Hồ Văn Trung (giant)

Hồ Văn Trung was born in Ca Mau in 1984 and was the first of four children.[2] Due to his family being poor his parents had to make a living selling coconuts, which was not enough to cover the family's living expenses.[3] Later, Trung moved to Viên An Đông commune, Ngọc Hiển district and worked as a shrimp farmer in order to financially support his family.[4][5]

According to Trung's family, he was 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) at age of 17 when he developed a fever which persisted for a prolonged period of time.[6][7] After the fever, he experienced abnormal growth in height. At year 2014 he grew up to 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm) tall and weighing 110 kg (244 pounds).[6] Doctors attributed his growth to a pituitary gland disease.[7] In 2018 he went to hospital due to kidney failure, by the time he was about 8 ft 2.5 in (250 cm), although he has descalated knee,[8] and was still growing. His coffin measured 10 ft 0 in (304.8 cm). The men who made his coffin said his final height was 9 ft 0.25 in (275 cm) tall, which, if true, would make him taller than Robert Wadlow.[7]