In the music category, the nominees for the Ho Chi Minh awards are musicians Chu Minh, Nguyen Trong Bang, Doan Nho, Pham Minh Tuan, Vu Van Ky, along with late musicians Hoang Ha, Thuan Yen and Dinh Ngoc Lien. In addition, 29 others were also nominated for the State Awards.
Film maker Vu Thi Le My, sculptor Ta Quang Bao and late photographer Luong Nghia Dung were listed nominations for Ho Chi Minh Awards in the cinema, fine arts and photography categories.
The six nominees for dance are People’s Artists Ung Duy Thinh, Le Ngoc Canh, Chu Thuy Quynh, Vu Viet Cuong and Dang Hung, and artist Nguyen Thi Hien.
Poets Xuan Quynh and Thu Bon, along with writers Nguyen Xuan Thieu and Huu Mai were nominated for Ho Chi Minh Awards in the field of literature; meanwhile cheo (traditional opera) writer Tran Dinh Ngon, theatre researcher Mich Quang and cheo researcher Tran Bang are nominations in theatre category.
In folk arts, late cultural researcher Associate Professor Ninh Viet Giao was the only nominee for Ho Chi Minh Award.
In addition, there are 29 musical, 24 cinematographic, three architectural, five dancing, eight fine arts, eight photographic, 11 theatre, 29 literature and 16 folk arts nominations for the State Awards.
The prestigious Ho Chi Minh and State Awards aim to honour oustanding individuals as well as very high valuable scientific researching projects and literature and arts works with great influence on the society.
Since 1996, 101 literature and arts projects and individuals have been presented Ho Chi Minh Awards and 128 those have received State Awards.
