In 1963, amidst tense relations with Buddhism that may face international backlash, the Ngo family try to find a way around the situation, calling on Luan for missions worth his life. Saigon is heated. A coup may be under preparations. Tran Le Xuan goes on a diplomatic tour of Western nations, determined to clear names.

In the final days of the war, Duyên faces a daily struggle to take care of her young son and ailing father-in-law, all the while hiding from them the fact that her husband has recently been killed in battle.

A government minister from Hanoi has a car accident on the way to a wedding in a remote village. The county hospital does not have the authority to operate on a minister. The county commissioner would like the operation done in the county for the prestige it would bring, but will not authorize it without the approval of the whole county committee. The hospital director has filled his quota, so does not want to take the risk of an operation. Since a telephone call to Hanoi has to be booked two days in advance, the minister's wife cannot be contacted, nor can a helicopter be arranged to move the minister to Hanoi.

Two pilots and their beloveds, all of whom are close friends, try to navigate their lives separate from one another as the men transition to combat.

Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated

A story about a Catholic Village by the sea in Northern Vietnam in the early 60's, where people lacked faith in the new Communist regime.

An old man dreams of escaping poverty and securing a better future for his family in retirement through winning a lottery, though luck is never on his side.

An elderly couple from Vinh and their grandchild takes a coach to Viet Tri The passengers face numerous harassments during the journey, but luckily a youth volunteer and a discharged soldier are determined to help them.

The story about a group of people struggling to expand agricultural land in North Vietnam.