Hùng-Thiết was born on January 17th, 1946 in Chợ Mỗ. Hùng-Thiết's father is Trì and his mother was Chi Nghiêm bá. His paternal grandparents were Kiện and Quế Nguyễn quí. He had three brothers and a sister, named Trí, Dũng, Tuấn Hải and Ngọc-Thanh. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 38 in 1984.