2021 in Vietnam

Incumbents

• Communist Party General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• President: Nguyễn Phú Trọng → Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc → Phạm Minh Chính
• Assembly Chairperson: Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân → Vương Đình Huệ

Events

Ongoing

• COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam

January

• January 31 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng is re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam for a third five year term of top leader in Vietnam.

May

• May 23 - 2021 Vietnamese legislative election

July

• July 8 - Officials decided to postpone 2021 SEA Games to 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.
• July 23 to August 2 - Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Olympics

August

• August 24 to September 5 - Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Deaths

• 15 January – Lệ Thu, singer.
• 14 February – Nguyễn Tài Thu, physician.