The Hồ Chí Minh Prize ( vi, Giải thưởng Hồ Chí Minh) is an honorary award given by the government of

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

in recognition of cultural and/or scientific achievement. The prize was established by decree in 1981, and has been awarded in 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2012, often posthumously. The prize is named for

Ho Chi Minh (: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as ('Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime ...

, who was Chairman and founder of the Workers' Party of Vietnam, that is considered one of the highest honors bestowed by Vietnam.

Recipients

1996

Social sciences * Nguyễn Khánh Toàn ( vi) * Trần Huy Liệu ( vi) * Đặng Thai Mai ( vi) * Trần Văn Giàu ( vi) * Vũ Khiêu ( vi) * Cao Xuân Huy ( vi) * Hồ Tôn Trinh ( vi) * Đinh Gia Khánh ( vi) Medicine * Hồ Đắc Di ( vi) * Nguyễn Văn Hưởng ( vi) * Đặng Vũ Hỷ ( vi) * Phạm Ngọc Thạch ( vi) * Tôn Thất Tùng ( vi) * Đỗ Xuân Hợp ( vi) * Đặng Văn Ngữ * Đặng Văn Chung * Trần Hữu Tước ( vi) * Nguyễn Xuân Nguyên ( vi) * Trương Công Quyền ( vi) * Đỗ Tất Lợi ( vi) * Hoàng Tích Mịnh Natural sciences and engineering * Military Institute of Engineering * Trần Đại Nghĩa ( vi) *

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, math * Hoàng Tuỵ, math * Đào Văn Tiến ( vi) *

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( vi) Agriculture * Lương Định Của ( vi) * Bùi Huy Đáp ( vi) Literature *

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* Huy Cận * Xuân Diệu *

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* Nguyên Hồng ( vi) * Nguyễn Công Hoan ( vi) * Nguyễn Tuân * Nguyễn Đình Thi *

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( vi) * Chế Lan Viên ( vi) * Hải Triều ( vi) *

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Nguyễn Sáng Nguyễn Sáng (1923, in Tien Giang Province – 1988, in Ho Chi Minh City) was a Vietnamese painter. He was a graduate of the 1940–1945 class of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine. His favorite medias were pumice lacquer and oil paint. Alth ...

( vi) * Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm ( vi) * Trần Văn Cẩn ( vi) *

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* Nguyễn Đỗ Cung ( vi) *

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( vi) * Diệp Minh Châu ( vi) Photography * Lâm Hồng Long ( vi) * Vũ Năng An ( vi) * Võ An Ninh ( vi) * Nguyễn Bá Khoản ( vi) Theatre * Học Phi (Chu Văn Tập) ( vi) * Trần Hữu Trang ( vi) * Tống Phước Phổ ( vi) * Đào Hồng Cẩm (Cao Mạnh Tùng) ( vi) * Tào Mạt (Nguyễn Duy Thục) ( vi) Folk Arts * Vũ Ngọc Phan ( vi) * Nguyễn Đổng Chi ( vi) *

Cao Huy Đỉnh Cao or CAO may refer to: Mythology *Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology Companies or organizations *Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO * CA Oradea, Romanian football club *CA Osasuna, Spanish football club *Canadian Assoc ...

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Đỗ Nhuận Đỗ Nhuận (December 10, 1922 in Hải Dương – May 18, 1991 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical composer. He is known for the first homegrown Vietnamese opera - ''Cô Sao'' "Miss Sao." This and other more-or-less revolutionary themed mu ...

Lưu Hữu Phước Lưu Hữu Phước (12 September 1921 in Cần Thơ, Cochinchina – 8 June 1989 in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam) was a Vietnamese composer, a member of the National Assembly, and Chairman of the Committee of Culture and Education of the National ...

* Văn Cao * Hoàng Việt * Nguyễn Xuân Khoát Dance * Nguyễn Đình Thái Ly ( vi) Film * Nguyễn Hồng Sến ( vi) Architecture * Nguyễn Cao Luyện ( vi) * Hoàng Như Tiếp *

Huỳnh Tấn Phát Huỳnh Tấn Phát (15 February 1913, near Mỹ Tho, French Indochina – 30 September 1989, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) was a South Vietnamese communist politician and revolutionary. He was a member of the First National Assembly (Democratic Repu ...

