2023 in Vietnam

Events in the year 2023 in Vietnam.

Incumbents

Events

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.

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.

March

2 March – The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, replacing Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

April

5 April – Five people are killed when a helicopter crashes near Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh province.
6 April – TikTok is being searched and investigated by Vietnam due to the "toxic content" that harms the children.

June

11 June – 2023 Đắk Lắk 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.

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 Bình Định province.

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
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.
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
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
4 February – 19 August: 2023 V.League 2

Other

25 October: Miss Grand International 2023
22 December: Miss Earth 2023

Deaths

January

January 6 – Nguyễn Thọ Chân, Former Minister of Labor of Vietnam
January 26 – Võ Văn Ái, poet, journalist
January 29 – Lê Dũng, Brigadier