2005 in Vietnam

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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.^[1]
• March 12 – A train derailment in Hải Vân Pass.^[2]
• August 29 – September 4 – 2005 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Ho Chi Minh City.^[3]
• October 26 – Murderer Lê Thanh Vân was executed.^[4]
• November 21 – Ministry of Public Security abolished the regulation that each person could only register one motorbike.^[5]
• December 9 – 14 – 2005 World Wushu Championships was held in Hanoi.^[6]
• December 12 – Ten footballers were summoned by the police for match-fixing at the 2005 SEA Games.^[7]

Births

• 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
• Nguyễn Tường San, transgender beauty pageant

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)

References

1. "Bất ngờ lớn tại giải thưởng âm nhạc Cống hiến". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). 2005-01-20. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
2. Archives, L. A. Times (2005-03-13). "Train Derails in Vietnam, Killing 11". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
3. "Giải VĐ quyền Anh châu Á 2005: Trọng tài Pakistan thiên vị". Tiền Phong (in Vietnamese). 2005-09-06. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
4. "Phút lên "đoạn đầu đài" của "phù thuỷ" Lê Thanh Vân". congly.vn (in Vietnamese). 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
5. "Bỏ quy định mỗi người chỉ được đăng ký 1 xe máy". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 2005-11-22.
6. "VN bảo vệ ngôi vị á quân giải Wushu thế giới lần thứ 8". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
7. "Bán độ tại SEA Games 23: Triệu tập 10 người liên quan". Dân Trí News (in Vietnamese). 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2024-11-09.