2008 in Vietnam

none 2008 The following are events that happened during 2008 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 April 19 – Vinasat-1, the first Vietnamese satellite, was launched2008-05-24 First Satellite Starts Operations https://en.sggp.org.vn/first-satellite-starts-operations-post37638.html 2024-11-04 SGGP English Edition en May 13 – Vietnam police arrested two journalists reporting on the PMU 18 scandal2008-05-13 Vietnam arrests journalists who reported on graft https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/vietnam-arrests-journalists-who-reported-on-graft-idUSBKK324932/ Reuters May 29 – The National Assembly passed a resolution to merge Hà Tây province, one district of Vĩnh Phúc province, and four communes of Hòa Bình province into Hanoi.Nghị quyết về việc điều chỉnh địa giới hành chính thành phố Hà Nội và một số tỉnh có liên quan https://vbpl.vn/TW/Pages/vbpq-toanvan.aspx?ItemID=31251&Keyword= 2024-11-04 vbpl.vn July 14 – Miss Universe 2008 was held in Nha Trang2008-07-14 Miss Universe 2008 https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/miss-universe-2008/ 2024-11-04 CBS News en-US August 10 – Hoàng Anh Tuấn won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer OlympicsVN đoạt huy chương bạc Olympic https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/sport/story/2008/08/080810_vietnam_silvermedal 2024-11-04 BBC Vietnamese vi September 8 – Vedan was discovered discharging untreated waste into Thị Vải River.Đồng Nai firm caught discharging wastewater into river https://vietnamnews.vn/environment/348746/dong-nai-firm-caught-discharging-wastewater-into-river.html#:~:text=The%20Th%E1%BB%8B%20V%E1%BA%A3i%20river%20has%20seen%20serious%20industrial,the%20destruction%20of%20the%20river%20system.%20%E2%80%94%20VNS 2024-11-04 vietnamnews.vn en October 30–November 4 – Floods affected Northern and Central Vietnam.2009-11-01 54 Dead in Vietnam Flooding https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2008-11-03-voa22/349361.html 2024-11-04 Voice of America en December 1 – Hồ Duy Hải was sentenced to death in a controversial case2018-03-14 Vietnam: 10 year death row case pushed for execution: Ho Duy Hai https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa41/8004/2018/en/ 2024-11-04 Amnesty International en December 28 – Vietnam won the AFF Championship for the first time.ONLINE TUOI TRE 2008-12-28 Nổ tung trời đêm mừng chiến thắng của tuyển bóng đá VN https://tuoitre.vn/no-tung-troi-dem-mung-chien-thang-cua-tuyen-bong-da-vn-294967.htm 2024-11-04 TUOI TRE ONLINE vi At least four people dead in street storming.2008-12-30 At least four dead in Vietnam soccer celebrations: report https://www.reuters.com/article/world/at-least-four-dead-in-vietnam-soccer-celebrations-report-idUSTRE4BT0HF/ Reuters Deaths January 15 – Nguyễn Khải, writer (b. 1930) January 22 – Cao Văn Viên, general (b. 1921) January 31 – Hoàng Châu Ký, writer (b. 1921) February 7 – Hoàng Minh Chính, dissident (b. 1922) April 21 – Lê Đạt, poet (b. 1929) July 5 – Thích Huyền Quang, dissident (b. 1919) June 11 – Võ Văn Kiệt, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922) October 25 – Hoàng Minh Thảo, general (b. 1921) References External links 2000s Vietnam 2008 in Vietnam Category:Years of the 21st century in Vietnam Category:2000s in Vietnam Vietnam