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Events in the year 2024 in Vietnam.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- President of Vietnam – Võ Văn Thưởng (until 21 March); Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (acting, 21 March-22 May); Tô Lâm (since 22 May)
- Prime Minister of Vietnam – Phạm Minh Chính
- Chairman of the National Assembly – Vương Đình Huệ
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]
Holidays
Source:[9]
- 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
- ^ "Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anticorruption campaign". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12 billion fraud case". DW. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Exclusive: Vietnam mounts 'unprecedented' $24 billion rescue for bank engulfed in giant fraud". Reuters. 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Head of Vietnam's parliament resigns amid corruption probe". Associated Press. 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam's fifth-ranking leader steps down". NHK. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam's top security official To Lam confirmed as president". Associated Press. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Building fire kills 14 people in Vietnam capital". Reuters. 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam's north". France 24. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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