His father was killed by the French during the First Indochina War. During the Vietnam War, he was a contributor to the underground newspaper Thanh Niên Chống Mỹ [Youths against America] .
During the First Indochina War, his father was killed by the French. For the Vietnam War, he contributed articles to the underground publication Thanh Niên Chống Mỹ [Youths against America].