Viet Nam's star badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh, secured a place in the third round of the Total Badminton World Federation World Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday.

The 32-year-old player beat seed No 10 Kashyap Parupalli of India in the men's second round match 17-21, 21-13, 21-18.
On the women's side, Vu Thi Trang lost to seed No 6 Wang Yihan of China for the second time this month 21-18, 17-21, 21-12.
VNS