Tam Hoa

Mid-1960s in North Vietnam, in an area near the border with Laos. It tells the story of Vietnamese patriots fighting for their country's independence. The Americans land troops in the border area where the Mao people live. Among the paratroopers were people from those areas who had once left their homeland and gone with the French troops. The aggressors wanted to use provocations to win over most of the local population and, with their help, capture the border areas. But they miscalculated. The local population helped the border guards capture the paratroopers.

Feature film on romance and social life of the minority ethnic in the Northwest of Vietnam. Mị and A Phủ, a Meo (Hmong) couple, freed themselves with the aid of communist leadership and joined the rising against the French in August 1945. Based on the short story of the same title by Tô Hoài.

Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated.