The memoir of Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh - Photo: National Political Publishing House Truth
Family, Friends and Country is a memoir she wrote in 2007 and completed at the end of 2009.
After being published by Tri Thuc Publishing House in 2012, the book was reprinted many times. And the author continued to edit it through the years 2013, 2014, 2023.
This time, the National Political Publishing House Truth reprinted with corrections and additions by the author in 2023. The book is preparing to be widely distributed nationwide.
The exciting life of Nguyen Thi Binh
The memoir is a thrilling story about a petite woman, especially a woman who had to endure being away from her young children and husband for many years to work on the difficult diplomatic front.
Family, friends and the country recreate the life and career milestones of Ms. 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.
Readers will be able to revisit her hometown, where Nguyen Thi Binh had a happy childhood, then a passionate youth growing up during the resistance war against the French; learn about a special front in the resistance war against the US to save the country, in which she participated as a key figure.
And of course, we cannot miss the story of the longest negotiation in history - the Four-Party Conference on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam in Paris - with 202 public joint sessions and 24 private meetings over a period of 4 years and 9 months (from May 13, 1968 to January 27, 1973) leading to total victory, national unity, peace and development through the perspective of Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, a leader inthe education and diplomacy sectors and vice president of the country.
The book also includes a section on "deep memories and feelings" of Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, a section on this woman's retirement but busy social work period, and a chronology of her life with 96 years of age and 77 years of Party membership.
The ordinary but elite woman
Sharing at the launch of her memoir in 2012, Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh confided that she wrote the memoir Family, Friends and Country first and foremost as a document to leave to her children and grandchildren as a grandmother and a mother. In addition, the memoir also conveys useful lessons for the next generation.
Through her memoir, she wants to express her gratitude to her comrades and compatriots who sacrificed their blood and bones to bring peace and independence to the country. She especially wants to express her gratitude to her international friends who have made great contributions to the country's victory.
Each page of the memoir is expressed in simple language, not lofty philosophy but close and profound, showing Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh's heart for the country and the people.
Writer Nguyen Ngoc, who worked with Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh during the time she completed the memoir, said that 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 perseverance and daring to accept change and accept new things. She is a shining symbol of the noble qualities of Vietnamese women.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tai-ban-hoi-ky-cua-ba-nguyen-thi-binh-20250418094843421.htm
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