2004 in Vietnam

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the [Communist Party of Vietnam|Party General Secretary]: Nông Đức Mạnh
• President: Trần Đức Lương
• Prime Minister: Phan Văn Khải
• Chairman of the [National Assembly of Vietnam|Chairman of the National Assembly]: Nguyễn Văn An

Events

Ongoing

• Global [spread of H5N1 in 2004|H5N1 bird flu] killed 20 people. 44 million birds were destroyed.

April

• April 10–11 – Mass protests in Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai and Đắk Nông provinces.

June

• June 1 – Nguyễn Quang Thường, Deputy General Director of PetroVietnam, 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, footballer
• June 23 – Ngọc Minh Chuyên, female footballer
• July 1 – Lê Văn Hà, footballer
• August 5 – Nguyễn Hiểu Minh, footballer
• August 19 – Nguyễn Đình Bắc, footballer

Deaths

• February 3 – Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh, lawyer, politician and activist
• March 26 – Phan Quang Đán, politician
• April 1 – Trần Kim Phượng, diplomat
• May 23 – Lê Minh Hương, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam
• June 3 – Năm Cam, mobster
• June 26 – Nguyễn Văn Hinh, general
• August 24 – Tạ Tỵ, painter and poet
• Trần Văn Thọ, painter