If you ask any actor who has participated in Tao Quan or TV series at VFC about director Do Thanh Hai, their answer is always words of expression of affection and special love for him.
Director, Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai is always respected and loved by many colleagues for his personality and talent.
Many times sharing with Lao Dong reporters, Meritorious Artist Chi Trung, Van Dung, People's Artist Quoc Khanh, People's Artist Tu Long, People's Artist Xuan Bac... always affirmed that they love and have been attached to Tao Quan for many years, because there is Do Thanh Hai there.
Meritorious Artist Chi Trung once recounted that because he was attached to many programs at VTV, he and director Do Thanh Hai have known each other for many years.
In the eyes of Meritorious Artist Chi Trung, Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai is a hardworking, intelligent and creative person.
Many years working in the "Tao Quan" program, we understand each other quite well. I understand Hai and Hai understands me very well. Any movie or program with Do Thanh Hai, I will participate immediately," Chi Trung said.
With artist Van Dung, she has repeatedly expressed her feelings and special love for director Do Thanh Hai.
In Van Dung's eyes, Do Thanh Hai is a good, professional and meticulous director, careful in every small detail in his work.
In real life, Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai is a cheerful, humorous person, with many unique and strange tricks to tease colleagues" - Van Dung said.
Once doing a program in My Dinh (Hanoi), the event crew invited each other to eat, but Van Dung went home right away.
On the way home, director Do Thanh Hai called, saying that the female artist should come back because NSND Tu Long and NSND Xuan Bac were fighting, there was a risk of turning their backs.
I was too scared to call both Long and Bac, both sides were aggressive and angry, demanding to drag all sorts of things in. I was a little worried, because in just one week, we would make a program together if they didn't make up, it would be too bad. Only 6 months later, I knew I had been deceived by them..." - Van Dung once recounted a memory.
Van Dung added that she was originally attached to the stage, participating in comedy skits at the theater, and director Do Thanh Hai's encouragement helped her venture into television dramas, later cinema.
For many prime-time actors, such as Meritorious Artist Kieu Anh, she always affirms that director - Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai is a big brother, who has helped her mature a lot.
Kieu Anh once participated in the movie "Phia truoc la bau troi" directed by Do Thanh Hai. According to the female Meritorious Artist, Do Thanh Hai is not only good at choosing scripts and making films, but also good at "looking at people", and... "super good" at choosing actors.
In his personal career, director Do Thanh Hai has had a series of films that caused a stir and were loved by audiences for a long time such as "Please Believe Me", "The Saved", "Ahead is the Sky"...
Director, Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai was born in 1973, graduated valedictorian from university majoring in Film Directory in 1996, graduated with a Master of Film and Television Arts in 2010, studied and trained professionally in television at DW - Deutsche Welle Academy, Germany in 2008.
Do Thanh Hai used to be the Director of the Television Film Production Center (VFC), Vietnam Television. When doing management work, the male Meritorious Artist no longer directly made films.
In 2020, he was appointed to the position of Deputy General Director of Vietnam Television. In 2025, he was reappointed.
Recently, many sources said that director Do Thanh Hai left VTV after many years of attachment. However, answering Lao Dong reporters on the evening of September 10, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Lam - General Director of Vietnam Television - said: "I am on a business trip abroad, we have not received this information. Up to now, there is no basis to say that Do Thanh Hai has left VTV".
