2023_in_Vietnam
2023 in Vietnam
List of events
Events in the year 2023 in Vietnam.
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- President of Vietnam
- Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (until 18 January);
- Võ Thị Ánh Xuân; (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
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.[1]
February
- 16 February – A Da Nang court sentences four South Korean men to imprisonment for smuggling around 200 South Koreans into Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic when the country suspended the entry of all foreigners from 2020 to 2021.[2]
March
- 2 March – The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, replacing Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.[3]
April
- 5 April – Five people are killed when a helicopter crashes near Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh province.[4]
- 6 April – TikTok is being searched and investigated by Vietnam due to the "toxic content" that harms the children.[5]
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.[6]
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: A fire at a 9-story apartment building in Hanoi, kills at least 56 people and hospitalizes 37 others.[7]
- 29 September - Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City
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
- 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[8]
- 4 February – 19 August: 2023 V.League 2[9]
Other
- 25 October: Miss Grand International 2023
- 22 December: Miss Earth 2023[10]
- VnExpress. "Trung ương đồng ý ông Nguyễn Xuân Phúc thôi chức Chủ tịch nước". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- "Vietnam jails South Koreans for people smuggling during pandemic". Al Arabiya English. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- "Vietnam's parliament elects Thuong as new president". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- VietnamPlus (2023-04-07). "Last victim's body in helicopter crash found | Society | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- "Vietnam to probe TikTok over 'toxic' content". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- "Four officers killed in Vietnam police station attacks". CNA. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- "At least 56 dead in 'huge fire' at an apartment block in Vietnam's Hanoi". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- "Ngọc Linh Ginseng to sponsor national V.League 1". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- "V.League schedules shift to match international timetable". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- Hòa, Cổng Thông tin điện tử tỉnh Khánh. "Cuộc thi Hoa hậu Trái đất 2023 sẽ được tổ chức ở Nha Trang". Cổng Thông tin điện tử tỉnh Khánh Hòa (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
