The following lists events that happened during 2005 in Vietnam.
Incumbents Party General Secretary: Nông Đức Mạnh President: Trần Đức Lương Prime Minister: Phan Văn Khải Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Văn An
Events January 20 – First Dedication Music Awards was held. March 12 – A train derailment in Hải Vân Pass. August 29 – September 4 – 2005 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Ho Chi Minh City. October 26 – Murderer Lê Thanh Vân was executed. November 21 – Ministry of Public Security abolished the regulation that each person could only register one motorbike. December 9 – 14 – 2005 World Wushu Championships was held in Hanoi. December 12 – A football match-fixing scandal occurred, as ten footballers were summoned by the police for match-fixing at the 2005 SEA Games.
Births
January – Nguyễn Tường San, transgender beauty pageant January 7 – Nguyễn Gia Bảo, footballer January 8 – Cao Văn Bình, footballer January 27 – Nguyễn Quang Vinh, footballer February 14 – Lê Nguyên Hoàng, footballer February 18 – Hoàng Quang Dũng, footballer March 12 – Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn, footballer March 23 – Thái Bá Đạt, footballer March 23 – Hoàng Minh Tiến, footballer July 10 – Mai Quốc Tú, footballer August 8 – Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng, footballer August 23 – Nguyễn Bảo Long, footballer September 7 – Nguyễn Đăng Dương, footballer
Deaths
February 19 – Huy Cận, poet (b. 1919) March 14 – Anh Thơ, poet (b. 1921) April 16 – Vũ Kỳ, personal secretary to Ho Chi Minh (b. 1921) April 29 – André Truong Trong Thi, engineer (b. 1936) August 8 – Trần Quốc Vượng, historian (b. 1934) October 6 – Nguyễn Văn Toàn, general (b. 1932) October 12 – Thái Hà, lacquer artist (b. 1922) December 25 – Ngô Xuân Quýnh, footballer (b. 1933)
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