Sadly the death of Tu Hy Vien: Two children are absent because of stepmother, DJ Koo is accused of "acting deeply"

A full year after Tu Hy Vien's death, the family held a memorial statue laying ceremony at the cemetery, but the absence of the late actor's 2 children caused public opinion to wave.

On the day of her death, the memorial statue directly conceptualized and designed by her husband, DJ Koo Jun Yup, was officially inaugurated. The most emotional moment took place when Tu Hy Vien's mother saw the statue of her daughter. She couldn't hold back her emotions, went to hug her son-in-law tightly and burst into tears.

Despite the heavy rainy weather, a large number of artists and close friends were still present to visit and share the loss with their families. Their presence shows that Tu Hy Vien received a lot of love and respect from colleagues when she was alive. However, one detail that caught the public's attention was the absence of the actress's two biological children during the ceremony, which raised many questions and debates on social networks.

In response to a flood of questions from the public, Ma Tieu Mai (Mandy) is the current wife of Uong Tieu Phi, Tu Hy Vien's ex-husband spoke up to explain in a recent live broadcast. According to Mandy, the two children are currently on winter vacation in Beijing. When asked who is taking care of the children, she said that her husband and biological mother are directly taking care of daily activities, besides Aunt Duong - a long-time babysitter. Mandy also shared that her mother-in-law is old, so she can't take care of her grandchildren all day.

Previously, in March 2025, Mandy received a lot of criticism when Tu Hy Vien's two children did not appear at the funeral. She explained that the family had not received any official notification about the time of the burial, but only learned of the incident after reading the news on social media. According to Mandy, children need to be maintained in a normal life, so it is reasonable to take them to live and play.

Not only that, during Tu Hy Vien's funeral, Mandy posted pictures of handmade items made by the late actor's two biological children. This led many people to believe that Dai S's children were not really present at their mother's funeral, thereby sparking a long wave of controversy.

Meanwhile, DJ Koo Jun Yup faced mixed opinions around how he expressed the pain of losing his wife. On February 3, 2026, KBS Television (South Korea) broadcast a documentary titled "The Secret of Celebrities' Birth, Old Age, and Death", taking the image of DJ Koo wearing rain to go to the grave on the occasion of Tu Hy Vien's death as the central content. In the movie, he regularly swept the grave, performed the ritual of bowing down according to Korean customs and choked up and said: "Hy Vien lies there even harder than me", making the MC cry emotionally.

The film also records the process of DJ Koo conceptualizing and building a memorial statue for his late wife. The production crew said that they only filmed the panorama from a distance, with DJ Koo's permission, and broadcast it on the occasion of Tu Hy Vien's death. However, a part of netizens thinks that turning a private memorial moment into a TV product is inappropriate, even suspecting that DJ Koo is trying to build an image of a "lover" to attract attention.

In addition, there is also information that during Tu Hy Vien's serious illness, DJ Koo was not with her full-time caregivers, contrary to the sad image shown on television. The memorial statue designed by him also received many mixed opinions, when some people thought that the abstract style made the statue not look like Dai S.

The strange phenomenon about the statue of Tu Hy Vien, the reason is not like the real person is shocking Mai Hoa20:17:38 03/02/2026According to art director Ly Thua Dao, Tu Hy Vien's memorial work is called Hy Vien's Eternal Orbit. The work quickly attracted the attention of the public not only because of its large scale, but also because of the deep layer of meaning.