Nguyet is an orphaned child living with her grandma in a seaside village of devout Catholics. When the village becomes a battlefield, the grandma, enraged by the fact her son died due to Vietcong mine traps, begins throwing grenades against the winning Vietcong soldiers. To ensure a strategical victory, Dung, a young combatant, is deployed to gun down the old woman.

While being imprisoned on a remote island for leading a naval-yard workers' strike, a man reminisces about his former days as a naval mechanic and the life back in his hometown.

In post-war Vietnam, a talented piano student and doctor in training begin a doomed love affair.

Trâm Anh rejects the advance from wealthy suitors and instead works as a taxi driver to support her family; the hot-tempered and blunt young girl enjoys winning over the male colleagues who mocks her driving in racing shows, helping girls fight off bullies and spending her free time at a martial arts club. On one day at work, Trâm Anh encounters a new client and her antithesis, the rich and pampered Tuấn. Soon, a string of incidents will strike up a spark between the unlikely pair.

Mai Toan leaves his studies at the Music Academy to join the army. One day, he is assigned to escort Cam - a prisoner back to the rear for extraction.

As they enter the final year in high school, a group of friends encounter a series of personal issues.