The country's top badminton players will be competing for the National Badminton Top Players Championships – Lining Cup – in the northern province of Hai Duong from November 5-9.

Competitors who are in the national top eight ranking will take part in the men's and women's singles and doubles events, and the mixed doubles.

Nguyen Tien Minh of HCM City and Le Thu Huyen of Ha Noi have been seeded first in the men's and women's singles.

Eight players/pairs will be divided into two groups for each event.

Group A will comprise of the number one, number four, number six and number eight seeds, while the remaining players will go in Group B.

The winners of each event will take home VND10 million (US$480), with second and third claiming VND6 million ($290) and VND4 million ($190). — VNS