103-year-old researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu receives Tran Van Giau science award

On the morning of September 16, the Tran Van Giau Award Committee held the 2023 Tran Van Giau Award ceremony at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).

Attending the program were Mr. Phan Van Mai, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Dr. Nguyen Thi Hau, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Historical Science Association; Prof. Dr. Vo Van Sen, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Historical Science Association; Ms. Dinh Thanh Thuy, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House, along with representatives of universities, research institutes, and students of Ho Chi Minh City.

The work "Gia Dinh - Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City: Long Mile of History (1698-2020)" includes 2 volumes with more than 1600 large-format pages.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai visited and sent his best wishes to researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu.

Professor, Doctor, Meritorious Teacher Ngo Van Le, Vice Chairman of the Tran Van Giau Award Committee, said that according to the regulations of the Award, each year, a valuable work is considered for awarding, researching the field of history and history of thought in the Southern region and the South Central region. However, in reality, not every year there is a work that meets this criterion. Therefore, the awarding process has been interrupted for some years, even interrupted for 3-4 years, and up to now, no work in the field of history of thought has been awarded.

"In 2023, the Award Committee is very proud and honored to have the work Gia Dinh - Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City: Long Mile of History (1698-2020) by researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu win the award. This is a research work of high scientific quality, good reference value and wide influence" - Professor, Dr. Ngo Van Le emphasized.

Researcher receives award worth 200 million VND

103-year-old researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu said he spent more than 25 years traveling to libraries and archives across the country to find articles and documents about Ho Chi Minh City. "There are many authors writing about Saigon - Cho Lon - Ho Chi Minh City, but each person only writes about a certain area or issue. That is why I want to spend all my time focusing on research and writing a book that can provide readers with the most comprehensive view of Ho Chi Minh City's history," the researcher shared.

Although he is 103 years old, the researcher is still very healthy and diligently studies science every day.

Researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu received the Tran Van Giau Science Award in 2023

The work Gia Dinh - Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City: A Long History (1698-2020) consists of 2 volumes with a total of 1687 large-size pages, volume 1 from 1698 to 1945, volume 2 from 1945 to 2020.

Professor Vo Van Sen, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Historical Science Association, commented that this is a reference book compiled by an individual who studies history, but the amount of information is enormous. Not only is he a history lover, the researcher is also very straightforward about his historical views.

The work shows the uniqueness of the editor. The fields in the work are very comprehensive, from the development of economic - trade - currency, transportation, education, culture - art, health - society, beliefs - religion, physical education - sports, tourism, connection with provinces and international integration, national security and defense...

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai sent his congratulations to the author who won the 2023 Tran Van Giau Science Award.

The award ceremony attracted many students who love Vietnamese history to attend.

The work Gia Dinh - Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City: Long Mile of History (1698-2020) is highly appreciated by experts.

At the award ceremony, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai emphasized that Ho Chi Minh City needs to balance socio-cultural development and economic development. Scientific research works are valuable contributions to the development of Ho Chi Minh City in particular and Vietnam in general.

"If research organizations, universities, scientific institutes, and localities also organize competitions like this, it will shorten the time and bring many valuable scientific research projects to the people. From there, we will have valuable data sources, as a basis for planning and supporting research on the city's development strategy," said Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai.

Researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu was born in 1920 in Thanh Chi commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An. During the resistance war against France, he was a collaborator of Doc Lap newspaper; in 1962, he worked for Phu Yen Land Department.

Up to now, researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu has published about 60 books, works from before 1975 such as: Non nuoc Phu Yen (1964), Khanh Hoa geography (1972), Non nuoc Ninh Thuan (1974) and later works such as: Streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Dictionary of administrative place names in the South, Non nuoc Quang Tri, Biographies and deeds of scholars of Southern Chinese studies, Handbook of street names in Ho Chi Minh City, French colonial regime in the South, novel The chaos of 12 warlords...

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