Truong Ho Phuong Nga talks for the first time about her days in prison

Here, sharing about her current life, Truong Ho Phuong Nga said: “Actually, my life now is very happy and quite full. Because my best friend (Thuy Dung) and I have no other choice but to live a life that on the outside people see as leisurely and comfortable.

After being lucky enough to be released on bail, we were really exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally. Also during the time on bail, I still had to face investigations from the city police before the case could be officially closed. Therefore, the only way for me was to try to rest, to keep hope so that I could slowly stand up.

During my time in prison, which was 2 years and 3 months, I was unable to work. During that time, I thought and reflected on myself. I wanted to live a meaningful life. Now, no matter what I do or what project I do or participate in, I want to contribute something to the community, no matter how small. I want to live a life like that.”

Truong Ho Phuong Nga in the show Thi Phi.

When talking about the rumors that she was having an affair with a tycoon and publicly having a love contract, Miss Vietnam in Russia 2007 said that she was surrounded by a lot of information. None of the information had any basis to be verified. Because she herself was once in a similar situation and believed in false information, causing her and her relatives to suffer very serious consequences. Therefore, she found it meaningless to have to stand up to explain and correct all the rumors about her.

Talking about the fact that many people think that everything around Phuong Nga is fake, she does everything just for money, even defrauding her own mother, this beauty explains: “I understand because honestly speaking, even the most optimistic people, when they hear too much conflicting information, they will have an instinct to be on guard, I think that is good. As for me, in the family, conflicts and misunderstandings with relatives are always a loss, a great pain for me. Therefore, in my relationships with relatives, I always choose to step back so as not to deepen that pain anymore.

I must say that I am grateful to Dung for understanding and sympathizing with me about things that many other people find difficult to sympathize and understand. Currently, I always try to minimize misunderstandings and conflicts with my biological mother and to prevent those conflicts from deepening. As for whether I have contacted and asked about my mother or not, I cannot answer because at the present time it is not appropriate to say anything.

Also on the show, Truong Ho Phuong Nga admitted that she had plastic surgery but to a moderate extent. “I think it is right to admit your flaws and improve them,” she said.

In particular, when sharing about the 16 billion VND in the case with tycoon Cao Toan My, Truong Ho Phuong Nga affirmed: “…I admit that the 16 billion VND case was my mistake. Firstly, I chose and trusted the wrong person. Secondly, I was too confident when I thought that I could use money to judge a man’s heart and responsibility towards me. Meanwhile, in this life, money is the thing people use to take advantage of and scheme against each other the most.”

This is also the first time Truong Ho Phuong Nga has revealed about her life in prison. Accordingly, she said: “There is nothing more terrible than committing a crime that, according to the law, is an especially serious crime. I was once in prison with criminals listed as the most serious, and I was one of them.

People probably cannot imagine the harshness of being in four walls, without any connection to the outside world, even the smallest. Even walking out of the prison to the investigation room, walking 20 meters outside, then sitting in the interrogation room, facing the investigator, that is a rare freedom for people like me to step out of the iron door and those four walls. Or being able to go outside to work and clean the prison is also something that makes me extremely happy.

Therefore, when I am in court, I cherish every minute I stand because I believe that is the fairest place, where I can speak, be truly heard and considered. I do not ask people to believe everything I say. I just hope that people can put it on the scale to consider because I have gone through days when I wanted to speak but could not speak.

Photo of Truong Ho Phuong Nga in court.

Finally, talking about her future plans, Truong Ho Phuong Nga said that in the near future she hopes to have the opportunity to stand up after falling. “I want to be able to slowly make up for my mistakes with myself, my loved ones and society. As well as being able to repay the kindness, tolerance and forgiveness that everyone has given me. I do not want to disappoint those who have encouraged, motivated and even stood up for me. I would like to thank them and will live a meaningful life by making up for my mistakes and repaying their kindness.”

On February 11, 2019, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department issued a decision to suspend the investigation of the case of "fraudulent appropriation of property", suspending the investigation of the two defendants Truong Ho Phuong Nga (31 years old, Miss Vietnam in Russia in 2007) and Nguyen Duc Thuy Dung (28 years old). According to the investigation agency, the reason for the suspension was that after the investigation period expired, the two defendants' acts of "fraudulent appropriation of property" could not be proven.

Previously, on March 19, 2015, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department temporarily detained Truong Ho Phuong Nga and Thuy Dung to investigate and clarify the act of "property appropriation" by Mr. Cao Toan My. In court, Phuong Nga stated that the amount of 16.5 billion VND was a "love contract" between Nga and Mr. My.