2004 in Vietnam
The following lists events that happened during 2004 in Vietnam.
Incumbents
- Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh
- President: Trần Đức Lương
- Prime Minister: Phan Văn Khải
- Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Văn An
Events
Ongoing
- 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
November
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