Born in 1943 in the northern province of BacGiang, Tan has won a national record for playing President Ho Chi Minhthe most with over 1,700 performances. His career was spotlighted onmany books, magazines, and newspapers.
The workshopaimed to honour Tan’s significant contributions to the art. With hiscreative play-acting, he has always left great impressions and deepemotions on audiences
Despite his old age, the actorstaged a piece on Uncle Ho in 2008 in response to the campaign“Studying and following the example of President Ho Chi Minh”.
Assessed to be Uncle Ho’s look-alike, Van Tan has spared no efforts torepresent the leader’ manner via documents about his meetings and talkswith farmers, workers, soldiers and children, according to meritoriousartist Le Chuc.
Artist Van Tan along with many ofhis peers such as Sy Hung, Duc Trung, Tien Hoi and Tien Tho have leftthe imprint on the Vietnamese revolutionary stage when depicting theimage of the great leader of the nation, said Director of ResearchCulture for the Preservation and Promotion of the Vietnamese CultureHoang Chuong.-VNA