The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.

Hai

Kien An

Lan

James Hager

Teacher Dao

Restaurant Owner

Man in Taxi with Lan
April 30, 1999

Hai

Kien An

Lan

James Hager

Teacher Dao

Restaurant Owner

Man in Taxi with Lan
