2016 in Vietnam
Incumbents
- Party General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- President: Trương Tấn Sang, then Trần Đại Quang
- Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, then Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
- Assembly Chairperson: Nguyen Sinh Hung then Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
- Executive Secretary: Lê Hồng Anh then Đinh Thế Huynh
Events
January
- January 20–28 - 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam occurred at the My Dinh National Convention Centre, Hanoi.
August
- August 5–21 - 7 athletes from Vietnam competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.