Vietnam’s number one badminton player top seed Nguyen Tien Minh won the men’s singles final in the Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open Sunday beating second seed Chan Yan Kit from Hong Kong 2-0.

It is the first time a Vietnamese badminton player has won a title in the Grand Prix series organized by the Badminton World Federation. Minh received a cash prize of US$3,750 plus VND15 million ($882) from HCMC Badminton Federation, VND10 million ($588) from Vietnam Badminton Federation and $1,000 from his sponsor, electrical stabilizer maker, Robot.

Reported by Nhut Quang