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

December

 * December 23-25 - Ryan Gosling vacationed in Vietnam in the Nha Trang at the Vinpearl Resort hotel

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.