Đang, known as Bà Hai Nữ, was born in 1896. Bà Hai Nữ's father was Giảng and her mother was Ba Trần. Her paternal grandparents were Điều and Huynh Trần. She had a brother and four sisters, named Phóng, Giám, Ngọ, Trang and Nguyễn. She was the second oldest of the six children.