The Vietnamese world number 10 has been seeded second behind host rival Lee Chong Wei who tops the Badminton World Federation table.

According to the draw, the top two seeds have received first round byes, and are expected to meet each other in the final.

In his first game, Minh will play the winner of the match between Andre Marteen of Indonesia Anand Pawar of India.

At the Asian Championships last week, Minh was defeated 23-21, 5-21, 21-17 by Hong Kong's Yun Hu who is ranked lower than him.

Vietnam will also be represented by Nguyen Hoang Nam at the US$120,000 tournament, who will start his campaign in the qualifying round against Shu Wada of Japan.

The event will finish on May 6.