2017 in Vietnam

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Events in the year 2017 in Vietnam.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• President: Trần Đại Quang
• Prime Minister: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
• Assembly Chairperson: Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân

Events

• APEC Vietnam 2017, a year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Vietnam.

Deaths

Đinh Xuân Lâm

• 10 January – Võ Quý, zoologist (b. 1929).^[1]

• 25 January – Đinh Xuân Lâm, educator and historian (b. 1925).^[2]

• 14 February – Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết and Nha Trang (b. 1931).^[3]

• 23 August – Binh Pho, artist in wood (b. 1955).^[4]

• 5 October – François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thái Bình (b. 1932).^[5]

References

1. Ives, Mike (11 January 2017). "Vo Quy, Father of Environmental Conservation in Vietnam, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
2. Nhớ GS Đinh Xuân Lâm, một trong 'tứ trụ' của sử Việt (in Vietnamese)
3. Bishop Paul Nguyên Van Hòa
4. "Binh Pho: Honoring his Life and Legacy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
5. Bishop François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang