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The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Vietnam.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh
• President: Nguyễn Minh Triết
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
• Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Events

January

• January 25 - Vietnam's prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng becomes the first leader of the communist nation to meet and hold talks with the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Prime Minister Dũng met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican City in Rome.

May

• May 5 - 2006 Kite Awards was held in Hanoi

September

• September 26 - Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge, which causes the death of at least 50 people.

Births

• April 27 - Nguyễn Lê Cẩm Hiền, chess player.
• November 28 - Trọng Nhân, champion of Vietnam's Got Talent season 4.

Deaths

• October 16 - Cao Xuân Hạo, linguist (b. 1930)
• November 27 - Chính Hữu, poet (b. 1926)
• December 10 - Cao Đăng Chiếm, senior security officer (b. 1921)

References