​Madame Nguyễn Thị Bình, former Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in her memoir "Family, Friends, and the Country" stated that her alias during the resistance against the French was Yến Sa, and during the resistance against the American imperialists, it was collectively proposed to change to the name BÌNH (PEACE), and from then on she was known as Nguyễn Thị Bình. Peace is the eternal aspiration of the Vietnamese people, and it is also the consistent foreign policy for peace of the Vietnamese nation.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Binh, signing the Agreement of the International Conference on Vietnam on March 2, 1973. Documentary Photo/VNA

Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Bình was later appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Negotiating Delegation of the National Front for the Liberation of the South (later the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam) at the Paris Peace Conference. In her memoir, she indicated that the mission of the negotiating delegation was to explain to international friends the significance and legitimacy of the Vietnamese people's struggle. She also mentioned that whenever the delegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam took the stage, the entire hall would stand up, and she would step up to say: "The people of South Vietnam have no other choice but to rise up against invasion, and have no other desire than to live in peace, a normal life as everyone else on Earth is living today"… The aspiration to live in peace like other nations on Earth is the age-old desire of the Vietnamese people. Even the preamble of the 1946 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam solemnly states: "“…The independent and unified Vietnam advances on the path of glory and happiness, in step with the progressive trends of the world and the aspirations for peace of humanity.”

Those who have read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" written by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez will surely be haunted by many magical details. The family of José Arcadio Buendía left their village for another land, and by the fifth generation, a child of the lineage was born with a pig's tail and was eaten by ants. Humanity has spent millions of years shedding the tail, but if one strays from the civilization of humankind, like the family in "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the tail will grow back, signifying degeneration. The village of Macondo was later struck by a storm and erased from this world. The warning that "One Hundred Years of Solitude" seeks to convey is that all peoples in this world, if they do not follow the common flow of civilized humanity, will inevitably head down the path of degeneration and extinction. Recently, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm, has repeatedly affirmed that Vietnam's development path "cannot be separated from the common trends of the world and human civilization." All peoples in this world who wish to exist sustainably and develop must necessarily follow the common flow of civilized humanity, which is peace and the resolution of international disputes through peaceful means based on international law.

Both a country and an individual who can still feel moved by goodness and beauty will surely feel anger towards ugliness and evil and will seek ways to eradicate them. A nation that cherishes peace, like the Vietnamese people, will certainly not tolerate acts of humiliation and invasion. Perhaps that is why, throughout its thousands of years of history, to live in peace, the Vietnamese people have had to rise up many times against invasion, against tyranny and oppression. I still remember, when the French colonizers had the malicious intent to invade Vietnam once again, our party and President Ho Chi Minh made every effort to prevent war. In the "Call for Nationwide Resistance" on December 20, 1946, President Ho Chi Minh clearly stated: "We want peace, we must make concessions. But the more we concede, the more the French colonizers encroach, for they are determined to seize our country once again! No! We would rather sacrifice everything than lose our country, than become slaves."

As a tolerant and peace-loving nation, whenever we achieve victory over invading forces, our ancestors always demonstrated a spirit of reconciliation towards the defeated, even providing them with horses, carts, boats, and provisions to return to their homeland. Sword Lake, originally named Thuy Quan, was renamed after the legend of Le Loi returning the sacred sword, symbolizing the Vietnamese people's love for peace.

It can be affirmed that, over the years, the Party and State of Vietnam have consistently adhered to the principle of peace. Vietnam's consistent policy is not to form military alliances with countries to fight against another. The resolution of the XIII National Congress of the Party once again affirms: "...Continue to implement the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification; proactively and actively integrate comprehensively, extensively, and effectively into the international community; maintain a peaceful and stable environment, and continuously enhance Vietnam's position and international prestige."

 Poet Nguyễn Đình Thi wrote the following lines in the poem "Vietnam, Our Homeland": "The poor land nurtures heroes / Immersed in blood and fire, they rise up / Trampling the enemy into the black earth / Guns and swords cast aside, gentle as before." This is the most complete summary of the Vietnamese people's spirit of love for peace.