The following are events that happened during 2009 in Vietnam.
Incumbents
Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh President: Nguyễn Minh Triết Prime Minister: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Events January 25 – Gianh River boat accident February 22 – Dung Quất Refinery were inaugurated February 23 – China and Vietnam marked the final demarcation of land border May 31 – First H1N1 case in Vietnam September 27 – 150 monks were forced to leave Bát Nhã Temple September 29 – Typhoon Ketsana made landfall in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces October 30–November 8 – 2009 Asian Indoor Games
Deaths
February 22 – Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, cardinal (b. 1919) May 10 – Trần Nam Trung, Defence Minister of Republic of South Vietnam (b. 1912) May 20 – Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1930) June 10 – Nguyễn Khắc Ngư, prelate (b. 1909) September 7 – Paul Lê Đắc Trọng, bishop (b. 1918) October 14 – Vũ Dân Tân, painter (b. 1946)
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