2000

Sciences * Various awards Literature * Bùi Đức Ái (Anh Đức) ( vi) * Nguyễn Minh Châu ( vi) * Nguyễn Khải ( vi) *

Nguyễn Bính Nguyễn Bính (Vụ Bản 1918 – Nam Định 1966) was a Vietnamese poet. A committed supporter of the August Revolution he moved to the resistance base of Viet Minh, a united front led by Indochinese Communist Party, in Đồng Tháp Mười l ...

( vi) * Nguyễn Văn Bổng ( vi) *

Lưu Trọng Lư Lưu Trọng Lư (19 June 1912 – 10 August 1991) is a Vietnamese poet, writer, play writer. He was born in 1912 at Cao Lao Hạ village, Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast, Vietnam. He attended Quốc học Hu ...

* Nguyễn Quang Sáng (Nguyễn Sáng) ( vi) * Hoài Thanh ( vi) * Nguyễn Thi (Nguyễn Ngọc Tấn) ( vi) * Lê Khâm ( Phan Tứ) ( vi) * Nông Quốc Chấn ( vi) * Trần Đình Đắc ( Chính Hữu) ( vi) * Hồ Trọng Hiếu ( Tú Mỡ) (:vi:Tú Mỡ, vi) * Hà Nghệ (Hà Xuân Trường) (:vi:Hà Xuân Trường, vi) * Nguyễn Đức Từ Chi (:vi:Nguyễn Đức Từ Chi, vi) Fine Arts * Nguyễn Tiến Chung * Huỳnh Văn Gấm * Dương Bích Liên (:vi:Dương Bích Liên, vi) * Hoàng Tích Chù (:vi:Hoàng Tích Chù, vi) * Nguyễn Văn Tỵ (:vi:Nguyễn Văn Tỵ, vi) * Nguyễn Hải * Nguyễn Khang (painter), Nguyễn Khang (:vi:Nguyễn Khang (họa sĩ), vi) * Nguyễn Sỹ Ngọc * Nguyễn Thị Kim (:vi:Nguyễn Thị Kim, vi) * Lê Quốc Lộc Photography * Đinh Đăng Định (:vi:Đinh Đăng Định, vi) Theatre * Thế Lữ (:vi:Thế Lữ, vi) * Lộng Chương (:vi:Lộng Chương, vi) * Lưu Quang Vũ (:vi:Lưu Quang Vũ, vi) Music * Huy Du * Xuân Hồng * Phan Huỳnh Điểu * Nguyễn Văn Tý * Nguyễn Đức Toàn * Hoàng Vân (composer), Hoàng Vân * Nguyễn Văn Thương * Hoàng Hiệp * Trần Hoàn

2005

Sciences * Khoa học xã hội (2 giải)[sửa] Literature * Anh Thơ (writer) (:vi:Anh Thơ (nhà thơ), vi) Theatre * Nguyễn Đình Quang (:vi:Nguyễn Đình Quang, vi) Film * Đặng Nhật Minhquangngai.gov.vn "Don’t Burn" film wins six Golden Kite Awards
(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." * Nguyễn Hải Ninh * Bùi Đình Hạc (:vi:Bùi Đình Hạc, vi)

2012

Social sciences * Trần Quốc Vượng (historian), Trần Quốc Vượng (:vi:Trần Quốc Vượng, vi) * Hà Minh Đức (:vi:Hà Minh Đức, vi) * Lê Trí Viễn (:vi:Lê Trí Viễn, vi) * Bùi Văn Ba Natural Sciences * 49 prizes shared * Lê Bá Thảo * Nguyễn Tăng Cường ( vi) * Trần Quang Ngọc Medicine * 8 prizes shared Music * Văn Chung * Pham Tuyen, Phạm Tuyên Theatre * Nguyễn Đình Nghi (:vi:Nguyễn Đình Nghi, vi) * Dương Ngọc Đức * Sỹ Tiến Literature * Phạm Tiến Duật (:vi:Phạm Tiến Duật, vi) * Hoàng Tích Chỉ (:vi:Hoàng Tích Chỉ, vi) * Ma Văn Kháng (:vi:Ma Văn Kháng, vi) * Hữu Thỉnh (:vi:Hữu Thỉnh, vi) * Hồ Phương (:vi:Hồ Phương, vi) * Đỗ Chu (:vi:Đỗ Chu, vi) * Lê Văn Thảo (:vi:Lê Văn Thảo, vi)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ho Chi Minh Prize Orders, decorations, and medals of Vietnam Awards established in 1981 1981 establishments in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Prize recipients, * Science and technology in Vietnam Vietnamese science and technology awards

Recipients

1996

2000

2005

2012

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