The memoir "Family, Friends and Country" recreates the life and career milestones of former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh - an outstanding diplomat , a living witness who participated in and witnessed the ups and downs of the nation's history in the 20th century, from her childhood to her participation in revolutionary activities, important milestones in the struggle for national independence and even after her retirement.
This is a memoir that she started writing in 2007, completed in late 2009, and was supplemented and edited in 2013, 2014, and 2023.
Each page of the memoir is expressed in simple language, not lofty philosophy but close and profound, but exudes patriotism, sense of responsibility, heart for the country and people, creating weight in each sentence and word.
As writer Nguyen Ngoc, who worked with Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh during the time she completed the memoir, said, through the memoir, one can recognize in her a special combination of common-elite, simple-luxurious, soft-steadfast; she is a person with youthful spirit and intelligence, combining steadfastness and daring to accept change and accept new things. She is a shining symbol of the noble qualities of Vietnamese women.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, whose real name is Nguyen Thi Chau Sa, was born on May 26, 1927, in Dien Ban town, Quang Nam province, in a family with a revolutionary tradition. Since her school days, Nguyen Thi Chau Sa has participated in patriotic activities in student movements. During the resistance wars against France and the US, she was active and was arrested and imprisoned many times by the enemy.
In 1960, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam was established. In early 1961, she was assigned by the Unification Committee to participate in diplomatic activities for the Front and changed her name from Yen Sa (the alias she had used since 1948) to Nguyen Thi Binh to keep it secret and to make it easier for the international community to pronounce her name.
From here, the world learned about a female politician - Nguyen Thi Binh as Head of the delegation of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, then the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam participating in the Four-Party Conference on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam in Paris.
On January 27, 1973 in Paris, the “Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” was signed. It was the result of the longest and most arduous diplomatic struggle in the history of Vietnamese diplomacy, with 202 public meetings and 24 private meetings over a period of 4 years and 9 months (from May 13, 1968 to January 27, 1973). During the negotiation process, the whole world admired and respected the steadfast will, flexibility and acumen of the excellent female diplomat - Nguyen Thi Binh - a daughter of her hometown Quang Nam.
It can be said that her life is closely linked to the important historical events of the country throughout the 20th century. That is the resistance war against French colonialism (1945-1954), the resistance war against American imperialism (1954-1975) achieved complete victory, the country was at peace, moving towards socialism, then implementing the renovation process for the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness, and civilization.
With 98 years of age, 79 years of Party membership, and having held many different positions, Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh has made many important contributions to the nation's revolutionary cause, and is a shining example for the younger generation to follow.
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