Vietnam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has climbed one step in the latest world rankings to reach number ten in the world, thanks to his recent achievements at the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open, Yonex Japan Open and Chinese Taipei Open.

The rankings are led by Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, Lin Dan, Chen Long, Chen Jin from China and Simon Santoso of Indonesia.

Olympian Minh will compete at the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open in Shanghai from November 13-18.-VNA