2008 in Vietnam
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Events
- April 19 – Vinasat-1, the first Vietnamese satellite, was launched[1]
- May 13 – Vietnam police arrested two journalists reporting on the PMU 18 scandal[2]
- 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.[3]
- July 14 – Miss Universe 2008 was held in Nha Trang[4]
- August 10 – Hoàng Anh Tuấn won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics[5]
- September 8 – Vedan was discovered discharging untreated waste into Thị Vải River.[6]
- October 30–November 4 – Floods affected Northern and Central Vietnam.[7]
- December 1 – Hồ Duy Hải was sentenced to death in a controversial case[8]
- December 28 – Vietnam won the AFF Championship for the first time.[9] At least four people dead in street storming.[10]
