People's Artist Bui Bai Binh, People's Artist Trung Anh, and artist Tu Oanh all affirmed that after retiring, they are busier and receive many film invitations in both the film and television fields.
People's Artist Bui Bai Binh used to work at Vietnam Feature Film Studio. He retired under the regime from 2016. When he was still under the ranks of Vietnam Feature Film Studio, People's Artist Bui Bai Binh had few projects, due to the company's characteristics - often producing films according to state orders, only 1-2 films per year.
After retiring, People's Artist Bui Bai Binh is in high demand for movies. He participated in a series of prime time TV series with villainous roles and caused a stir. From gentle, hard-working roles, People's Artist Bui Bai Binh had a spectacular "turn of course" in his career when taking on cruel roles in Ma Lang, Gio Lang Kinh... In recent years, People's Artist Bui Bai Binh has played a variety of roles in both television and film.
In early 2026, People's Artist Bui Bai Binh starred in "Background: Blood Devil of the Sacred Forest" - a horror film with revenue of more than 200 billion VND.
NSND Bui Bai Binh shared that he currently receives a pension of about more than 6 million VND/month. This is a salary that has been increased, previously only about 3-4 million VND/month.
The pension level of artists will not have a fixed level but will be calculated based on the process of social insurance contribution, management position and salary coefficient when working at public art units.
Artist Tu Oanh used to be part of the Youth Theater. After retiring, actress Tu Oanh is also particularly busy with shows, many times busier than when she focused on the stage at the theater.
When I retired, I thought it was time for me to rest. But unexpectedly, invitations to act in movies were constantly sent in. Both TV series and movies. Projects piled up, making life at retirement age more busy than I ever thought. I have many roles in TV series, and also play the main role in the movie "Rain on the Butterfly's Wings" (English title: Don't Cry, Butterfly). After retiring, acting in long-term films, audiences seem to recognize me more, many people on the street even mistakenly think they have met me selling goods somewhere (laughs)" - artist Tu Oanh shared.
People's Artist Trung Anh also said that after retiring under the regime at the Vietnam Drama Theater, he is busier. People's Artist Trung Anh caused a stir with a series of film projects that "stormed" prime time such as "The Judge", "Go Home, Son", "Love the Sunny Day Comes", "Brain Battle"... In 2026, People's Artist Trung Anh participated in a large-investment film project of the Public Security Cinema, "Indus Indian Code".
Veteran and talented artists are increasingly receiving invitations to act in movies as the number of TV dramas and movies is growing strongly.
According to reporters' sources, TV series currently pay artists a fee for each scene. For veteran, well-known artists, even playing supporting roles can receive a fee of 500-600 thousand VND/scene. This fee has been increased, previously only falling to about 300-400 thousand VND/scene.
With movies, the cat-xe will be higher. With the main role, artists can get a cat-xe according to the agreement with the producer. Quang Tuan once shared that his cat-xe is 1 billion VND/movie.
For supporting roles, artists can receive daily cat-xe. A veteran artist revealed that when acting in movies, the cat-xe received is 10 million VND/day of filming.
Cat-xe in both cinema and television will be different from main and supporting roles, and also have a certain dependence on the talent, name of the artist, investment money for the film...
