The Nobel Prizes and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which began in 1969, is a set of award based on Alfred Nobel's will given to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind." Since 1901, the prestigious Swedish Prize have been awarded 609 times to 975 people and 27 organizations including a Vietnamese diplomat.
The first and only Vietnamese Nobel laureate was Lê Đức Thọ when he was awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Henry Kissinger. But, Tho rejected the awarded claiming "peace has not yet really been established in South Vietnam."
Laureates Recognized laureates Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation Nominator(s) Citizens1973 Lê Đức Thọ 14 October 1911 Nam Trực, Nam Định, French Indochina 13 October 1990 Hanoi, Vietnam Peace "for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973."The Nobel Peace Prize 1973 nobelprize.org(awarded together with American diplomat Henry Kissinger)
Members of laureate organizations The following Vietnam-based organizations are members of a larger organization that are Nobel laureates. Year Image Individual/organization Born Laureate organization Citation Nominator(s) Peace1963 Vietnam Red Cross Society founded on 23 November 1946 in Ứng Hòa, Hanoi, North Vietnam (now Hanoi, Vietnam) League of Red Cross Societies "for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the U.N."The Nobel Peace Prize 1963 nobelprize.org
Nominations Nominees Since 1967, Vietnamese citizens started receiving nominations for the prestigious Swedish Prize in any category. The following list are the nominees with verified nominations from the Nobel Committee and recognized international organizations. There are also other purported nominees whose nominations are yet to be verified since the archives are revealed 50 years after,Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates nobelprize.org among them:
For Physics: Đàm Thanh Sơn, Minh Quang Tran and Trần Thanh Vân. For Literature: Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Nguyễn Quang Hồng, Xuân Diệu, Bảo Ninh and Kim Thúy. For Peace: Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Thuận, 2013 convicted Vietnamese dissidents, Amanda Nguyen, Nguyễn Đan Quế, Lê Công Định and Phạm Đoan Trang.
Image Nominee Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s) Physiology or Medicine Alexandre Yersin 22 September 1863 in Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland 1 March 1943 in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, French Indochina 1904 "for his discovery of the plague bacillus."Nomination archive – Alexandre Yersin nobelprize.org Jaques-Louis Reverdin (1842–1929) Literature Hồ Hữu Tường c. 1910 in Thường Thạnh, Cái Răng, Cần Thơ, French Indochina 26 June 1980 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1969 Nomination archive – Ho Huu Tuong nobelprize.org Đông Hồ (1906–1969) Vũ Hoàng Chương 5 May 1915 in Phù Ủng, Ân Thi, Hưng Yên, French Indochina 6 September 1976 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1972 Thanh Lãng (1924–1978) PeaceThích Nhất Hạnh 11 October 1926 Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế, French Indochina22 January 2022 Huế, Vietnam1967"for his lifelong efforts to promote peace, social justice and reconciliation in between North and South Vietnam."Nomination archive – Thich Nhat Hanh nobelprize.org George McTurnan Kahin (1918–2000) Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) Walter Nash (1882–1968) Jim Cairns (1914–2003) John G. Dow (1905–2003) Lawrence Fuchs (1927–2013) Horace L. Friess (1900–1975)Lê Đức Thọ14 October 1911 in Nam Trực, Nam Định, French Indochina13 October 1990 in Hanoi, Vietnam1972John Sanness (1913–1984)Trần Minh Tiết 28 December 1922 in Cam Lộ, Quảng Trị, French Indochina18 April 1986 in Monterey Park, California, United States1972Vietnamese professors and members of the South Vietnamese governmentThích Quảng Độ27 November 1928 in Thành Châu, Thái Bình, French Indochina22 February 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1978 "[with Quang] for their non-violent struggle for human rights and opposition against the Communist regime in Vietnam." 2013 "[with Lý] for their selfless devotion in the pursuit of peaceful political reform and respect for fundamental freedoms in Vietnam." Thích Huyền Quang 19 September 1919 An Nhơn, Bình Định, French Indochina5 July 2008 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1978 "[with Độ] for their non-violent struggle for human rights and opposition against the Communist regime in Vietnam." 2008"for his non-violent combat for freedom and justice amidst intimidation and imprisonment for three decades, inspiring Vietnamese of all generations and helping them to overcome fear." 60 members of the European Parliament 67 members of the Italian Parliament members of the United States Congress 12 Vietnamese women (part of the 1000 PeaceWomen)began in 2003 in Bern, Switzerland 2005 "in recognition of women's efforts and visibility in promoting peace all over the world." Ruth-Gaby Vermont-Mangold (b. 1941) Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý 15 May 1946 Vĩnh Chấp, Vĩnh Linh, Quảng Trị, State of Vietnam 2013 "[with Độ] for their selfless devotion in the pursuit of peaceful political reform and respect for fundamental freedoms in Vietnam."
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