List of Vietnamese Nobel laureates and nominees

The Nobel Prize medal received by the laureates

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.[1] But, Tho rejected the awarded claiming "peace has not yet really been established in South Vietnam."[2][3]

Laureates

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Recognized laureates

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Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation Nominator(s)
Citizens
1973 Lê Đức Thọ[a] 14 October 1911
Nam Trực, Nam Định, Vietnam 		13 October 1990
Hanoi, Vietnam 		Peace "for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973."[5]
(awarded together with American diplomat Henry Kissinger)

Members of laureate organizations

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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)
Peace
1963 Viet Nam Red Cross Society founded on 23 November 1946 in Ứng Hòa, Hanoi, Vietnam League of Red Cross Societies
(with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)) 		"for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the U.N."[6]

Nominations

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Nominees

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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,[7] among them Nguyễn Chí Thiện[8] (for Literature), Nguyễn Quang Hồng[9] (for Literature), Xuân Diệu (for Literature), Bảo Ninh (for Literature), Kim Thúy (for Literature), Đàm Thanh Sơn (for Physics), Minh-Quảng Trần (for Physics), Trần Thanh Vân (for Physics), Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Thuận (for Peace), 2013 convicted Vietnamese dissidents (for Peace), Amanda Nguyen (for Peace), Lê Công Định (for Peace) and Phạm Đoan Trang[10] (for Peace).

Image Nominee Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s)
Physiology or Medicine
Alexandre Yersin[c] 22 September 1863 in Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland 1 March 1943 in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam 1904 "for his discovery of the plague bacillus."[11] Jaques-Louis Reverdin
(1842–1929)
  Switzerland
Literature
Hồ Hữu Tường c. 1910 in Thường Thạnh, Cái Răng, Cần Thơ, Vietnam 26 June 1980 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1969 [12] Đông Hồ
(1906–1969)
 Vietnam
Vũ Hoàng Chương 5 May 1915 in Phù Ủng, Ân Thi, Hưng Yên, Vietnam 6 September 1976 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1972 [13] Thanh Lãng
(1924–1978)
 Vietnam
Peace
Thích Nhất Hạnh 11 October 1926
Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam 		22 January 2022
Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam 		1967 "for his lifelong efforts to promote peace, social justice and reconciliation in between North and South Vietnam."[14] George McTurnan Kahin
(1918–2000)
 United States
Martin Luther King Jr.
(1929–1968)
 United States
Walter Nash
(1882–1968)
 New Zealand
Jim Cairns
(1914–2003)
 Australia
John G. Dow
(1905–2003)
 United States
Lawrence Fuchs
(1927–2013)
 United States
Horace L. Friess
(1900–1975)
 United States
Lê Đức Thọ 14 October 1911 in Nam Trực, Nam Định, Vietnam 13 October 1990 in Hanoi, Vietnam 1972 [15] John Sanness
(1913–1984)
 Norway
Trần Minh Tiết 28 December 1922 in Cam Lộ, Quảng Trị, Vietnam 18 April 1986 in Monterey Park, California, United States 1972 [15] Vietnamese professors and members of the South Vietnamese government
Thích Quảng Độ 27 November 1928 in Thành Châu, Thái Bình, Vietnam 22 February 2020 in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam 1978 "[with Quang] for their non-violent struggle for human rights and opposition against the Communist regime in Vietnam."[16]
2013 "[with Lý] for their selfless devotion in the pursuit of peaceful political reform and respect for fundamental freedoms in Vietnam."[17]
Thích Huyền Quang 19 September 1919
An Nhơn, Bình Định, Vietnam 		5 July 2005
Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam 		1978 "[with Độ] for their non-violent struggle for human rights and opposition against the Communist regime in Vietnam."[16][18]
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."[19] 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)[d] began in 2003 in Bern, Switzerland 2005 "in recognition of women's efforts and visibility in promoting peace all over the world."[20] Ruth-Gaby Vermont-Mangold
(b. 1941)
  Switzerland
Nguyễn Văn Lý 15 May 1946
Vĩnh Chấp, Vĩnh Linh, Quảng Trị, Vietnam 		— 2013 "[with Độ] for their selfless devotion in the pursuit of peaceful political reform and respect for fundamental freedoms in Vietnam."[17][18][21]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lê Đức Thọ declined the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, claiming that peace had not yet been established, and that the United States and the South Vietnamese governments were in violation of the Paris Peace Accords. He became the first Asian laureate and first to decline the Peace Prize.[4]
  2. ^ The other nominators of the Red Cross Socities include: 36 members of the Norwegian Parliament, 4 professors at the University of Oslo, 92 members of the Swedish Parliament, members of the Danish Parliament, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Einar Gerhardsen (1897–1987), Sjur Lindebrække (1909–1998), Sverre Steen (1898–1983), Johannes Andenæs (1912–2003), Rickard Sandler (1884–1964), and Sir Anthony Eden (1897–1977).
  3. ^ Alexandre Yersin, a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist, has been living since 1890 in French Indochina and took up residence in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
  4. ^ The 12 Vietnamese women who formed part in the 1000 PeaceWomen were Bùi Tiến Dũng (b. 1959), Đào Thị Bích Vân (?), Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947), Hà Thị Khiết (b. 1950), Lê Thị Quý (b. 1950), Nguyễn Thanh Hiện (b. 1940), Nguyễn Thị Bình (b. 1929), Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu (b. 1943), Nguyễn Thị Hòe (b. 1946), Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Phượng (b. 1944), Trần Thị Lành (?) and Trần Bạch Thu Hà (b. 1949).

References

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  1. ^ "Kissinger and Tho win Nobel Prize for Vietnam Act". The New York Times. 17 October 1973. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. ^ Flora Lewis (24 October 1973). "Tho Rejects Nobel Prize, Citing Vietnam Situation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ Lily Rothman (9 October 2015). "Why a Nobel Peace Prize Was Once Rejected". Time. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ^ Lewis, Flora (24 October 1973). "Tho Rejects Nobel Prize, Citing Vietnam Situation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1973 Archived 2020-05-22 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  6. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1963 Archived 2021-07-23 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  7. ^ Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  8. ^ "Writer Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnamese dissident writer who spent 30 years in prison, dies aged 73". bookbrowse.com. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Outrage in Germany over deportation of Vietnamese dissident". dw.org. 7 April 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Overseas Vietnamese campaign to nominate Pham Doan Trang for the Nobel Peace Prize" (PDF). liv.ngo. 31 January 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. ^ Nomination archive – Alexandre Yersin Archived 2023-02-19 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  12. ^ Nomination archive – Ho Huu Tuong Archived 2022-09-28 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  13. ^ "Nobelarkivet-1972" (PDF). svenskaakademien.se. April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  14. ^ Nomination archive – Thich Nhat Hanh Archived 2022-01-02 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  15. ^ a b "The National Archives of Norway [Det Norske Nobelinstitutt: Nominasjoner til Nobels fredspris]". media-digitalarkivet-no. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  16. ^ a b Seth Mydans (24 February 2020). "Thich Quang Do, Defiant Rights Champion in Vietnam, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Freedom Now Welcomes the Nomination of Father Ly and the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do of Vietnam for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize". freedom-now.org. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Vietnam: Two Vietnamese Nobel Nominees". csw.org.uk. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Thich Quang Do is appointed new leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. 17 August 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  20. ^ "PeaceWomen Across the Globe". 1000peacewomen.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Vietnamese priest, human-rights advocate, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". catholicculture.org. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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