The following lists events that happened during

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

Incumbents

* Party General Secretary:

Nông Đức Mạnh Nông Đức Mạnh (; born 11 September 1940) is a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the most powerful position in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from 22 April 2001 to 19 January 2011 ...

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Trần Đức Lương Trần Đức Lương (; 5 May 1937 – 20 May 2025) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006. Early life Trần Đức Lương was born in Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province and ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Phan Văn Khải Phan Văn Khải (; 25 December 1933 – 17 March 2018) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam from 25 September 1997 until his resignation on 27 June 2006. He was considered to be a technocratic, innovat ...

* Chairman of the National Assembly:

Nguyễn Văn An Nguyễn Văn An (; born 1 October 1937) is a Vietnamese politician who served as Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 2001 to 2006. Nguyễn Văn An was Appointed Chairman on 27 June 2001, An was a proponent of government and admin ...

Events

Ongoing

* H5N1 bird flu killed 20 people. 44 million birds were destroyed.

April

* April 10–11 – Mass protests in Đắk Lắk,

Gia Lai Gia Lai is a northern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Kon Tum in the north, Quảng Ngãi in the northeast, Bình Định in the east, Phú Yên in the southeast, Đắk Lắk in t ...

and Đắk Nông provinces.

June

* June 1 – Nguyễn Quang Thường, Deputy General Director of

PetroVietnam Petrovietnam (PVN), formally the Vietnam National Industry - Energy Group () and formerly the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group ( or ), is the state-owned national oil, gas and energy industry corporation of Vietnam. Petrovietnam has developed ra ...

, was arrested. * June 3 – Năm Cam was executed * June 12 – Tropical Storm Chanthu made landfall in Central Vietnam.

August

* August 19 – VTC Digital Television was launched.

November

* November 28 – Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam Development Triangle Area was ratified.

Births

* January 1 – Nguyễn Đức Việt, footballer * February 5 – Trần Nam Hải, footballer * February 20 – Nguyễn Ngọc Mỹ, footballer * March 6 –

Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường (born 6 March 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Hồ Chí Minh City. Early career Born in Nghệ An, Quốc Cường moved to Đồng Nai at an early ...

, footballer * June 23 –

Ngọc Minh Chuyên Ngọc Minh Chuyên (born 23 June 2004) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Thái Nguyên T&T. Club career Born in Tuyển Quang, Minh Chuyên started playing football at a youth age, playing for her ...

, female footballer * July 1 – Lê Văn Hà, footballer * August 5 – Nguyễn Hiểu Minh, footballer * August 19 –

Nguyễn Đình Bắc Nguyễn Đình Bắc (born 19 August 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội, and the Vietnam national team. Early career Born in Nghệ An, Đình Bắc wa ...

, footballer

Deaths

*February 3 –

Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard English pronunciation: ) is a commonly used English honorific for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title or rank, such as ''Doctor'', ''Profess ...

, lawyer, politician and activist (b. 1931) *March 26 –

Phan Quang Đán Phan Quang Đán (; 6 November 1918 – 26 March 2004) was a Vietnamese political opposition figure who was one of only two non-government politicians who won a seat in the 1959 South Vietnamese election for the National Assembly. Subsequently, ...

, politician (b. 1918) *April 1 –

Trần Kim Phượng Trần Kim Phượng (5 November 1926 – 1 April 2004) was the last ambassador of the South Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam to the United States. Trần Kim Phượng was born on 5 November 1926 in Hanoi, French Indochina. He previously served a ...

, diplomat (b. 1926) *May 23 – Lê Minh Hương, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam (b. 1936) *June 3 – Năm Cam, mobster (b. 1947) *June 26 – Nguyễn Văn Hinh, general (b. 1915) *August 24 –

Tạ Tỵ Tạ Tỵ (24 September 1922 – 24 August 2004) was a Vietnamese painter and poet. After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, he was sent to a reeducation camp until 1981. Afterwards he and his wife left Vietnam as boat people via Malaysia and resett ...

, painter and poet (b. 1922) * Trần Văn Thọ, painter (b. 1917)

References

2000s in Vietnam

Years of the 21st century in Vietnam

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