Events in the year 2023 in
Vietnam.
Incumbents
*
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam –
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
*
President of Vietnam
**
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (until 18 January);
**
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (born 8 January 1970) is a Vietnamese politician and former educator who currently serves as the Vice President of Vietnam since 2021. She was the Acting President of Vietnam in early 2023.
She was elected Vice Presiden ...
; (18 January to March 2)
**
Võ Văn Thưởng (since March 2)
*
Prime Minister of Vietnam –
Phạm Minh Chính
*
Chairman of the National Assembly –
Vương Đình Huệ
Events
January
* 17 January –
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc resigns as
President of Vietnam, the second highest-ranked position in Vietnam, citing responsibility for several recent scandals in the government.
February
* 16 February – A
Da Nang
Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
court sentences four
South Korean men to imprisonment for
smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.
There are various ...
around 200 South Koreans into
Vietnam during the
COVID-19 pandemic when the country
suspended the entry of all foreigners from 2020 to 2021.
March
* 2 March – The
National Assembly of Vietnam elects
Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new
president, replacing
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
April
* 5 April – Five people are killed when a helicopter crashes near
Hạ Long Bay,
Quảng Ninh province.
* 6 April –
TikTok is being searched and investigated by Vietnam due to the "
toxic content" that harms the children.
May
June
* 11 June
2023 Vietnam police station attacks – Several people are killed and several others are injured in a
mass shooting at a
police station in the
Central Highlands. Six people are arrested in connection with the shooting.
July
* July 14: Zing News Online Knowledge electronic magazine site closed for 3 months due to the Decision on sanctioning administrative violations of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Information and Communications on July 14, 2023, and the decision of the Vietnam Publishing Association Male.
* July 22:
Miss World Vietnam 2023 final held in
Binh Dinh.
August
* August 12: A traffic accident between two trucks and a 4-seat car carrying
Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC members on Highway 14 in Chu Puh district, Gia Lai province killed 3 people (including Mr. Doctor Dao Tri, assistant coach Duong Minh Ninh and striker
Paollo Madeira)
* August 19–26: VTV Cup 2023 international women's volleyball tournament
September
* September 9:
Cánh Diều Awards 2023
* September 10–11: Joe Biden visits Vietnam
* 12 September –
2023 Hanoi building fire
On 12 September 2023, at around 23:30 ICT (UTC+07:00), a fire occurred in a nine-story microapartment building in the 29th alley of Khương Hạ street, Khương Đình ward, Thanh Xuân district, Hanoi, Vietnam. Of the approximately 150 ...
: A fire at a 9-story
apartment
An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
building in
Hanoi, kills at least 56 people and hospitalizes 37 others.
* 29 September -
Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 held in
Ho Chi Minh City
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October
* October 6: National Football Super Cup 2023
* October 8: The final of
Road to Olympia year number 23
* October 14:
Miss Earth Vietnam 2023 held in
Ho Chi Minh City
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* From October 20: COVID-19 is no longer a particularly dangerous infectious disease (group A)
* October 29: Decision 3983/QD-BYT, annulling 160 documents on COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control issued by the Ministry of Health, takes effect
Sports
*3 February – 20 August:
2023 V.League 1
The 2023 V.League 1, known as the Night Wolf V.League 1 ( vi, Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia Night Wolf 2023) for sponsorship reasons, is the 67th professional season of the top-flight football league in Vietnam, the 24th under the V.Lea ...
* 4 February – 19 August:
2023 V.League 2
The 2023 V.League 2, known as the Gold Star V.League 2 ( vi, Giải bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc gia Bia Sao Vàng 2023) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 29th season of V. League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The s ...
Other
* 25 October:
Miss Grand International 2023
* 22 December:
Miss Earth 2023
References
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