He is famous for his role as Cao Thanh Lam in the film Justice for sale (Chạy án) of the TV series Criminal Police.

[2] Viet Anh also participated as a host of the TV show "We are soldiers" (Chúng tôi là chiến sĩ) broadcast on channel VTV3 of Vietnam Television.

Although both his parents were state civil servants, due to the economic difficulties of that time, his whole family lived with his grandparents and 2 uncles in an apartment on the 4th floor of Kim Lien Collective Area, Đống Đa district.

[5][6] On the TV, with his good-looking and tall appearance, Viet Anh is often assigned by directors to play villain roles.

After the resounding success of the two parts of the series, from an unknown actor, Viet Anh gradually became familiar to audiences nationwide.

At the end of 2009, Viet Anh's New Style Company cooperated with NS Picture (Toan Phuong Advertising Services Limited Liability Company) to produce the film Where Love Begins; this is a 30-episode psychological and emotional drama about the smile surgery journey of the Operation Smile organization, ordered by HTV to be broadcast on HTV7 around April 2010.

Director Ho Ngoc Xum turned to other film projects, HTV had to change its broadcast schedule, and the two production companies were caught up in a spiral of litigation.

After the first instance (July 19, 2010) and appeal (January 11, 2011) trials, Viet Anh's company was declared the winner of the lawsuit by the Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City and was awarded 99 million VND in compensation.

On October 8, 2015, Viet Anh held a press conference to announce the movie project produced by his company called Bodyguard, Lady and Fool (Vệ sĩ, tiểu thư và thằng khờ).

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Viet Anh decided to move to Ho Chi Minh City with his wife to start a career.