- Source: 2008 in Vietnam
The following are events that happened during 2008 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
April 19 – Vinasat-1, the first Vietnamese satellite, was launched
May 13 – Vietnam police arrested two journalists reporting on the PMU 18 scandal
May 29 – The National Assembly passed a resolution to merge Hà Tây province, one district of Vĩnh Phúc province, and four communes of Hòa Bình province into Hanoi.
July 14 – Miss Universe 2008 was held in Nha Trang
August 10 – Hoàng Anh Tuấn won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
September 8 – Vedan was discovered discharging untreated waste into Thị Vải River.
October 30–November 4 – Floods affected Northern and Central Vietnam.
December 1 – Hồ Duy Hải was sentenced to death in a controversial case
December 28 – Vietnam won the AFF Championship for the first time. At least four people dead in street storming.
Deaths
January 15 – Nguyễn Khải, writer (b. 1930)
January 22 – Cao Văn Viên, general (b. 1921)
January 31 – Hoàng Châu Ký, writer (b. 1921)
February 7 – Hoàng Minh Chính, dissident (b. 1922)
April 21 – Lê Đạt, poet (b. 1929)
July 5 – Thích Huyền Quang, dissident (b. 1919)
June 11 – Võ Văn Kiệt, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
October 25 – Hoàng Minh Thảo, general (b. 1921)
References
External links
Media related to 2008 in Vietnam at Wikimedia Commons
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