Tiềm was born in 1938. Tiềm's father was Hoàng and his mother is Hồng thị Trần. His paternal grandparents were Phương and Hợp Đặng. He had three sisters named Phúc-Điềm, Phúc-Trầm and Phúc-Thuần. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Toàn, Tàng and Phấn. He died at the age of 1 in 1939.