By mid January, the last scenes of the program were shot in Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh cities on the life of a blind woman named Emma. She was left at an orphanage before 1975, the unification day. Emma is also a special guest of the program.
“The root gives us strength to fight, to believe in, to be proud and to feel peaceful when coming back”, said a member of the production team.
The program host is Hoai Tien, a Vietnamese – American who was born and raised in the US. The production crew is finalizing the post-production work.
The Day of Coming Back will be broadcast 1h, 8h and 20h on Feb. 16 (the first day of the Lunar year) on VTV4. 21h on Feb. 18 (the third day of the lunar year) on VTV1, 5h30 of Feb. 17 (the second day of the lunar year) on VTV2