Hồ Chí Minh Prize awarded to musician, Dr. Doãn Nho
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]
^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."
^Birth Centenary of Nguyễn Huy TưởngArchived 1 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine "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."
^Trần Văn CẩnArchived 10 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine "In 1996, he was posthumously awarded Vietnam’s highest distinction for artists, the Hồ Chí Minh Prize."
^Phan Huỳnh Điểu - Composer of loveArchived 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)."
