To faces many difficulties working as the director of the A1 hydropower project. Workers do not believe in leadership, so they quit their jobs. To boldly proposes a new way of doing business, paying attention to workers' lives and improving technology. The workers believe in him, returning to the construction site with a new attitude. Han, To's friend reports to the Minister about him with bad intentions, spreading news about his relationship with female engineer Thu Hien. To overcomes those barriers by working hard. The Minister has created all conditions for him to be creative and work.

The childhood of Ly Thai To, a Vietnamese monarch.

In early-80s' Hanoi, a director of a state-owned factory welcomes his wife, a journalist, into a changed home after she spent some time away. As she struggles to make sense of their new wealth, he struggles to avoid embezzlement charges by a poor inspector—who turns out to be an old friend of hers.

A theater troupe reunites in excitement for a new production after having been out of work for a long time, with the performers and their mentor having gone their separate ways to make ends meet. But the bitter fallout from the failed romance between the lead actor and the lead actress—a romance as long ago as her famously beautiful hair—threatens the play's success.

A story about young men who had to go war to protest their country. Each of them has his own story.