World no. 5 Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has advanced to the semi-final of the 2013 Taiwan Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating his Thai opponent Khosit on September 6.

He will now face world no. 29 Jen Hao Hsu on September 7. Hsu eliminated Denmark’s world no. 22 Viktor Axelsen.

Vietnamese player Vu Thi Trang was knocked out of the women’s tournament after losing her quarter-final match 18-21, 21-17, 16-21 to Singapore’s world no. 25 Juan Gu.

(VOV)