He gained recognition by competing on Mnet survival show I-Land,[2] before becoming a member of boy group Tempest.

He moved to Hanoi for university where he founded and led a dance group, C.A.C, for three years (2016–2019) under the stage name Hưng Bin.

[citation needed] On 2 June 2020, he was introduced as a participant in the CJ ENM and HYBE's then upcoming survival show I-Land.

On the first episode, he performed "Jopping" by SuperM with NI-KI and Nicholas, but was 'eliminated' by voting among the trainees and was placed in "Ground".

[9] On 31 December, Hanbin performed a solo pre-opening stage at Big Hit NYEL Concert to the song "I&Credible".