Win

So, having traveled thousands of kilometers by different means, the two men with the strongest media appeal on the planet arrived in Vietnam on the same day. The whole world leaned towards Hanoi to follow every move of the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as well as the President of the United States of America. The history of world peace has one more day to remember, one more place to engrave the eternal aspiration of humanity. The message for peace is written with good efforts. This US-North Korea summit is certainly not a personal impulse, it is the distillation, compression and cherishing of every opportunity of not just one day but many days, not just one person but many people.

A little nervous, a little worried and a lot of expectations, two people but behind them are not only two nations, two countries but also billions of hearts. When this article reaches readers, the US-North Korea Summit is taking place, we may not have heard any joint statement from the agenda but I do not believe this is a battle of reason, a battle of wits, in which one side bursts into cheers of victory while the other bows its head and leaves in the posture of a loser.

It must be said that no one could have imagined that the US-North Korea relationship, one of the most massive war dossiers, would have such a positive and strong development. Just recently, the whole world had to sweat with the loud nuclear tests, fiery declarations, thunderous threats and even the disrespectful titles they gave each other. "The use of force is not ruled out", "Our heroic missiles will hit the enemy's lair", "America will eliminate them with a push of a button", even the US President called the North Korean leader "Rocket man". Yes, not long ago, if not very recently, they gave each other such words reeking of gunpowder. The world was afraid of a terrible war disaster. The global stock market fell into panic many times. The "red floor" sessions lasted seemingly endlessly. Hundreds of billions of dollars in market capitalization of global public companies have evaporated. Deadlock upon deadlock. And yet, here they are today, holding hands in the capital of a peace-loving country, in a capital honored for peace. So who accepted “defeat” to come to this historic meeting? No, no one lost here, everyone won, if not “bigly”.

In the past, according to outdated concepts and approaches, if there is a winner, there must be a loser. The “gain” of one side is the “loss” of the other side. Now, the concept of win-lose is no longer suitable at all times and in all places. Win-Win (win-win) is one of the basic principles and mottos of negotiation.

We, and perhaps not only we, are waiting for a US-North Korea summit statement to be issued from Hanoi with new, more practical and clearer breakthroughs. What the US, North Korea, South Korea and the world will gain after the summit may still have to wait, but the fact that the two leaders dared to overcome rigid diplomatic boundaries to come together, eliminating the imminent danger of war, is already an unimaginable victory.

Through more than four thousand years of history, Vietnam understands all too well the damage, cruelty and loss of war. A beautiful country, a heroic history, a courageous people have become a rendezvous for peace.

Being chosen as the host of the second US-North Korea Summit (which is actually a conference with enough time for the two sides to negotiate and agree on important breakthrough decisions, not a "preparatory" conference like the first one) has brought Vietnam to a new position. The two words Vietnam are known and will be mentioned billions of times in the hearts of peace-loving people. It is not only an opportunity to promote tourism but also geopolitics, not only an image but also a symbol, not only an advantage but also a position. The US and Vietnam used to be enemies, but now they are not only friends but also important and trustworthy partners. In just over 40 years, much shorter than the time the Korean War ended, Vietnam has taken great strides on the path of national reconstruction and development. A politically stable country, a dynamic economy, where people know how to put the past behind them to move towards the future, deserves to be chosen as a connecting point for world peace. I always wish that in the working program of the two leaders, they would take a walk together around Hoan Kiem Lake so that we could have the opportunity to tell them the story of how our ancestors returned weapons after the war, how the Vietnamese people love peace. Yes, they are too busy, their tight schedules cannot accommodate such somewhat romantic wishes. But in any case, the fact that they came here, that they chose us, is an affirmation. The image of the North Korean president lowering his bulletproof glass to wave to the people on both sides of the street has shown how beautiful, friendly and trustworthy Vietnam is. Vietnam's role and position have changed, it is the result of a long series of continuous efforts. We have brought the world confidence. We have won!

Speaking of the word “win”, let me also “discuss” a few lines like this: Winning, simply understood, means achieving the proposed results in the most satisfactory, fastest and best possible way. In the poem “Get up and go”, To Huu once wrote“Who wins without ever losing/Who becomes wise without ever being foolish at times.”To win, sometimes we have to accept, know how to stand up and have the courage to move on. The first and most difficult victory is to win over ourselves.

In recent days, the press and netizens have been discussing the divorce of the TN coffee shop owner and his wife. The question of who wins and how much is being asked quite rudely and cruelly. There are some who think that this divorce is a private family matter, but I think that is not entirely true. Mr. V's divorce is not just a broken family but a broken model. The conflict in Mr. V's family is not just a conflict between two people but between different levels of opinion. The dispersion of Mr. V's assets is not just a matter of 30 or 70 but the risk of a national brand being destroyed. People have the right to follow and hope for a revival of reconciliation after the profound mysteries of the incident are solved.

Win – Win is not only a principle at the negotiating table but it should be prioritized in every relationship when possible. The story of Mr. V’s love, money, and talent attracts special attention from the public, who will win or will both fail? If they all turn on each other, hug each other and then drag each other to a restaurant in the mountain town to have a reunion party, wouldn’t that be a reference opportunity for thousands of other relationships that are stirring? There are many ways to win, to win does not necessarily mean to… fight!