Nguyen Tien Minh is one of the two players from the host country Vietnam selected as the seed in the men's singles event at the Vietnam International Series 2026 Badminton Tournament.
The tournament takes place from August 18 to August 23. Nguyen Tien Minh is the 13th seed in this tournament.
The veteran badminton player of Vietnam has not played international tournaments in nearly 3 months.
The last time Tien Minh competed internationally was the Masters 2026 tournament in China in May 2026. However, Tien Minh did not have good results in the men's singles at the above tournament.
At this time, Nguyen Tien Minh is ranked 279th in men's singles in the world. At the Vietnam International Series 2026 in Bac Ninh, tennis player Phan Phuc Thinh was chosen as seed number 8.
In addition to the above two players, host Vietnam badminton has other faces competing in the men's singles main round: Tran Quoc Khanh, Pham Tan Tien, Tran Le Manh An, Tran Hoang Kha, Nguyen Minh Hieu, Le Minh Son, Nguyen Van Mai and Nguyen Tat Duy Loi.
Young face Nguyen Tat Duy Loi competed successfully to win the men's singles runner-up title at the Philippines tournament.
However, in the Vietnam International Series 2026, Duy Loi is not ranked as a seed.
In the women's singles event, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen was present but not a seed. Young player Bui Bich Phuong was chosen as the No. 8 female singles seed in the tournament.
