Nhan Dan - Vietnam’s No. 1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was promoted to ninth in the world rankings after winning the Thailand Badminton Grand Prix Gold 2009 last month.

After having beaten Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana 2-0 in the final of the Grand Prix Gold, Minh earned 7,000 points more to reach world top ten.

In the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings announced on July 30, Minh’s overall 43,310 points saw him leap five positions from last week.