The memoir "family, friends and country" former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh was reprinted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and reunification of the country. The memoirs spent long chapters writing about the negotiation journey to sign the Paris Agreement and the winning day of the nation after the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign.
After the Paris Agreement was signed on January 27, 1973, the actual war was still dragging on.
By early 1975, the General Offensive and Uprising began to be vigorously prepared. Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh at this time had a business trip to the North, witnessing with her own eyes along the Truong Son range the bustling atmosphere of the entire army and people for the final campaign - the Ho Chi Minh campaign.
The Truong Son Strip is bustling day and night with many armored vehicles, ammunition transport vehicles... and a series of teams, very young soldiers from the Northern provinces going to the battlefield like going out on a seaweed.
On the battlefield, the force correlation changes rapidly, increasingly beneficial to us. Faced with the consecutive defeats of the Saigon government's army on all fronts, some warm-minded elements in the US have vaguely mentioned having to send troops back to save the allies.
After the Paris Agreement, despite withdrawing troops from South Vietnam, the US continued to provide aid and help the Saigon government prolong the war.
Realizing that the public opinion at this time became extremely important to speak the anti -war voice, asking the US to comply with the Paris Agreement, Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh and diplomatic officials who went to France, met the international press, contacted her friends who love peace in the US, Canada, Sweden and many countries around the world to speak up, criticize the US motivation, request the termination of the war in Vietnam in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
The spirit of protesting the war has risen, the world public has stood on Vietnam's side, monitoring the situation of the war in Vietnam every day.
The memoir of Former President Nguyen Thi Binh has repeatedly expressed her emotion at the support of friends around the world for the Vietnamese people.
On all three fronts, politics, military and diplomacy, we have stepped up our offensive. On the battlefield, the Liberation Army won like a bamboo splinter. After the Buon Ma Thuot battle, the Politburo decided to seize the opportunity to launch a campaign to launch a General Offensive and Uprising to completely liberate the South in 1975.
Finally, on April 30, 1975 - what had to come came. With overwhelming victories on all fronts, our army and people had a glorious victory, heading towards Saigon. The South was liberated, the war ended, the country was unified, the riverbeds returned to one another.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh's memoir wrote that on that day, the world press solemnly reported on the historic victory of the Vietnamese army and people.
"People across the country poured into the streets, hugged each other and cried, with joyful tears! This is an inevitable result of the sacrifice of the entire nation, from armed forces, political forces operating openly or secretly, from children leading people from all walks of life, famous heroes and millions of unknown people... - excerpt from the memoir Family, friends and country.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh recounted that the whole world sent congratulations to the Vietnamese people, they expressed their joy and wonder.
Many international friends have questioned why, for what reason, Vietnam has fought and won during the long-term resistance war.
In particular, Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh mentioned her visit to Palestine and meeting with leader Yasser Arafat, they also asked why Vietnam won.
Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh wrote in her memoir, "We have responded, we have 3 reasons - 3 things to win. First, we have Ho Chi Minh - an outstanding leader of Vietnam who has always served the cause of fighting for independence and freedom for the country.
Second, we have very strong national unity.
And third, we have the North, half of the socialist country as a solid support.
Under the ingenious leadership of the Party and Uncle Ho, with the strength of uniting the entire people and getting the reinforcement of both people as well as wealth and material things of the North sent to the South, "the paddy does not lack a pound, the army does not lack a person" - the Vietnamese revolution has been the long -term fighting, ready to sacrifice everything to decide to gain independence, freedom and unity of the country.
