Liêu was born on December 25th, 1927 in Quần-liêu, Nam-định. Liêu's father was Lê and his mother was Tuyên Ngô. His paternal grandparents were Huệ and Khuyến Nguyễn. He had two brothers and a sister, named Lôi, Lung and La. He had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Lãnh, Liễm, Liễu, Lĩnh-Hồng, Lẫm and Lương. He died due to giỗ 8/5 âm lịch at the age of 69 on June 12th, 1997. He was buried in Mả Chùa.