chairman". VietnamPlus. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Thiên Phước; Thụy Du (2011-01-19). "Một nhà báo bỏng nặng vì bị phóng hỏa". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).
- ^ Ruwitch, John (2011-05-06). "Thousands of Hmong stage rare Vietnam protest". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Former Vinashin official arrested". VietnamPlus. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ N.Ẩn (2011-11-20). "Thông xe hầm Thủ Thiêm: Nối niềm mong ước". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Nhật Minh (2011-12-23). "Lạm phát cả năm vượt 18%". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).
External links
edit
Media related to 2011 in Vietnam at Wikimedia Commons
