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 10 January – Võ Quý, zoologist (b. 1929). 25 January – Đinh Xuân Lâm, educator and historian (b. 1925). 14 February – Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết and Nha Trang (b. 1931). 23 August – Binh Pho, artist in wood (b. 1955). 5 October – François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thái Bình (b. 1932). References 2010s in Vietnam Years of the 21st century in Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam