Born in 1940 in Central Vietnam, Nhon N. Trang attended Tran Quoc Tuan Junior High School in Quang Ngai province and petrus KY High School in Saigon. He had a BS of Math, a BS of pharmacy and a MA of Solid State of Physics at the University of Saigon. He taught at Petrus High School and School of Pharmacy, Saigon University. He left Vietnam in 1978 via Malaysia and resettles in the United States in 1980. He worked as a pharmacist from 1983 until now.