Áo dài traditional ao dai is not the exception. It is not because the design of the ao dai does not fit to the aesthetic point of view of modern Vietnamese. Actually, because the traditional ao dai is inconvenient in daily life, it must be “modernized”. Indeed, the design of the ao dai is no longer suitable for working or travelling on transportation. Moreover, the extreme weather in Viet Nam makes citizens uncomfortable when wearing the ao dai. Besides, it is wardrobe malfunction that causes to the fear of wearing the ao dai in daily activities. Thus, people change the ao dai
The White Silk Dress altered into smaller sized ao dai for the daughters, as they switch wearing that ao dai everyday. Thank to the parents' endless love and sacrifice, Hoi An has written an essay about her ao dai. As she is standing and reading out loud her essay for her class, a bomb hits the school. Being informed that the school is bombed, Dan dashes to school to find her daughter but only to realize that Hoi An has been dead among her classmates. An is killed by the war but everything doesn't stop. While trying to catch shell fish during heavy rain,