2008 in Vietnam
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The following are events that happened during 2008 in Vietnam.
Incumbents
[edit]- Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh
- President: Nguyễn Minh Triết
- Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
- Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Events
[edit]- April 19 – Vinasat-1, the first Vietnamese satellite, was launched[1]
- May 13 – Vietnam police arrested two journalists reporting on the PMU 18 scandal[2]
- 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.[3]
- July 14 – Miss Universe 2008 was held in Nha Trang[4]
- August 10 – Hoàng Anh Tuấn won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics[5]
- September 8 – Vedan was discovered discharging untreated waste into Thị Vải River.[6]
- October 30–November 4 – Floods affected Northern and Central Vietnam.[7]
- December 1 – Hồ Duy Hải was sentenced to death in a controversial case[8]
- December 28 – Vietnam won the AFF Championship for the first time.[9] At least four people dead in street storming.[10]
Deaths
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "First Satellite Starts Operations". SGGP English Edition. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Vietnam arrests journalists who reported on graft". Reuters. 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Nghị quyết về việc điều chỉnh địa giới hành chính thành phố Hà Nội và một số tỉnh có liên quan". vbpl.vn. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Miss Universe 2008". CBS News. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "VN đoạt huy chương bạc Olympic". BBC Vietnamese (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Đồng Nai firm caught discharging wastewater into river". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "54 Dead in Vietnam Flooding". Voice of America. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Vietnam: 10 year death row case pushed for execution: Ho Duy Hai". Amnesty International. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (2008-12-28). "Nổ tung trời đêm mừng chiến thắng của tuyển bóng đá VN". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "At least four dead in Vietnam soccer celebrations: report". Reuters. 2008-12-30.
External links
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