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 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,