Quoc Tuan and his son - touching stories about fatherly love.

These past few days, simply typing "father and son" into Google will immediately bring up "Quoc Tuan and his son" among the top results. This alone demonstrates how the touching story of actor and director Quoc Tuan's unconditional love, sacrifice, and care for his son has moved and captivated people.

For 15 long years, since welcoming his son Bom (Nguyen Anh Tuan) into the world and simultaneously receiving treatment for his rare and incurable disease, Quoc Tuan has completely stopped acting to be by his son's side, fulfilling the roles of father, mother, friend, and teacher... This sacred love has given Bom extraordinary willpower to live.

The piano playing that Bom performed on the "Seventh Wish" program on VTV3 recently, as well as his achievement of being in the Top 5 for the entrance exam to the Vietnam National Academy of Music, brought tears to Quoc Tuan's eyes. These were not only sweet rewards, partly compensating for his hardships and struggles, but also showed that life still holds wonders and miracles.

"Thank you, Tuan. Do you think I look good in this suit? Don't be too stressed. I'm so grateful for your encouragement. I'll play many beautiful songs for you," - Bom's words that day not only brought tears to Quoc Tuan's eyes.

Along with the story of Quoc Tuan's silent sacrifice, recently, thanks to the "Talent Showcase" program on THVL1, the father of contestant Nguyen Van Viet (stage name Minh Long) was able to find his son again.

This is also a rare story about father and son, after a 17-year separation – a separation that left the father filled with remorse for losing his son, while the son mistakenly believed he had been abandoned by his father.

Seventeen years may not have changed the father's face, but for the child, it was a huge change. Yet, when he saw Minh Long on television, the father immediately recognized his son. He immediately traveled to Vinh Long, then to Saigon, to get his son's phone number. Even though he hadn't met him, only heard from him on the phone, the father couldn't hide his emotion and repeatedly said, "Not being able to see you, son, makes me so sad!"

Both of these stories, along with many others recorded in books and in life about fatherly love, show that it is a sacred feeling. Although difficult to explain, as the ancients said: "Only by raising children do you understand the love of parents."

Many parents find it easy to shed tears watching the stories of Quoc Tuan and his son, the circus artist Minh Long and his son, or any similar stories, because they see themselves in them. And those who are children also understand, through stories like these, that in life, people can sell many things, including material possessions, lives, and even their spirits… but the love and sacrifice of parents for their children is sacred, immortal, something that cannot be bought or sold.

When the novel "The Condor Heroes" was first reprinted as a book, the Chinese author Jin Yong wrote an afterword for his work. Essentially, he stated: "The feelings and virtues, such as the familial love between parents and children, true friendship, romantic love, justice, kindness, courage in saving others, and self-sacrifice for society... I believe that from now on, for a long time to come, will continue to be praised by everyone. These things cannot be replaced by any political theory, economic system, social reform, or religious belief."

Speaking solely from the perspective of the familial love that parents have for their children, even today, I still find that what he said was not wrong in the slightest.

According to Sports and Culture