The Hồ Chí Minh Prize (Vietnamese: Giải thưởng Hồ Chí Minh) is an honorary award given by the government of Vietnam in recognition of cultural and/or scientific achievement. The prize was established by decree in 1981,[1] and has been awarded in 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2012,[2] often posthumously.[3][4] The prize is named for Ho Chi Minh, who was Chairman and founder of the Workers' Party of Vietnam, that is considered one of the highest honors bestowed by Vietnam.[5]

Hồ Chí Minh Prize awarded to musician, Dr. Doãn Nho

Recipients edit

1996 edit

Social sciences

  • Nguyễn Khánh Toàn (vi)
  • Trần Huy Liệu (vi)
  • Đặng Thai Mai (vi)
  • Trần Văn Giàu (vi)
  • Vũ Khiêu (vi)[6]
  • Cao Xuân Huy (vi)
  • Hồ Tôn Trinh (vi)
  • Đinh Gia Khánh (vi)

Medicine

Natural sciences and engineering

Agriculture

Literature

Fine arts

Photography

Theatre

Folk Arts

Music

Dance

Film

Architecture

2000 edit

Sciences

  • Various awards

Literature

Fine Arts

Photography

Theatre

Music

2005 edit

Sciences

  • Khoa học xã hội (2 giải)[sửa]

Literature

Theatre

Film

2012 edit

Mr. Hà Minh Đức at the 2012 Hồ Chí Minh Prize ceremony
Mr. Nguyễn Tăng Cường at the 2012 Hồ Chí Minh Prize ceremony

Social sciences

Natural Sciences

Medicine

  • 8 prizes shared

Music

Theatre

Literature

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Vietnamese Government 1945-2000, p. 214, 2000.
  2. ^ Summary of world broadcasts: Far East: Part 3 British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service - 1981 "Nominations for prizes will be made annually on 2nd September, the Ho Chi Minh Prize being awarded with a certificate and 20,000 dong in cash, and the State Prize with a certificate and 10,000 dong in cash."
  3. ^ Bùi Xuân Phái’s Artistic Career "In 1996, he was posthumously awarded with a Hồ Chí Minh prize."
  4. ^ Birth Centenary of Nguyễn Huy Tưởng "Nguyễn Huy Tưởng (06-05-1912 - 25-07-1960) is a revolutionary, famous writer and playwright of Việt Nam. .. In 1996, he was posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for Literature and Art forhis merits to the country's literature."
  5. ^ Vietnam Social Sciences, p. 110, 2001.
  6. ^ VGP News Vũ Khiêu - A well-known prof. talks of power and responsibility of Gov’t and PM 18/11/2010 "Vũ Khiêu ..He was awarded with the Hồ Chí Minh Prize in 1996"
  7. ^ Acta Mathematica Vietnamica, vol.24. 2002.
  8. ^ Taus-Bolstad, Stacy. Vietnam in Pictures, pp. 69-70. 2003.
  9. ^ Do Nguyen, Paul Hoover, eds. Black Dog, Black Night: Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry, p. 9. 2008.
  10. ^ Baomoi.com When did modern Vietnamese painting begin? Translated by Thế Giới Publishers. "In 1996, the Government presented the Hồ Chí Minh Prize, Việt Nam’s most prestigious recognition, to seven Vietnamese artists, all of whom were graduates from the school."
  11. ^ Trần Văn Cẩn Archived 10 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine "In 1996, he was posthumously awarded Vietnam’s highest distinction for artists, the Hồ Chí Minh Prize."
  12. ^ Taylor, Nora A. Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art, p. 68. 2009.
  13. ^ Quang, Đình. Vietnamese Theater, p. 122. 1999.
  14. ^ Witnesscollection. Nguyễn Văn Tỵ Archived 19 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine "Nguyễn Văn Tỵ died in Hanoi on 19 January 1992. In 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for his contribution to the arts."
  15. ^ Lara D. Nielsen, Patricia Ybarra eds. Neoliberalism and Global Theatres: Performance Permutations, p. 155. 2012.
  16. ^ Phan Huỳnh Điểu - Composer of love Archived 4 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine "The contribution during his all life for revolutionary music was acknowledged by the State through the Third Independence Medal (1988) and Hồ Chí Minh prize (2000)."
  17. ^ quangngai.gov.vn "Don’t Burn" film wins six Golden Kite Awards Archived 24 December 2012 at archive.today (18/03/2010) "This is the first time Dang Nhat Minh, who received the Hồ Chí Minh Prize on Cinema in 2007, has won a Golden Kite for best director."