Actress Mai Thu Huyen was born in 1979. Mai Thu Huyen soon became attached to art, at the age of 20, Mai Thu Huyen was invited by director, People's Artist Bach Diep to play the role of Huong in the movie "Khoang cach". In this movie, Mai Thu Huyen's Huong is in love with painter Vu played by People's Artist Quoc Khanh.
At that time, Mai Thu Huyen had just switched from modeling to acting, while NSND Quoc Khanh was already a professional actor, trained from the Vietnam Drama Theater. Quoc Khanh participated in all 3 fields, from theater, television to cinema. NSND Quoc Khanh is always praised for his natural acting ability, quick improvisation, and deep role-playing.
27 years have passed since the joint project, in a conversation with Lao Dong reporter, actress - producer Mai Thu Huyen shared that she still remembers the time of filming "Khoang cach" with NSND Quoc Khanh.
At that time, I was just "barefoot" entering the profession, having to learn a lot from veteran, professional actors. I always feel lucky to have worked with talented actors like NSND Quoc Khanh. He guided and instructed me a lot. Later, in 2002, I starred in "Candles in the Night" part 1, I also worked with very talented actors like Kim Oanh, Ba Anh... Thanks to them, I have matured in the acting profession" - Mai Thu Huyen recounted.
Currently, Mai Thu Huyen has switched to directing and producing. Mai Thu Huyen and director Khai Anh are cooperating to build an Academy for film and technology training, with the trend of producing short films and commercial films.
Lunar New Year 2026, director Khai Anh released the short film series "Oh my god! Where are we going?" starring NSND Quoc Khanh as Ngoc Hoang.
This year, the familiar Tao Quan program stopped production, replaced by the Spring Square program. Director Khai Anh, NSND Quoc Khanh once had a long time of attachment and working together when they were both in the Tao Quan production team.
Producer Mai Thu Huyen said that NSND Quoc Khanh is still full of energy, healthy, and dedicated to his work.
NSND Quoc Khanh's full name is Tran Quoc Khanh, born on April 24, 1962 in Hanoi. After finishing 10th grade (equivalent to 12th grade in the old education program), he took the first-year actor training course of the Vietnam Drama Theater from 1978 to 1982.
In 1982, Quoc Khanh graduated and together with his classmates Viet Thang, Do Ky, Trung Anh, Trong Trinh were called up to the army. After a period in the military, he returned to the Vietnam Drama Theater to start participating in art and working there until retirement.
