2024 in Vietnam
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Events in the year 2024 in Vietnam.
Incumbents
[edit]- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng (until 18 July); Tô Lâm (acting, since 18 July)
- 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 (until 2 May); Trần Thanh Mẫn (since 20 May)
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[15]
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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 government says party chief of capital Hanoi resigns". Reuters. 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam's President To Lam becomes caretaker of Communist Party while chief Trong focuses on health". Associated Press. 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80". BBC. 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80". Associated Press. 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam President To Lam gets top job as Communist Party chief". Al Jazeera. 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders, sentenced to 21 years". Associated Press. 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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