Between us lies half the world. After the death of her stepmother, Tuyet discovers letters from her mother in Vietnam. Did she really want to cut off contact with her daughter? In search of answers, Tuyet travels from Frankfurt to Hanoi, the city on the Red River, where she meets the young Linh and immerses herself in the exotic unfamiliarity of her homeland. When she one day meets Linh's mother, who had lived as a contract worker in the former GDR, Tuyet suddenly finds herself closer to her past than she ever imagined. Exotic and colorful: A moving family epic between Germany and Vietnam.