The relationship between People's Artist Xuan Bac and the new Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater

Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu has just been appointed as Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater, succeeding People's Artist Xuan Bac.

For nearly a year now, Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu has taken over the management of the Vietnam Drama Theater after People's Artist Xuan Bac was appointed Director of the Department of Performing Arts.

Artist Kieu Minh Hieu has been associated with the theater for nearly 30 years, holding the position of Deputy Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater since 2020. He has a close relationship with People's Artist Xuan Bac.

Talking to Lao Dong reporter, Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu said his friendship with People's Artist Xuan Bac is very "fun and interesting".

Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu shared, "Me and People's Artist Xuan Bac have been close and known each other for a long time. When I was a student, I was in the senior class, and People's Artist Xuan Bac was in the junior class. I graduated and joined the Vietnam Drama Theater first.

Nearly 20 years ago, I was the head of the troupe, and People's Artist Xuan Bac was a very famous artist on television and in entertainment programs. People's Artist Xuan Bac ran many shows and worked outside the theater.

Around 2012, we were also oriented to perfect our skills, learn knowledge and cultivate expertise so that we could later take on the theater's work. When we became the theater's leaders, People's Artist Xuan Bac and I became even closer. We were both colleagues and superiors, very compatible and dedicated to building the theater."

Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu said that he and People's Artist Xuan Bac have in common that they are not afraid of difficulties, not afraid of hardship, always want to do their best to develop the Vietnam Drama Theater - worthy of the position of "red elder brother" of Vietnamese stage art.

In recent years, the Vietnam Drama Theater has had many improvements, continuously staging many big plays, having many tours... Overcoming difficult times, the Vietnam Drama Theater has invested more in the stage, while improving the income of artists.

According to Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu, in recent years he and artist Xuan Bac have made great efforts to build many plans so that the Vietnam Drama Theater can receive support, investment, and socialized funding, thereby staging many quality plays with good results.

Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu took on the position of Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater from May 27 for a 5-year term. He said, "Taking on the new assignment, I will try my best to complete it to develop the unit."

Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu was born in 1975 in Hanoi. He has participated in famous plays such as: "Kieu", "Sand Castle", "The Executioner", "Hamlet", "Sunshine in the Storm"... and directed many famous stage plays.

In 2015, artist Kieu Minh Hieu won a Gold Medal at the 2015 People's Public Security Soldier Image Theatre Arts Festival with the play "Seeing Sunshine in the Storm". The play "What's Left" directed by Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu won a Gold Medal at the 2021 National Drama Theatre Festival. In addition to his work at the theater, the artist also appeared in many TV series, often playing gentle and honest characters such as police and soldiers. Some of the films Meritorious Artist Kieu Minh Hieu has participated in are "When the Birds Return" parts 1 and 2, "House Rules", "Fate", "Laurel Wreath", "Sensitive Boy", "Sinh Tu", "Are You a Man?"...