The following are events that happened during

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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 ...

Nguyễn Minh Triết Nguyễn Minh Triết (; born 8 October 1942) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the seventh President of Vietnam from 2006 to 2011. He was elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam with 464 votes (94%) in June 2006. Nguyễn Minh ...

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 ...

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (; born 17 November 1949) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2006 to 2016. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on 27 June 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan ...

* Chairman of the National Assembly:

Nguyễn Phú Trọng Nguyễn Phú Trọng ( ; 14 April 194419 July 2024) was a Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretaria ...

Events

* January 25 – Gianh River boat accident * February 22 –

Dung Quất Refinery The Dung Quất refinery is an oil refinery in Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam. It is the first oil refinery in Vietnam. History The refinery project started already in 1980s. The refinery was planned to be construct near the port of Vũng Tàu ...

were inaugurated * February 23 – China and Vietnam marked the final demarcation of land border * May 31 – First H1N1 case in Vietnam * September 27 – 150 monks were forced to leave

Bát Nhã Temple Bát Nhã Temple is a monastery in Bảo Lộc, Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam. Background Following 39 years in exile, the widely known Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhist monk Nhat Hanh, Thich Nhat Hanh returned to Vietnam in 2005. The visit made the f ...

* September 29 –

Typhoon Ketsana Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing United States dollar, $1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Typho ...

made landfall in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces * October 30–November 8 –

2009 Asian Indoor Games The 2009 Asian Indoor Games (), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games () and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoor multi-sport event held in Vietnam from 30 October till 8 November 2009. This was the last edition of the event ...

Deaths

* February 22 –

Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng (15 June 1919 – 22 February 2009) () was a Vietnamese cardinal.Trần Nam Trung Trần Nam Trung (born Trần Khuy) (1912–2009) was a colonel-general in the People's Army of Vietnam active during the First Indochina War and Vietnam War. He was the unique Defence Minister of Republic of South Vietnam. Early years Trầ ...

, Defence Minister of Republic of South Vietnam (b. 1912) * May 20 –

Nguyễn Bá Cẩn Nguyễn Bá Cẩn (; 9 September 1930 – 20 May 2009) was a South Vietnamese politician who served as the penultimate Leaders of South Vietnam, Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 4 April 1975 until 28 April 1975, serving under Presidents Nguy ...

, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1930) * June 10 –

Nguyễn Khắc Ngư Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ (2 February 1909 – 10 June 2009) was a Vietnamese prelate in the Roman Catholic Church. Ngư was born in Vạn Đồn, Indochina in 1909, and was ordained as a priest on 29 June 1934. He was appointed bishop of ...

, prelate (b. 1909) * September 7 –

Paul Lê Đắc Trọng Paul Lê Đắc Trọng (Hanoi, June 15, 1918 – September 7, 2009) was a Vietnamese bishop of the Catholic Church. Trong was born in Kim Lâm, Thanh Oai, Hanoi French Indochina, ordained a priest on April 1, 1948, appointed auxiliary bishop ...

, bishop (b. 1918) * October 14 –

Vũ Dân Tân Vũ Dân Tân (3 October 1946 in Hanoi – 14 October 2009) was a Vietnamese artist who produced works in various media but was better known for his art objects and installation art. Most of his life he lived in Hanoi, where in 1990, together ...

, painter (b. 1946)

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