The White Silk Dress to support her family and provide for her daughters the áo dàis required to attend school. The film ultimately is a tribute to the strength and heart of the Vietnamese woman, as symbolized through the áo dài. Dan and Gu flee South of Vietnam during the revolutionary of farmer to search for a better place together. The most precious thing that they both own is a while silk ao dai made from Ha Dong silk which Gu gave Dan as wedding gift. The ao dai was found along with Gu when he found placed under the tree. However, they stuck
The White Silk Dress Ngo are on the verge of quitting school due to not have any ao dai to keep going to school. Being worried about the daughters, Dan decides to work as a nanny, ironically, she doesn't work as a nanny for a baby, but for an old Chinese man. Every morning, Dan starts her strange job as taking off her shirt and let the old man suck her breast. Feeling miserable and embarrassed, however Dan still keep going until being discovered by Gu. Gu gets angry and scolds Dan for doing such thing. In the end, Dan gets her ao dai