2024 in Vietnam

Events in the year 2024 in Vietnam.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng (until 18 July); Tô Lâm (acting, since 18 July)
 * President of Vietnam – Võ Văn Thưởng (until 21 March); Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (acting, 21 March-22 May); Tô Lâm (since 22 May)
 * Prime Minister of Vietnam – Phạm Minh Chính
 * Chairman of the National Assembly – Vương Đình Huệ (until 2 May); Trần Thanh Mẫn (since 20 May)

March

 * 21 March – Vietnamese anti-corruption campaign: President Võ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign, making him the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history.

April

 * 11 April –.A court sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to death over a $12.46 billion financial fraud case.
 * 17 April – Vietnam mounts a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a massive fraud case.
 * 26 April – Vương Đình Huệ resigns as chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

May

 * 16 May – Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat Trương Thị Mai resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign.
 * 22 May – Public Security Minister Tô Lâm is selected as President by the National Assembly.
 * 24 May – Fourteen people are killed and three are injured by a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi.

June

 * 8-10 June – At least three people are killed during floods in the north of the country.
 * 19 June – The government announces the resignation of Dinh Tien Dung as the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi.

July

 * 18 July – President Tô Lâm is installed as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam on a caretaker basis after Nguyễn Phú Trọng falls ill.
 * 19 July – Nguyễn Phú Trọng dies in a military hospital in Hanoi "after a period of illness".

Holidays
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 * 1–2 January – New Year's Day
 * 10-15 February – Vietnamese New Year
 * 18 April – Hung Kings Commemoration Day
 * 10 April – Hari Raya Puasa
 * 30 April – Reunification Day
 * 1 May	– Labour Day
 * 2 September – National Day

Art and entertainment

 * List of 2024 box office number-one films in Vietnam
 * List of Vietnamese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
 * List of VTV dramas broadcast in 2024