Hồng Ngọc

The Government of the Republic of Vietnam is subjected to military attacks and protests everywhere. Law 10-59 is enacted. Luan is sent to the United States for further military course training. Upon his return in early 1961, Ngo Dinh Diem decides to make him the governor of Kien Hoa province (Ben Tre today) to conduct the Pacification Program, with special privileges at his disposal.

Luan returns to Saigon and becomes a Major in the Presidential Special Forces. He and Thuy Dung continue their relationship. News that Ngo Dinh Diem is opening the Highland Economic Fair held in Ban Me Thuot has attracted the attention of many intelligence and security organizations, whose political purposes vary.

In 1955 Tay Ninh, the National United Front is established and gives Ngo Dinh Diem's government an ultimatum: reform or attack. Luan goes to Da Lat for a vacation, where a meeting between him and a young woman has been arranged. The South continues to be ravaged by riots.