የሰሜን ቬይትናም መሪ ሊ ዱች ቶ፣ ሃገራቸው ሰላም አጥታ ባልተረጋጋችበት ወቅት ከሄኔሪ ኬሲንገር ጋር 1973 የቀረበላቸውን ሽልማት አለመቀበላቸው በደንብ ይታወቃል፡፡
North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho famously rejected the award — jointly presented to him and the controversial Henry Kissinger in 1973 — on the grounds that peace had not yet been restored in his country.