Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi a Hoi An, Vietnam ga iyayen da suke farfesan harshe, Duong da iyalinta sun tsere daga
Kwaminisanci kewaye da Saigon a kan jirgin saman Amurka mai dauke da kwanaki uku kafin faduwar Jamhuriyar (Kudancin) Vietnam. Sa'annan 'yar shekara 16 da ke gab da kammala karatun sakandare, a watan Maris na 1975 ta lashe lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa ta Kudancin Vietnam a cikin Adabi, kuma ana sa ran za a sanya ta a matsayin National Valedictorian ta Ma'aikatar Ilimi don cikakkiyar GPA da matsayin ƙasa.