[5] When her family business did not go well, she helped her mother out making ends meet:[6] At the age of 11, Tang woke early to assist with preparing food for later distribution to customers.

[6] When she was 16,[6] director Lưu Trọng Ninh asked her to portray Trang in the movie Dốc tình.

She went on to play Mộng Cầm in Hàn Mặc Tử[6] - a film about the celebrated Vietnamese poet -, and won critical acclaim.

[8] At this point, however, she left acting to study hotel administration in Singapore[6] just as she became recognized as an up-and-coming actress on television and on the big screen.

[9] Upon returning to Vietnam the next year, she was given the leading role in the multi-episode television drama Bỗng dưng muốn khóc.