During President Joe Biden's visit to Hanoi, the two countries upgrade relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
OpenAI releases the chatbot ChatGPT, which quickly reaches hundreds of millions of users and drives a wave of generative artificial intelligence.
Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, dies in office.
Typhoon Yagi makes landfall near Quảng Ninh and Haiphong, causing floods and landslides that kill hundreds in northern Vietnam.
Myanmar's military overthrows the civilian government and detains Aung San Suu Kyi, leading to mass protests and civil war.
The Cát Linh – Hà Đông line of the Hanoi Metro begins commercial service.
The James Webb Space Telescope, a NASA–ESA–CSA collaboration, is launched from French Guiana to observe the early universe in infrared.