Thúy Vinh

Story of an innocent and carefree little girl whose father is a member of the anti-French resistance.

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

Hoa is a young engineer and computer specialist who arranges the database of a research institution. She is hardworking, yet her dedication goes unnoticed, and her boss dismisses her work and expertise as “redundant”. One day, the institution receives a major data overhaul project. With tight deadlines and giant workload, finishing in time feels impossible for the staff, and it seems only one person can help them…

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.

Người Về đồng Cói is considered the first film directed by a woman in the history of Vietnamese cinema. The brave, determined spirit of sacrifice and bravery in battle that he had trained on the frontline could not help Lê Văn; he only knew how to deal with the enemy, but did not know how to treat his neighbors, comrades, and family.

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