They are Dr Nguyen Quoc Binh and Phan Thanh from Canada, Dr Nguyen Trong Binh, Painter Bui Minh Duc, Dr Le Phuoc Hung, MA Pham Duc Trung Kien and Prof Le Quoc Thang from the US, Asso. Prof and Dr Nguyen Luong Dzung from Germany, Dr Nguyen Tri Dzung from Japan, Prof and Dr Doan Kim Son from France, Prof and Dr Nguyen Van Tuan from Australia and Dr Nguyen Lan Tuat from Russia.

An awards ceremony will take place at 7.15pm on February 5, 2006 at Van Mieu Temple in Hanoi, the first Vietnamese University. The event will be broadcast live on VTV1.