'''<br />2020–2021: I-LAND, first fanmeeting, and agency changes'''
On 2 June 2020, he was introduced as a participant in the CJ ENM and HYBE's then upcoming survival show I-Land. On the first episode, he performed "Jopping" by SuperM, along with NI-KI and Nicholas, but was unfortunately 'eliminated' by voting among the trainees and was placed in "Ground". On the 7th episode, he ranked 12th based on the global votes and was able to move onto Part 2 and become one of the final 12.[3] On Episode 10, '''Hanbin''' ranked 4th out of 11 trainees in Global Voting with 1,415,420 votes.[4] On Episode 11, he was eliminated by the producers.
Following his elimination on I-LAND, on 20 October, Belift Lab announced that '''Hanbin''' would be holding an online fanmeeting called Hanbin !00% on 31 October. On 16 December, he opened up a Twitter account[5] on which he gathered over 150,000 followers in 24 hours. On 31 December, '''Hanbin''' performed a solo pre-opening stage[6] at Big Hit NYEL Concert to the song "I&Credible."[7]
On 2 June 2021, Belift Lab announced that '''Hanbin''' had left the agency following discussions with one another.[8] Later that day, it was revealed that '''Hanbin''' had signed with Yuehua Entertainment.[9]
'''2022: Debut with''' '''TEMPEST'''
On 3 January 2022, '''Hanbin''' was introduced[10] as the fifth member of the group '''TEMPEST'''. They debuted on 2 March 2022 with the mini album It's Me, It's We. With this debut he marked himself as the first Vietnamese male to debut in a K-pop boy group.[11]