2021 in Vietnam

Events in the year 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

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 (born 1943).
 * 14 February – Nguyễn Tài Thu, physician (born 1931).