Hồng was born in 1943. Hồng's father was Sảng and her mother was Kim-Cúc Phạm quang. Her paternal grandparents were Tại and Yên Nguyễn. She has two brothers and five sisters, named Yến, Tuấn, Oanh, Loan, Nga, Thúy and Nhạn. She is the third youngest of the eight children.