In his final years, a 74-year-old man from Ho Chi Minh City searches for his daughter’s American birth mother.

In a deeply emotional reunion, Nhung fell to her knees to thank the woman who collects scrap for a living who cared for her long-lost son for over 30 years.

Suddenly losing contact with her mother following a job hunt in HCM City earlier this year, a teenager from Quang Binh wore a signboard on her chest, searching the city’s streets for three months in a state of panic and fear.

Sent to her aunt’s house at age 9, Tran Thi Dung never imagined it would take nearly 60 years to reunite with her family.

On the occasion of their ancestor’s death anniversary, a great family of nearly 500 members in Hai Duong, from the elderly to the young, meticulously plans everything to ensure it runs smoothly and meaningfully.

For 45 years, since the day he realized that he was a foster son, Thong longed to find his biological family to heal his wounds and feel beloved. However, he kept this yearning to himself.

Vietnamese families often visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year to New Year’s Eve.