The following lists events that happened during 2004 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
Ongoing
H5N1 bird flu killed 20 people. 44 million birds were destroyed.
April April 10–11 – Mass protests in Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai and Đắk Nông provinces.
June June 1 – Nguyễn Quang Thường, Deputy General Director of PetroVietnam, was arrested. June 3 – Năm Cam was executed June 12 – Tropical Storm Chanthu made landfall in Central Vietnam.
August August 19 – VTC Digital Television was launched.
November November 28 – Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam Development Triangle Area was ratified.
Births
January 1 – Nguyễn Đức Việt, footballer February 5 – Trần Nam Hải, footballer February 20 – Nguyễn Ngọc Mỹ, footballer March 6 – Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường, footballer June 23 – Ngọc Minh Chuyên, female footballer July 1 – Lê Văn Hà, footballer August 5 – Nguyễn Hiểu Minh, footballer August 19 – Nguyễn Đình Bắc, footballer
Deaths
February 3 – Mrs. Ngô Bá Thành, lawyer, politician and activist (b. 1931) March 26 – Phan Quang Đán, politician (b. 1918) April 1 – Trần Kim Phượng, diplomat (b. 1926) May 23 – Lê Minh Hương, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam (b. 1936) June 3 – Năm Cam, mobster (b. 1947) June 26 – Nguyễn Văn Hinh, general (b. 1915) August 24 – Tạ Tỵ, painter and poet (b. 1922) Unknown – Trần Văn Thọ, painter (b. 1917)
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