The Vietnam Open in badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 is an international open held in Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 since 1996.

In its first edition, the later Asia masters Lee Wan Wah

Lee Wan Wah

Lee Wan Wah is a male badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. His regular doubles' partner is Choong Tan Fook.Lee competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Choong Tan Fook. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas...

 and Choong Tan Fook

Choong Tan Fook

Choong Tan Fook is a male badminton player from Malaysia, who competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Lee Wan Wah. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand in the second...

 fought for their first international title. After another edition in 1997, the championships were halted during 8 years, they were held again in the BWF calendar in 2006. In 2007 they were established as a BWF Grand Prix

BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is a third-level badminton tournament structure introduced by the Badminton World Federation . It is played in several countries a season and offers a minimum of US$120,000 prize money for a Grand Prix Gold event and minimum of US$50,000 prize money for a...

.

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1996	Nunung Subandoro	Zeng Yaqiong	Choong Tan Fook Choong Tan Fook Choong Tan Fook is a male badminton player from Malaysia, who competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Lee Wan Wah. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand in the second...     Lee Wan Wah Lee Wan Wah Lee Wan Wah is a male badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. His regular doubles' partner is Choong Tan Fook.Lee competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Choong Tan Fook. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas...	Peng Xingyong    Zhang Jin	Liu Yong Liu Yong (badminton) Liu Yong is a male former international level badminton player for China who specialized in mixed doubles.He is married to former singles player on the Chinese national badminton team Dai Yun.-Career:...     Zhang Jin
1997	Chen Gang	Susi Susanti	Ricky Achmad Subagdja    Rexy Mainaky Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja.- Career :...	Eliza Nathanael Eliza Nathanael Eliza Nathanael is a retired female badminton player from Indonesia who specialized in doubles events.-Career:A solid international level player throughout the 1990s, Nathanael had most of her early success in mixed doubles. She won titles at the China , Hong Kong , Thailand , and French Opens...     Zelin Resiana	Rosalina Riseu    Bambang Suprianto Bambang Suprianto Bambang Suprianto is a retired male badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto's greatest success came in doubles events. In the mid 1990s he and fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan formed one of the world's leading men's...
1998 2005	No competition
2006	Andrew Smith Andrew Smith (badminton) Andrew Michael Smith is an English badminton player.-Career:He had won the New Zealand International in 2004, the Australian International in 2004 and 2005, and also the Croatian International and the Vietnam Open in 2006...	Bae Seung-hee	Yoo Yeon-seong Yoo Yeon-seong Yoo Yeon-seong is an internationally elite badminton player.Yoo Yeon-seong has gained prominence in the badminton community following the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when he began competing on the highest levels of competition...     Jeon Jun-bum	Kim Jin-ock    Lee Jung-mi	Yoo Yeon-seong Yoo Yeon-seong Yoo Yeon-seong is an internationally elite badminton player.Yoo Yeon-seong has gained prominence in the badminton community following the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when he began competing on the highest levels of competition...     Lee Jung-mi
2007	Roslin Hashim Roslin Hashim Muhammad Roslin Hashim is a male badminton player from Malaysia.He is one of the successful Malaysian badminton players...	Zhu Jingjing	Kwon Yi-goo    Ko Sung-hyun Ko Sung-hyun Ko Sung-hyun is an internationally elite badminton player from South Korea.Ko Sung-hyun is a right-handed player who specializes in doubles events. His current partner in the men's doubles is Yoo Yeon-seong...	Nathalia Christine Poluakan    Yulianti Cj	Tantowi Ahmad    Yulianti Cj
2008	Nguyen Tien Minh	Zhang Beiwen	Choong Tan Fook Choong Tan Fook Choong Tan Fook is a male badminton player from Malaysia, who competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Lee Wan Wah. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand in the second...     Lee Wan Wah Lee Wan Wah Lee Wan Wah is a male badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. His regular doubles' partner is Choong Tan Fook.Lee competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Choong Tan Fook. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas...	Shendy Puspa Irawati Shendy Puspa Irawati Shendy Puspa Irawati is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Shendy competed women's doubles in BWF Super Series at the 2008 Indonesia Super Series, 2009 Malaysia Super Series, and 2009 Korea Super Series with her partner, Meiliana Jauhari. Their best result were in the Indonesia and Malaysia...     Meiliana Jauhari Meiliana Jauhari Meiliana Jauhari is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Meiliana competed women's doubles in BWF Super Series at the 2008 Indonesia Super Series, 2009 Malaysia Super Series, and 2009 Korea Super Series with her partner, Shendy Puspa Irawati.Now, Meiliana played with Greysia Polii in the...	Tantowi Ahmad    Shendy Puspa Irawati Shendy Puspa Irawati Shendy Puspa Irawati is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Shendy competed women's doubles in BWF Super Series at the 2008 Indonesia Super Series, 2009 Malaysia Super Series, and 2009 Korea Super Series with her partner, Meiliana Jauhari. Their best result were in the Indonesia and Malaysia...
2009		Fransisca Ratnasari Fransisca Ratnasari Fransisca Ratnasari Hari Saputra is a female badminton player from Indonesia.- Early life :Fransisca Ratnasari Hari Saputra was born as the youngest daughter of four children of Petrus Haryanto and M. Kasiyem family. She went to Caritas Nandan Catholic Elementary School until she graduated in 1997...	Luluk Hadiyanto Luluk Hadiyanto Luluk Hadiyanto is a male badminton player from Indonesia, specializing in men's doubles.-Career:In partnership with fellow countryman Alvent Yulianto, Hadiyanto won four top tier international men's doubles titles in 2004; the Thailand, Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia Opens...     Joko Riyadi Joko Riyadi Joko Riyadi is a male badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:Riyadi plays men's doubles with Hendra Gunawan. They were bronze medalists at the 2005 Asian Badminton Championships, runners-up at the 2006 Dutch Open, and bronze medalists at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games...	Anneke Feinya Agustine    Annisa Wahyuni	Flandy Limpele Flandy Limpele Flandy Limpele is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :A doubles specialist, at various times Limpele has focused on either men's doubles or mixed doubles during his long career in international badminton. His earliest appearances in the final rounds of major events came in mixed...     Cheng Wen-Hsing Cheng Wen-Hsing Cheng Wen-Hsing is a female badminton player from Taiwan.Cheng competed for the Republic of China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chien Yu Chin...
2010	Chen Yuekun	Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...	Mohammad Ahsan    Bona Septano	Ma Jin Ma Jin Ma Jin is a female badminton player from China....     Zhong Qian xin	He Hanbin He Hanbin He Hanbin is a male badminton player from China.- Career :A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come in mixed doubles with Yu Yang...     Ma Jin Ma Jin Ma Jin is a female badminton player from China....
2011	Nguyen Tien Minh	Fu Mingtian Fu Mingtian -Career:Mingtian became the first Singaporean to win a Southeast Asian Games Gold medal in 2011 at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-12, 21-18 en-route to the Final match. In the Final, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia...	Angga Pratama    Ryan Agung Saputra	Anneke Feinya Agustine    Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	Vitalij Durkin    Nina Vislova Nina Vislova -Career:Vislova won four medals at the European Junior Badminton Championships, two gold medals in women's doubles , a silver medal in mixed doubles , and a bronze medal also in mixed doubles . Nina also won at the 2006 US Open in women's doubles and mixed. She won the bronze medal at the 2008...