Minh was born in 1933. Minh's father was Việt and his mother was Mộng-Xuân Đặng. His paternal grandparents were Lạn and Định Nguyễn. He had two brothers and a sister, named Quang, Hải and Mộng-Khanh. He has a half-brother and a half-sister, named Lộc and Minh-Nguyệt.