How is life after retirement of MC Kim Tien and Lai Van Sam?

Editor Kim Tien

Meritorious Artist Kim Tien was born in 1948. She was one of the first announcers of the News Department of Vietnam Television. She belongs to the first generation of editors and TV presenters since VTV went on air.

In addition to her work as a radio announcer and editor, Meritorious Artist Kim Tien also does voice-over for television series. She was the voice-over artist for the famous 1986 version of "Journey to the West."

After more than 20 years working for the News program, Editor Kim Tien stopped working as an announcer for this program in May 2001 and moved to work at the TV Mailbox program on VTV1.

In 2002, Meritorious Artist Kim Tien officially retired, but she still regularly received invitations to collaborate with the radio station. In addition, she also opened her own class and became a radio lecturer and editor for young people.

Editor Thuy Hoa

BTV Thuy Hoa was born in 1957 in Hanoi. She used to be a radio announcer for Voice of Vietnam but became famous when she moved to Saigon to start a career and worked for Ho Chi Minh City Television.

During her career, she narrated hundreds of films such as: "Bao Qing Tian", "The Condor Heroes", "Empress Dowager Cixi", "Dream of Reaching a Star", "The Star That Understands My Heart"...

In October 2012, announcer Thuy Hoa officially retired from HTV after more than 26 years in the profession. After retiring, Meritorious Artist Thuy Hoa completely focused on her own business. It is known that Meritorious Artist Thuy Hoa's daughter is singer - MC Nguyet Anh.

Journalist, MC Lai Van Sam

MC and journalist Lai Van Sam officially retired from VTV on July 1, 2017 after about 30 years of service. At that time, many fans expressed regret that he was absent from some familiar TV shows, especially the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”.

Lai Van Sam was born on June 10, 1957 in Phu Tho. At the end of 1987, he went to work at Vietnam Television as a translator for Soviet sports news into Vietnamese and switched to producing the SV96 program in 1995, which was also the first success that brought his name closer to the audience.

When VTV3 became the most popular television channel in Vietnam, journalist Lai Van Sam was appointed by the leadership of Vietnam Television to hold the position of Head of the Sports - Entertainment and Economic Information Department.

MC Lai Van Sam often shares pictures of his daily life after retirement.

After retiring, his life is more leisurely, without the pressure as before. MC Lai Van Sam once shared that he devotes 100% to his family. “Now, when I go to work on outside programs, I always take my wife along. Wherever we go, we go together. In the past, it wasn’t like that, because I worked with a large crew. I also don’t give up my hobbies. If I don’t have to film or participate in programs, I will do what I like” - MC Lai Van Sam shared.

Besides, journalist Lai Van Sam accepted to participate in a series of new programs and game shows such as: Happy Memories, Tiny Sun...