The following are events that happened during 2011 in Vietnam.
Incumbents Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh (until January 19), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (since January 19) President: Nguyễn Minh Triết (until July 25); Trương Tấn Sang (from July 25) Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Phú Trọng (to July 23); Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (from July 23)
Events
January 12–19 – 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. January 19 – Journalist Lê Hoàng Hùng was burned. April–May – Thousands of Hmong people protested in Mường Nhé. May 22 – Legislative election was held. August 4 – Phạm Thanh Bình, CEO of Vinashin was arrested. August 24 – Lê Văn Luyện killed 3 people and robbed property at a gold shop. September 10–11 – National funeral of Võ Chí Công. November 20 – Saigon River Tunnel opened. December 23 – General Statistics Office announced that inflation rate reached 18.58%.
Deaths
February 24 – Trần Lâm, journalist, director of Voice of Vietnam (b. 1921) April 24 – Madame Nhu, politician (b. 1924) June 20 – Vương Văn Bắc, politician (b. 1927) July 15 – Đặng Văn Quang, officer (b. 1929) July 23 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, politician (b. 1930) September 8 – Võ Chí Công, Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam (p. 1912) October 23 – Trương Vĩnh Lễ, politician (b. 1914) October 27 – Hoàng Hồng Cẩm, painter (b. 1959) November 17 – Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc, prelate (b. 1919)
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