He was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in 2012 and is remembered by the audience for his role as Lieutenant Trần Minh in the long-running series Criminal Police, and Hải in Đường đời (The Road of Life).

After graduating, Hải became an actor for the Hanoi Drama Theater and worked as a supporting actor for People's Artist Hoàng Dũng, whenever teacher Hoàng Dũng was absent, he was put on to perform instead.

At the end of the subsidy period, the low salary of an actor made life difficult, Hải did many other jobs such as trading and driving long-distance cars from North to South.

[2] When his family moved back to his hometown in Đà Nẵng, he joined the Quảng Nam - Đà Nẵng Drama Troupe, but after less than a year the troupe was dissolved and merged into the Đà Nẵng Song and Dance Troupe.

During this time, he often went to Hanoi to act in films and then became a freelance actor because in the song and dance troupe, he was not able to perform music.