Công cha như núi Thái Sơn, nghĩa mẹ như nước trong nguồn chảy ra

“A father's merit is like Mount Thai Son; a mother's love is like water flowing from the spring.”

Parental devotion is as immense as a great mountain and as ceaseless as flowing water.

— Traditional Vietnam Wisdom, Vietnam

Source: Traditional Vietnamese folk verse (ca dao), public-domain oral tradition