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 meetings in Vietnam.

  Deaths

• 10 January – Võ Quý, zoologist.
• 25 January – Đinh Xuân Lâm, educator and historian.
• 14 February – Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết and Nha Trang.
• 23 August – Binh Pho, artist in wood.
• 5 October – François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thái Bình.