The following lists events that happened during 2003 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 February 26 – The first SARS patient in Vietnam hospitalized. March 11 – Hôpital français de Hanoï stops accepting new patients. April 28 – Vietnam became first country removed from the list of SARS-affected countries. May 2 – Bus explosion in Bắc Ninh province kills more than 40 people. July 1 – S-Fone was founded. September 2 – Mỹ Đình National Stadium was inaugurated. December 5–13 – 2003 SEA Games was held. This was the first time Vietnam staged the SEA Games. December 21–27 – 2003 ASEAN Para Games was held.
Births
January 2 – Nguyễn Văn Bách, footballer January 10 – Đinh Xuân Tiến, footballer January 13: Nguyễn Đức Phú, footballer Phương Mỹ Chi, singer January 15 – Hồ Văn Cường, footballer January 17 – Nguyễn Văn Triệu, footballer January 25 – Đào Thị Kiều Oanh, female footballer January 27: Lê Trung Vinh, footballer Trần Ngọc Sơn, footballer Hà Châu Phi, footballer February 9 – Trần Trung Kiên, footballer February 24 – Bùi Vĩ Hào, footballer March 27 – Nguyễn Phi Hoàng, footballer March 28 – Pháo, rapper May 4 – Nguyễn Quốc Việt, footballer May 10 – Vũ Văn Sơn, footballer May 11 – Khuất Văn Khang, footballer May 16 – Nguyễn Đức Anh, footballer May 31 – Nguyễn Hồng Phúc, footballer June 18 – Đoàn Huy Hoàng, footballer July 13 – Nguyễn Thái Sơn, footballer July 27 – Nguyễn Nhật Minh, footballer July 28 – Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn, footballer September 10 – Nguyễn Văn Trường, footballer November 6 – Vũ Thị Hoa, female footballer November 10 – Viktor Le, footballer November 25 – Phạm Như Phương, artistic gymnast December 27 – Bùi Văn Bình, footballer
Deaths
February 12 – Duy Khánh, singer (b. 1936) March 26 – Platon Nguyễn Văn Thành, soldier (b. 1922) April 18 – Nguyễn Đình Thi, writer (b. 1924) August 28 – Hồ Thành Việt, computer programmer (b. 1955) August 29 – Nguyễn Xuân Oánh, economist and politician (b. 1921) October 20 – Hoàng Tích Chù, painter (b. 1912) November 23 – Trần Hoàn, songwriter (b. 1928) December 4 – Hoàng Đan, general (b. 1928)
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