2026 in Vietnam

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Events in the year 2026 in Vietnam.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2026 History of Vietnam Timeline of Vietnamese history List of years in Vietnam

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party – Tô Lâm
• President
  • Lương Cường (until 7 April)
  • Tô Lâm (since 7 April)
• Prime Minister
  • Phạm Minh Chính (until 7 April)
  • Lê Minh Hưng (from 7 April)
• Chairman of the National Assembly – Trần Thanh Mẫn

Events

January

• 19–23 January – 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam
• 21 January
  • Police arrest 28 people, including several foreigners, for trading marijuana through online listings and chat groups.
  • Techcombank and Panasonic Vietnam sign a memorandum of understanding to develop a banking ecosystem.
• 23 January – 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam: Tô Lâm is reelected for a five-year term as party general secretary.
• 28 January – A Yakovlev Yak-130 of the Vietnam Air Defence - Air Force crashes into a mountain in Đắk Lắk province, injuring the pilot.

February

• 2 February – The defence ministry signs a $250 million agreement with Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to produce Spike anti-tank missiles locally.

March

• 1 March
  • Vietnam's artificial intelligence (AI) law takes effect, mandating labeling of AI-generated content and disclosure when users interact with automated systems. The law, which applies to domestic and foreign developers, providers, and deployers operating in the country, also provides for the creation of a national AI data center.
  • Eight ships carrying 160 Vietnamese sailors are stranded in the Persian Gulf while the Strait of Hormuz is shut down due to the Iran war.
• 15 March – 2026 Vietnamese legislative election
• 19 March – Independent journalist Nguyễn Hoàng Vi is arrested and beaten by police officers after posting critical comments over the 2026 Vietnamese legislative election on social media.
• 29 March – Miss World Vietnam 2025

April

• 7 April – General Secretary Tô Lâm is elected as the 15th President of Vietnam and Lê Minh Hưng is appointed as the 9th Prime Minister of Vietnam.
• 14–17 April – General Secretary and president Tô Lâm and his spouse with high-level Vietnamese delegation pays a state visit to China.
• 21–24 April – President Lee Jae Myung pays a state visit to Vietnam per invitation by Tô Lâm.
• 22–30 April – Vietnam at the 2026 Asian Beach Games
• 24 April – The National Assembly officially passed a resolution establishing Đồng Nai as a centrally-governed city based on the current Đồng Nai province, effective from 30 April 2026.
• 28 April – Tô Lâm appoints 5 ambassadors to foreign countries (Trịnh Minh Mạnh as ambassador to India, Nguyễn Hương Trà as ambassador to Belgium, Doãn Khánh Tâm as ambassador to North Korea, Châu Mai Anh as ambassador to Switzerland, and Nguyễn Thành Lê as ambassador to Kazakhstan).
• 30 April
  • At Gia Lai province, Colonel Nguyễn Xuân Sơn announced that the unit will detonate the explosives recovered during tank salvage operation on Quy Nhơn beach.
  • Đồng Nai becomes a centrally-governed city.

May

• 1–3 May – Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi visits Vietnam per invitation from Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng.
• 4 May
  • Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng held his first regular meeting of the government.
  • 70-year-old women was killed in a motorcycle crash by a 35-year old drunk Russian man, due to him has high blood alcohol concentration level (268.8mg/100ml).
• 5–7 May – General Secretary and President Tô Lâm visits India per invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• 7–8 May
  • Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng goes to Cebu, Philippines to attend the 48th ASEAN Summit per invitation from President Bongbong Marcos, this was his first overseas trip as the new government.
  • General Secretary and President Tô Lâm visits Sri Lanka per invitation from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
• 10 May – A major fire broke out at a textile factory in Nhơn Trạch, Đồng Nai.
• 11–13 May – 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front was held.
• 14 May – Vietnam U-17 qualifies to the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time, after winning United Arab Emirates U-17 3–2 on the last group stage match at the AFC U-17 Asian Cup.
• 17 May – Công An Hà Nội defeat Đông Á Thanh Hóa 2–0 to become the 2025–26 V.League 1 champions.
• 25 May – Two Samoan nationals were charged by Vietnamese police with killing the Australian gang leader Lorenzo Lemalu and wounding an associate in Ho Chi Minh City.
• 27 May – A fire broke out on 3-2 road, Ninh Kiều, Cần Thơ.
• 27–29 May – General Secretary and President Tô Lâm visits Thailand per invitation from Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
• 29–31 May – General Secretary and President Tô Lâm visits Singapore per invitation from President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue.
• 31 May–1 June – General Secretary and President Tô Lâm visits the Philippines per invitation from President Bongbong Marcos

Predicted and scheduled

• 5 September – Miss World 2026
• 20 November – 12 December – 2026 Vietnam National Games

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Vietnam

Sources:

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 16–20 February – Vietnamese New Year
• 26 April – Hung Kings Commemoration Day
• 30 April – Reunification Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 1–2 September – National Day
• 24 November – Culture Day

Deaths

• 6 February – Đoàn Duy Thành, 96, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers (1987–1988).
• 22 March – Phạm Minh Mẫn, 92, Catholic cardinal, and archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City (1998–2014).

External links

• Media related to 2026 in Vietnam at Wikimedia Commons
• Online calendar