# List of Vietnamese Nobel laureates and nominees

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) |
| Citizens ||||||||
| 1973 | | Lê Đức Thọ | 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." (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) |
| 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." | Max Huber (1874–1960)Nils Langhelle (1907–1967)Berte Rognerud et al. (1907–1997) |

## 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, 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, 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, Vietnam | 1904 | "for his discovery of the plague bacillus." | 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 | | 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 | | 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." | George McTurnan Kahin (1918–2000) United States |
| | 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." | Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) United States |
| | 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." | Walter Nash (1882–1968) New Zealand |
| | 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." | Jim Cairns (1914–2003) Australia |
| | 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." | John G. Dow (1905–2003) United States |
| | 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." | Lawrence Fuchs (1927–2013) United States |
| | 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." | 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 | | 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 | | 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." | Betty Williams (1943–2020) Ireland Mairead Maguire (b. 1944) Ireland |
| | Thích Quảng Độ | 27 November 1928 in Thành Châu, Thái Bình, Vietnam | 22 February 2020 in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | 2013 | "[with Lý] for their selfless devotion in the pursuit of peaceful political reform and respect for fundamental freedoms in Vietnam." | Chris Smith (b. 1953) United StatesZoe Lofgren (b. 1947) United States |
| | Thích Huyền Quang | 19 September 1919 An Nhơn, Bình Định, Vietnam | 5 July 2008 Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | 1978 | "[with Độ] for their non-violent struggle for human rights and opposition against the Communist regime in Vietnam." | Betty Williams (1943–2020) Ireland Mairead Maguire (b. 1944) Ireland |
| | Thích Huyền Quang | 19 September 1919 An Nhơn, Bình Định, Vietnam | 5 July 2008 Hồ Chí Minh City, 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 |
| | Thích Huyền Quang | 19 September 1919 An Nhơn, Bình Định, Vietnam | 5 July 2008 Hồ Chí Minh City, 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." | 67 members of the Italian Parliament |
| | Thích Huyền Quang | 19 September 1919 An Nhơn, Bình Định, Vietnam | 5 July 2008 Hồ Chí Minh City, 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." | members of the United States Congress |
| | 12 Vietnamese women (part of the 1000 PeaceWomen) | began in 2003 in Bern, Switzerland | 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) 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." | Chris Smith (b. 1953) United StatesZoe Lofgren (b. 1947) United States |